Community Outreach Toolbox Creating a dialog with the many communities surrounding a seaport takes broad shoulders. Once meaningful partnerships are established, port outreach programs are almost uniformly welcomed with open arms by interested neighbors. However, before achieving that level of engagement, ports are likely to encounter blank stares, self-interest or even hostility. Outreach initiatives that generate two-way communications take time ...
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New survey by Martin Associates and study by AAPA look at the economic value of ports and critical need for infrastructure investment in the future By AAPA Staff This April at the AAPA 2015 Spring Conference, Martin Associates released the results of its latest economic impact study of United States seaports. Dr. John Martin, Martin Associates’ president, debuted his firm’s ...
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By B.C. Manion When Jim Quinn arrived at the Saint John Port Authority four years ago, he began making the rounds to identify his priorities. Essentially, Quinn asked: “What advice would you have for me as the new CEO? What are your thoughts, your observations of how the port operates and what its role should be?” Those discussions led to ...
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Elizabeth Ogden, PortMiami’s chief of architectural/engineering design services, oversees capital improvement projects that benefit the port, its stakeholders and the people of Miami-Dade County By Sarah Sain When speaking with PortMiami’s Elizabeth Ogden, one word kept coming up: community. After all, the community is who Ogden ultimately works for and what she’s passionate about. As chief of architectural/engineering design services ...
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