“As a special district, we have a responsibility to operate in the best interest of our residents which includes providing ladders of economic opportunity, and investing in the fabric of our community,” said Oxnard Harbor District Commissioner Mary Anne Rooney. “As a Commissioner, it is critical we invest some of the District’s resources with local non-profits and groups who are helping build a stronger community.”
The Port sponsored over 80 non-profits and community groups this past year, the most to date in the history of the Port. Investments were focused with groups that promote youth engagement, Veteran assistance, cultural empowerment, affordable housing, increasing accessibility to healthy food and internet access. These groups included Habitat for Humanity, the Ventura County Bookmobile, FOOD Share, MICOP, Boys and Girls Club, Latino Peace Officers Association, Reel Guppies, and Diversity Collective to name a few.
Since 2015, the Port’s customer base has grown, spurring much of the local economic opportunity and enabling the Port to invest in the local community. Dave Peterson, Port Manager for Subaru of America, Inc. explained their role in local job creation, “Since investing in the Port of Hueneme, we have been able to employ 40 full time employees plus additional port terminal personnel, shipping line workers, and ILWU labor. Depending on the demand, we also add an additional 20-40 part-time employees on top of the 40 full timers.” Port customers, like Subaru, have brought good-paying sustainable jobs to the local economy.
“Mission Produce has enjoyed working with the Port of Hueneme”, stated Ben Barnard VP Global Partnerships and Business Development Mission Produce, Inc. “Their dedication to continuous improvement and expansion efforts has helped us grow our Oxnard, California business significantly over the past few years. The improvements they have made allow a more seamless product flow on all our west coast imports into Hueneme and also allowed us to greatly expand our infrastructure in preparation for even more scheduled arrivals through the Port. This has been a great thing for the City of Oxnard and Ventura County alike as it has allowed our business, as well as others, to increase the workforce which will in return bring more revenue to the surrounding community.”
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We’re do you start to be able to get a port job I’ve been in Oxnard area my whole life and the only people who get those port jobs are the people who are family to the port workers who are all ready been a port workers how about a change in the port policy for the ventura county average 1paycheck away from being homeless residents