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. […]
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 […]
Port Authority Embracing Changing Times, Moves back Downtown
For the past 3 months, the Southeastern Ohio Port Authority has lived and breathed change for the better. Last month we rolled out a new and improved website, one with […]
What do we mean when we say “Quality of Life Markers”?
We talk quite a bit about trying to improve the quality of life for citizens in our community. Just as the term “economic development” elicits a myriad of opinions and […]
Questions I hear repeatedly…….Why don’t we have a Target or a Trader Joe’s?
In case you ever asked yourself that same question, I am going to help you understand why we don’t have a Target or Whole Foods Presence in our region…….Yet. Companies […]
Out of Region Commuters………………what does that even mean?
Do you know someone who lives the the MOV yet commutes over an hour a day to work? I do. Those that I know work predominately in the oil and […]
One week of new site, lots of changes……………
We have had a tremendous response to our new website roll out. Our slow roll out over the last two weeks has allowed us to see the organic reach of […]
Economic Development: The Infinite Game
On Friday I had the pleasure of attending the Global Leadership Summit in Parkersburg. GLS brings a multitude of leadership gurus, communicators, and business leaders into communities via webcast, and […]
Opting Out to Fail
When I worked for Wake County, one of my duties was to staff, notate, and organize County Commissioner Sub-Committee meetings. One of the more active committees was one we called […]
Port Authority Focuses on Site Development
Since its inception, and most certainly over the past year, the Southeastern Ohio Port Authority Board and Staff have been hard at work trying to determine what efforts will most […]