About the Port
COVID-19 Update:
The Port of Skagit Administrative and Marina offices are staffed, but are not open to the public for in-person interaction. It remains our goal to serve our customers and guests, while focusing on the safety, health and well-being of our entire Port community.
All Port staff are following protocols to observe disease prevention safety policies adopted by the Port Commission in May 2020. A full list of safety protocols can be found on our website HERE.
Visitors are encouraged to call the office/s for customer service:
Administrative Office: 360-757-0011
Marina Office: 360-466-3118
We appreciate your patience as we continue to provide the best service possible for our tenants, customers and community.
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The Port of Skagit leads efforts to build a strong economy in Skagit County while valuing the area's natural assets and quality of life. -- Vision Statement adopted by the Port of Skagit Board of Commissioners, July 18, 2011
Governed by an elected board of three commissioners, The Port of Skagit serves as an economic development engine for Skagit County by concentrating on our mission, Good Jobs for Our Community. At the same time, we take care to provide transparent governance and excellent public service at minimal cost to the taxpayers in our district.
Conveniently located in Northwest Washington’s fertile Skagit (pronounced Skaa-Jit) Valley, found midway between the metropolitan areas of Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia, the Port of Skagit owns and operates four key facilities: the Skagit Regional Airport, the Bayview Business Park, the La Conner Marina and the SWIFT Center in Sedro-Woolley. Combined, the Port’s four facilities are home to more than 100 businesses that employ some 1,800 workers in sustainable household wage jobs, and we still have plenty of room to grow.
Local voters approved the creation of the Port of Skagit in 1964, realizing the need for an entity that would serve the economic needs of Skagit County by helping to create jobs in the natural resource fields of agriculture, wood products, fisheries and mineral extraction. Our focus has broadened over the years, and today the port’s essential purpose is to contribute to the economic vitality of Skagit County through the development of facilities and infrastructure that support local commerce, trade and tourism. We are guided by our promise:
We promise excellence in public service and leadership within a business landscape that inspires success and enhances the quality of life in Skagit County.
Your Port of Skagit also seeks to be a responsible steward of the properties we control, because we recognize that protecting the environment contributes greatly to the fine quality of life we enjoy in the Skagit Valley.
The Skagit Valley has it all -- great location, natural beauty, friendly people and a port district that is working hard to build and maintain a strong economy. Please take a look around our web site and see all the things your Port of Skagit is doing to create Good Jobs for Our Community.
The Port of Skagit accomplishes its mission and purpose in a variety of ways:
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Through industrial property acquisition, development and management
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By providing transportation links for local products to reach global markets
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By developing and operating trade and tourism facilities
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By promoting the Skagit Valley’s unique trade, tourism and travel resources
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By developing physical and technological infrastructure for business, commerce and trade
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By providing economic development programs for start-up and relocating businesses
The long-range aspirations of the Port of Skagit derive from a broader vision of a thriving Skagit Valley. We are helping to build a community with a strong, diversified economy, where high technology, manufacturing and professional jobs, agriculture, timber and service industries combine to create a high standard of living, a healthy environment and distinct sense of place.
For more information about ports in Washington, CLICK HERE to see the website of the Washington Public Ports Association.
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