Port Commission to host live call-in town hall forum

VANCOUVER, Wash. – The Port of Vancouver USA Board of Commissioners will host a live, multi-media town hall forum on Tuesday, April 7 at 7 p.m. in the port’s Commission Chambers in the Administration Building, located at 3103 NW Lower River Road.

The forum will be cablecast live on CVTV Channel 23, and streamed live on www.cvtv.org, as well. The forum will have a live audience. Viewers can participate during the live broadcast by emailing their questions to info@portvanusa.com, or by calling 360-693-3611. The event will end at 8:30 p.m., but the port will continue to take questions on-line after the event is over.

Commissioners Nancy Baker, Jerry Oliver and Brian Wolfe – as well as Executive Director Larry Paulson – will be on hand to take questions from the live audience and from CVTV viewers. The forum will be moderated by The Columbian’s Business Editor Julia Anderson.

Advance questions are currently being accepted via email, and will be included in the questions sent in during the live forum.

About the Port of Vancouver USA

The Port of Vancouver USA, created by Clark County taxpayers in 1912, is one of the major ports on the Pacific Coast. Its competitive strengths include available land, versatile cargo handling capabilities, vast transportation networks, a dependable labor force and an exceptional level of service to its customers and community.

The Port of Vancouver is embarking on a year full of projects and developments that will lead to vital job creation, economic stimulation and environmental preservation. By diversifying its cargo mix between bulk commodities, breakbulk and project cargos, the port is responsible for job generation and significant contributions to the tax base for not only its own community, but also the state of Washington. Current expansion of the port’s rail system and development of new port industrial and marine properties will bring new jobs – both short term and long term – and the preservation of wetlands, the creation of enhanced wildlife habitat, and make way for more green/sustainable business partners operating from the port. For more information, please visit us at www.portvanusa.com.

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At A Glance

Who: Port of Vancouver Board USA of Commissioners
What: Interactive Town Hall forum live on CVTV
When: Tuesday, April 7, 7-8:30 p.m.
Where: Port administration building, Commission Chambers
Quick Facts: A Town Hall forum that’s televised live on CVTV … Moderated by Julia Anderson, business editor at The Columbian … Commissioners will be taking questions from a live audience, as well as call in and email in questions.