C6 • GRITTY to PRETTY: ASTORIA’S TRANSFORMATIVE DECADE 2010-2019
DECEMBER 31, 2019
PORT OF ASTORIA & COLUMBIA RIVER MARITIME MUSEUM
PORT
Since 2012, the
Port of Astoria
has had six
directors, with
the newest
being Will Isom.
It turned 100 in
2010. Logging
exports also
came to the port
over this decade.
MARITIME
MUSEUM
The Columbia River
Maritime Museum has
expanded over the decade
with the addition of the
Peacock pilot boat in 2010
and the completion of the
Barbey Maritime Center
in the former Astoria train
depot in 2013. A pond for
sailboats next to the center
is slated to open in 2020.
ARTS SCENE
The arts scene on the North Coast has stayed steady over the decade, with some noticeable additions like the new black box theater in downtown Astoria, the Astoria Visual Arts and
Astoria Makers space in the Van Dusen Building and the Astoria Design Studio in the former YMCA in downtown Astoria. The Astoria Regatta celebrated 125 years in 2019 and the
Scandinavian Midsummer Festival turned 50 in 2017. “The Nutcracker” ballet by Little Ballet Theatre turned 45 this December, the North Coast Symphonic Band turned 40 in October and
the North Coast Chorale celebrated 30 years as well. Newer events that started at the beginning of this decade like outdoor summer movies at Astoria parks celebrated 10 years this summer.
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