"Build and maintain waterfront facilities, and promote/support projects and programs in cooperation with other community organizations and businesses that will retain and create new jobs and increase community economic development."

Values represent the Port’s most deeply held driving forces, which help us determine our highest priorities. They are the foundation on which we as Port Commissioners and as staff conduct ourselves and perform work for the Port. They serve as our guiding principles -- the motivation for our goals, strategies and actions to accomplish our mission. They clarify who we are as the Port of Newport…

In 1909, the State of Oregon passed a law allowing for the creation of port districts, prompting the people of Yaquina Bay to organize into two port districts – the Port of Newport and the Port of Toledo. With a mind to improving waterfront services and waterways for economic purposes, the state law allowed for taxes to be levied and bonds to be issued.

The Port has leased property at all three of their primary business centers - the Newport International Terminal, the Commercial Fishing bayfront area, and the Recreational Marina & RV Parks South Beach complex.