The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay owns and operates the Charleston Marina, the Charleston Marina RV Park and the Charleston Shipyard, all of which serve various market segments in the community – commercial fishing and seafood processing, recreational fishing and boating, tourism and a growing retail and commercial sector. 

The Port adopted a master plan for the development and management of Port-owned property and marine related activities in the Charleston area in the early 1990s and is in the process of updating that plan to reflect changing economic conditions and shifts in facility usage during recent years. 

Port staff is working with a private-sector-based planning management team to gather community input from users of the facilities, local area residents, other public agencies and various advocacy and community support groups in the Charleston area to develop a comprehensive and flexible plan that will produce the greatest benefit for Charleston and Oregon’s Bay Area. 

Project Status: Bid opening March 11, 2008 at 2 pm.  Phase I Improvements:  Resurfacing outer basin with parking improvements, rip-rap repair, resurfacing Eel Avenue with parking improvements and establish a paved area behind Seahawk Seafood with drainage.  Project was awarded at the March Commission Meeting.  Construction started in April 2008, estimated completion date - end of May 2008.

Phase II Improvements:  Inner basin restroom building replacement with restroom and shower facilities.  Construction to begin September 2008.  Paving, parking, sidewalk and curbing to area around the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology’s interpretive center at corner of Guano Rock and Boat Basin Road. The Port is also pursuing a 97% grant from the Transportation Enhancement Program through Oregon Department of Transportation on behalf of Coos County for pedestrian improvements to Boat Basin Road, approximately 2,400 lineal feet from Cape Arago Highway to Oregon Institute of Marine Biology with curbing, sidewalks, landscaping, lighting and storm water drainage systems.  Application submitted with response July 2009 construction in FY09/10.  Matching funds will be provided by Coos County and Port of Coos Bay.