Port Provides Grant to Concrete Chamber of Commerce
The Port of Skagit is providing a grant of up to $10,000 to the Concrete Chamber of Commerce as part of a Targeted Community Partnership Program. The grant funding, provided to the Chamber as the project sponsor, will go to [...]
Heritage Flight Museum Breaks Ground on Expansion
After years of planning and preparation, the Heritage Flight Museum is moving forward on their much-anticipated expansion, adding more space for aviation exhibits, historical artifacts, and maintenance facilities. Heritage Flight Museum was founded in 1996 by Apollo 8 astronaut William [...]
Familiar Faces Moving into Port of Skagit Restaurant
The restaurant at Skagit Regional Airport is reopening with new operators, but they are not new to the Skagit Valley. Spinach Bus Ventures, the team who owns Tulip Town, Skagit Acres and the Fairhaven Mill is moving into the restaurant [...]
U.S. Representative Rick Larsen Tours Port of Skagit Projects
U.S. Representative Rick Larsen visited the Port of Skagit on March 5, 2021, to see projects underway in maritime manufacturing, aviation expansion and value-added agriculture. The day included tours and conversations with representatives from Island Grown Farmers’ Cooperative, Corporate Air Center, [...]
Port of Skagit Announces “Genuine Skagit Valley” Federal Certification Mark
“The Port of Skagit is pleased to announce that the United States Patent and Trademark office granted registration to a Certification Mark for Genuine Skagit Valley,” said Patsy Martin, Executive Director of the Port of Skagit. This means that agricultural [...]
Broadband Work Featured in Pacific Ports Magazine
The Port of Skagit was invited to share its work on the Skagit County Community Fiber Optic Network rural broadband initiative in a recent edition of Pacific Ports Magazine. Click HERE to read the article and learn more about SkagitNet [...]
Port of Skagit Growing and Adding Two New Positions
Burlington, WA--A number of projects and developments that began in 2020 at the Port of Skagit continue to move forward, along with new projects that are set to begin this year. This realized and anticipated growth has prompted the addition [...]
Port of Skagit Gets Clean Audit from the State
BURLINGTON, WA---The Port of Skagit recently underwent its required annual audit by the State of Washington, with no findings reported. The annual audit conducted by the State Auditor’s Office, which normally takes several weeks to complete on site, was [...]
Port of Skagit Adopts “Bring Your Child to Work” Policy
BURLINGTON, WA---The Port of Skagit recently adopted a new policy in response to the growing challenges that many working families are facing. At its September Port Commission meeting, the Port of Skagit adopted a “Children in the Workplace” policy for [...]
Finding a Way to Help at the Port of Skagit
Burlington, WA — Like many workers around the globe, Port of Skagit staff are working remotely to ensure that operations continue as close to normal as possible. But just because it’s quiet at the Port doesn’t mean it’s not bustling [...]







