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A fellow citizen recently expressed to me his concerns about growth in our community. At issue was a reporter comment made several years ago in a local newspaper: “Grening and other business [...]

The port’s work on land and infrastructure development, including broadband deployment – and now the IT3 Discovery Center (see page 2) are not separate, siloed port projects or assets. [...]

As crazy as our political, social, and economic climate are right now, certainty is beyond our grasp. It’s difficult to know where we’ll be by the end of the week, let alone this time next year. [...]

By Brent Grening, CEO Covid-19, social unrest, high-unemployment, economic recession – it’s a lot to take in. How long recovery will take, and what normal will be is difficult, if not impossible [...]

By Brent Grening, CEO In the early part of 2020, two projects we’re working on here at the Port have one thing in common – they connect people to places. The Pioneer Street Rail Overpass is now [...]

Opinion: Vision and Leadership Deliver Big Day In Modern Port History By Brent Grening, CEO To most people, October 9 was just an ordinary day. For port commissioners and staff, however, it will [...]

Opinion: Advanced Manufacturing Center Will Grow, Protect Jobs By Brent Grening, CEO When it comes to economic development, recent years have been good. Ridgefield and SW Washington have [...]

WHY RIDGEFIELD NEEDS ITS COMMUNITY PORT Brent Grening, CEO The role of cities and counties in our communities is generally understood. They provide police and fire protection and help manage [...]

Legacy Thinking Holding Us Back By Brent Grening, CEO New technologies and digital automation require vast amounts of data. Employers of all types are facing this reality as the true impacts come [...]

Are We Ready? by Brent Grening, CEO Our regional economy is humming in many sectors. The most prosperous sectors, such as high-tech, education, health care and other knowledge-based industries [...]