Several major developments are currently being planned in The Waterfront District including a, a Clean Ocean Marina, a TerrAquarium, and a potential new homeport for NOAA's Pacific Research Fleet. For more information, click on the links below.
Development Opportunities
The Port is working to clean-up and redevelop contaminated industrial property located along Bellingham's central waterfront to create new economic opportunities and new jobs.
Western Washington University
In the Spring of 2004, Western Washington University first began studying the possibility of playing a role in the redevelopment of the Bellingham Waterfront. This initial exploration confirmed that WWU had a unique opportunity to play a significant role in the development of the Bellingham waterfront as...
TerrAquarium
A local nonprofit organization, Northwest Discovery Project, is developing plans for a new regional TerrAquarium that will house educational research and interpretive displays portraying the life of salmon from upland mountain streams to the ocean. The goal of the aquarium will be to...
NOAA Homeport?
Homeporting the NOAA's Pacific Marine Operations Center has been a community goal since the Waterfront Futures Group planning effort in 2003-04. Since then, the Port has been meeting with regional and national NOAA officials and our federal delegation to promote the relocation of...
New Downtown Marina
The Port is planning to build a new downtown marina unlike any other boat basin that has ever been built. This state-of-the-art marina will be sculpted from inside a giant wastewater treatment lagoon which currently lies...
