Thank You!

We had a great night last evening, we hope all of you who attended did so as well. Lots of positives were discussed and possible avenues forward were suggested. We are grateful so many took interest in the content and we are eager to serve our communities best interests and doing so with a common […]

How do we create new sites for development…………..Critical Path Examination

In recent weeks much has been said about the dearth in shovel ready sites in our region. Last evening my partner across the river Lindsey Kerr-Piersol continued to bang the drum about the need for sites that can be quickly obtained and developed for future business. “We lost or passed on to other counties several […]

Budget Season=Transparency Time

We at the port are a quasi-governmental agency. We are funded via direct contributions from interested parties in the community and via a contribution from the Board of County Commissioners. This set up is not unlike what is in existence in most of the U.S. Economic development agencies have a variety of funding streams, most […]

Why scaling up the City of Marietta and Parkersburg is so important

Last week CityLab ran an article titled, The Comeback of the Mid-Sized American City It was a great analysis of how the three major cities in the U.S. are shedding citizens at an alarming rate and cities that are mid-size (100,000 to 250,000) were netting those migrants. The article also spoke to the “Rise of […]