Greetings and welcome to Friday.   Today marks the 25th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks - a coordinated series of four suicide attacks by the extremist group al-Qaeda against the United States. It was one of those seminal moments that was forever etched in the minds and hearts [...]

Greetings! So Labor Day weekend is upon us and we’ve got some damp campers out there! Once we slide into next week, the tourists will begin to dwindle and a Thursday left turn on 101 won’t earn as many nasty stares.   Thanks to all who attended our September Board [...]

Greetings and welcome to the last Friday in August (how’d THAT happen?!)! Looks to be a perfect cool and sunny near-fall weekend.   So let’s get to it - here’s our weekly team update:   Partner Support/Community Support  CWEDD - Paul led the CWEDD Executive Committee meeting this Thursday to [...]

Hello!  Paul sent in his update from DC- he, Allyson and Nina are attending the ICMA’s Economic Mobility and Opportunity (EMO) Conference. This national conference also includes sessions for the “special assistant” cohort - the multi-year grant funded by the Gates Foundation. Newport is the only awardee from the Pacific [...]

Greetings and welcome to Friday! A little cloudy and damp today and that should continue over the weekend - still great grilling weather!   This weekend is the Wooden Boat Show in Toledo - here’s a link with all the info: https://www.portoftoledo.org/21st-wooden-boat-show   Paul (along with Allyson and Nina) will [...]

Greetings and welcome to Friday and the first Friday in August! Zoom - did July speed right by!   Thanks to everybody who attended yesterday’s Board of Directors meeting - it was a great turn out. We were all sad to hear that Linda Roy is stepping back from the [...]