Discussion started on 2023 Shelter Bay rent adjustment

It is never too soon to look ahead.

To that end, Shelter Bay and Swinomish Tribal Community officials have begun laying the groundwork for the 2023 decennial rent adjustment mechanism built into the two parties’ master lease agreement.

In a column penned in October for the community’s newsletter, Shelter Bay Homeowners Association Board President Tom Napier alerted its residents to begin preparing for a new decade-long rent schedule set to take effect in two years.

“My intent in relaying this information to you,” Napier wrote, “is that we all need to begin to prepare for our rent to increase a...