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2025 Spring Meeting

Historic Davenport Hotel 10 S Post Street, Spokane, WA, United States

On behalf of your WPPA Executive Committee, I am excited to extend an invitation to our WPPA 2025 Spring Meeting. This year we are back in the Inland Northwest, with the City of Spokane playing host at the ever-popular Historic Davenport Hotel.

Virtual Lunch & Learn: The Do’s & Don’ts of Communicating About TIF

The WPPA Communications Committee is holding a Lunch & Learn on Tax Increment Financing (TIF). We hope you will join us to learn the dos and don’ts when it comes to the communication side of TIF. Our speakers have firsthand experience and want to share their tips with you! Please click here to get signed up for […]

Inaugural Port Academy Series

Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority 285 Technology Center Way, Wenatchee, WA, United States

We’re excited to invite WPPA members to our first-ever Port Academy Series event, a new educational initiative designed to provide port staff with an opportunity to learn from one another through hands-on, port-led forums.

2025 WPPA Commissioners Seminar

Semiahmoo Resort 9565 Semiahmoo Parkway, Blaine, WA, United States

Welcome to the 2025 Commissioners Seminar, hosted this year in the Northwest corner of our state at Semiahmoo Resort in Blaine.

2025 WPPA Port Academy Series Second Edition

Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority 285 Technology Center Way, Wenatchee, WA, United States

Please join us for our second Edition of the “WPPA Port Academy Series” – August 14th at the Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority (CDRPA)! This is the second of three installments in 2025 and is graciously hosted by the CDRPA on August 14th from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

2025 Environmental Seminar – Alderbrook Lodge, Union

Alderbrook Resort 10 E Alderbrook Dr, Union, WA, United States

It's time to gather for WPPA's Environmental Seminar! As you know, this event provides participants with a relaxed venue to learn about environmental issues, share experiences, and reconnect with friends in the port community. In addition to presentations by experts, this year's agenda is full of the peer-to-peer interactions that have time and again proven so valuable. The 2025 seminar will be held at Alderbrook Resort in Union. The meeting officially begins the morning of Thursday, September 25th and will conclude by noon on Friday, September 26th.

2025 WPPA Port Academy Series Third Edition

Port of Port Angeles 338 West 1st Street, Port Angeles,, United States

Please join us for our third Edition of the 2025 WPPA Port Academy Series – October 29th at the Port of Port Angeles! Our first two academy series classes were a big success, so we’re excited to invite WPPA members to our third Port Academy Series event! This is a new educational initiative designed to provide port staff with an opportunity to learn from one another through hands-on, port-led forums. This is the final of three installments in 2025 and is graciously hosted by the Port of Port Angeles on October 29th from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

2025 New Commissioners Seminar – Marriott Tacoma Downtown

Marriott Tacoma Downtown 1538 Commerce St, Tacoma, WA, United States

The New Commissioners Seminar happens every other year and it is an educational product we offer to newly elected commissioners, new port staff, and new executives who are trying to get up to speed on all things Washington ports.