Library staff highlight expanded programs at Downtown Renton and Renton Highlands branches

Representatives for Renton Public Library used the Sept. 16 audience comment period to summarize services and invite residents to programs at the Downtown Renton and Renton Highlands branches.

Brian Candelori, regional manager, and Zena Jain, a library staff member, outlined weekly story times (including Korean and Spanish offerings), STEAM and arts programs for children, tech help, monthly resource fairs and English-language learning that integrates technology supports. They said the library paired summer reading with meals-in-the-park outreach to reach children who cannot visit branches.

Candelori and Jain also listed upcoming events including readers theater for elementary students, a partnership with Off Road Shakespeare for live theater programming, and ecology tours and salmon programming with the Environmental Science Center. They encouraged residents to visit branch websites for schedules and preregistration details.