City of Renton

Incorporated as a City on September 6, 1901, Renton has become an innovative, creative and energetic community, filled with committed and caring people who work hard to make their city a great place to work, live, and play.

With nationally recognized public schools, an excellent community college and nearby higher learning institutions, Renton offers a learning environment that benefits employees and their children. The City's parks, theatres, concerts, festivals and special events provide diverse entertainment opportunities for residents, employees and visitors with unlimited cultural and recreational opportunities also available in the greater Puget Sound region.

Renton's strong economic base, diverse marketplace and favorable business climate have attracted the attention of nationally recognized companies that are looking to provide employees and their families with an outstanding quality of life. Renton is becoming the place to live, work and play.

Renton's strategic location, in the heart of the Puget Sound region, provides access to local, regional, national and international markets. Renton is also close to the Puget Sound and Olympic Mountains to the west and the Cascade Mountains to the east.

Centrally located, at the south end of Lake Washington, Renton is only minutes away from Seattle, Bellevue and Tacoma. As the fourth largest city in King County and the 8th largest in Washington state, Renton is quite literally at the center of an extensive regional and international transportation network, intersected by freeways, highways, surface and mass transit routes and minutes from air, sea and rail transportation hubs.