Director of Business Development and Public Affairs at Port of Quincy - Quincy, Massachusetts, United States
Located in the center of Washington State near the Columbia River, the Port of Quincy is ranked as one of the top low-cost rural locations in the United States for business and economic development with a full array of infrastructure including: plentiful low-cost hydropower electricity, high-capacity bandwidth dark fiber, an abundant supply of irrigation water, a major interstate freeway (I-90), a large capacity water treatment system, an ample supply of natural gas, a skilled workforce, approved foreign trade zone status, relatively inexpensive industrial and commercial properties, nearby commercial air service, a key cross-country rail mainline (from Seattle to Chicago), a modern rail intermodal terminal, and a central location in the heart of Washington State's most productive irrigated agricultural region. The Port of Quincy has premier sites for food processing and food manufacturing companies, warehousing and distribution companies, high-tech companies and data centers, etc. At the Port of Quincy major fresh produce and food processing & distribution companies such as Lamb Weston, National Frozen Foods, NORPAC, Nutrilite (Amway), Oneonta, Stemilt, CMI, Double Diamond, Jones Produce, Lineage Logistics, etc. find themselves next to technology companies like NTT, H5, Microsoft, Sabey, Vantage and Verizon.