Port Partners with Local Leaders to Save Youth Jobs
Thu, Jun 25, 2020
The Port of Seattle announced a partnership with five local non-profit organizations as part of its effort to save youth jobs for the summer and beyond. The Port's Opportunity Initiative aims to provide summer jobs for 220 y...
Port Commits Additional $3 Million to Community Benefit Programs to Aid COVID-19 Recovery
Thu, Jun 25, 2020
Port of Seattle Commissioners this week approved new COVID-19 recovery measures by committing an additional $3 million to community benefit programs. The additional $3 million commitment will go to short-term, recove...
Barb Wilson Hired as Port of Seattle Commission Chief of Staff
Tue, Jun 23, 2020
Barb Wilson joins the Port of Seattle as the Chief of Staff for its five-member elected body, the Port of Seattle Commission. Wilson brings 25 years of experience in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors in Seattle. "We ar...
Port Enacts Police Department Policy Changes, Announces Department Assessment
Tue, Jun 23, 2020
Port of Seattle Executive Director Steve Metruck announced today immediate changes to Port of Seattle Police Department protocols regarding hiring practices, commitment to diversity, and use of force. Executive Director Metruck al...
Commission President Steinbrueck and Executive Director Metruck Juneteenth Statement
Thu, Jun 18, 2020
Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the former confederate state of Texas, June 19, 1865, where the news came two- and one-half years late, after Lincoln's original Emancipation Proclamation in 1862. Though Juneteenth mark...
