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Beatty Square and Creekside Commons pitched as mixed-income neighborhood with childcare and retail in Sedro-Woolley
Summary
RJ Group and nonprofit partners proposed Beatty Square (138 apartments with integrated youth/early-learning space) and Creekside Commons (68 townhomes) in Sedro-Woolley and requested $990,000 in county housing/economic-development funds.
Garrett Michael of the RJ Group presented two adjacent developments called Beatty Square and Creekside Commons to the advisory committee on May 30, pitching them as a mixed-use neighborhood intended to keep workforce residents local and expand childcare and youth services.
Beatty Square, near final permit stage, is proposed as a 138-unit apartment building (studio, one- and two-bedroom units) with about 15,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. Developers said more than 7,000 square feet would be dedicated to indoor youth services and an early-learning facility in partnership with the Boys & Girls Club of Skagit County. Creekside Commons would be a for-sale townhome community of 68 two- and three-bedroom units; developers said they would set aside up to eight homes for households at or below 80% area median income, depending on workforce-housing awards.
Michael said the combined project cost is roughly $71 million and RJ Group would contribute approximately $13.21 million depending on financing. He requested $990,000 from the county—s affordable workforce/economic-development funding to help build infrastructure and public improvements shared by both sites.
Support letters and partners were highlighted: Boys & Girls Club, Volunteers of America Western Washington and Home Trust of Skagit were named as collaborators. Presenters said the Boys & Girls Club component would create 30 to 40 full-time positions and immediate youth-program jobs, which developers said would help employers retain and hire local workers.
Why this matters: The proposal bundles housing, childcare and commercial space in one neighborhood to address workforce housing shortages and create local services for families and employers.
Next steps: the developer requested county grant support and noted the projects are near shovel-ready pending financing and infrastructure funding decisions.
