Port of Astoria Commissioner Bill Hunsinger rose from his seat at Tuesday night’s Commission meeting, approached the podium during public comment and presented himself as a member of the public wanting to bring the agency’s attention to a possible business opportunity.
He talked about Ocean Cold, a 95,000-square-foot cold storage and processing facility in Westport, Wash., and how Astoria could profit from a similar facility, whether via the Port, Clatsop County or another agency that takes the lead.
“The seafood industry isn’t the only one that wants this cold storage,” said Hunsinger. “In Westport, they did 1 million pounds of product last year.”