The following is a press release issued by the Noyo Harbor District:
The Noyo Harbor District is excited to announce it has received funding from the California State Coastal Conservancy to embark on the Marina Redevelopment Planning Project. This funding represents a significant milestone in the Harbor District’s commitment to revitalizing the marina’s infrastructure to better serve the region’s commercial and recreational fishing industries, adapt to climate change, and support the community’s economic and cultural heritage.
The project’s primary objective is to develop detailed, engineered plans and secure necessary permits for the redevelopment of Noyo Harbor District’s marina. These plans will serve as a blueprint for future construction, ensuring a modern, resilient, and efficient marina layout that meets the needs of today’s fishing and boating industries.
For more than 72 years, Noyo Harbor has been a cornerstone of the local economy and culture, consistently ranking among the top 10 commercial ports in California for the value of its fish landings. It plays a critical role in providing healthy food sources, fostering careers, and supporting the community’s economic vitality. Noyo Harbor is also a cherished part of the area’s cultural heritage, making the preservation of its working waterfront a top regional priority, as outlined in the Harbor District’s Community Sustainability Plan.
Constructed in the 1970s, the marina infrastructure is now aging and in urgent need of modernization. The existing facilities include wooden docks, steel brackets, creosote-treated pilings, and poly floats that are no longer suitable for current demands. The marina features nine docks with 256 slips, but its layout and deteriorating condition limit its usability and sustainability.
Through the redevelopment planning process, the Harbor District aims to replace outdated wooden docks with durable concrete docks and transition from creosote-treated pilings to environmentally friendly concrete pilings. These upgrades will enhance the marina’s resilience to the impacts of climate change while improving safety and functionality.
Moreover, the project will enable the Harbor District to reconfigure the marina’s layout to optimize space usage and meet the evolving requirements of the fishing and boating industries. A key feature of the planning process will be robust stakeholder and agency engagement, ensuring that the final design aligns with regulatory guidelines and the community’s vision.
“This funding is an important step forward in our mission to modernize Noyo Harbor’s marina and ensure it continues to thrive as an economic and cultural hub for generations to come,” said Anna Neuman, Harbormaster.
For updates on the Marina Redevelopment Planning Project and opportunities to provide input, visit https://noyoharbordistrict.org/connect/
Great news!
It’s Fort Bragg. The corrupt govt here will figure out how to steal most of the money and do very little to improve the harbor. We watched them steal 2 38 million dollars a year and a half ago with non-existant improvements to The Plateau. The residents have to call the fire dept to get the grass mowed when it’s head high. Absolutely NOTHING has been improved. But if you question Danco or City Hall… they tell you to go F yourself. Where are these tax dollars? What happened to them? Tax paying citizens want to know!!!
My grandfather Leonard Holmes was the Noyo Harbor Commission chairman in the 1960s. The turning basin and facilities there now were installed in 1968.
The main harbor should be inside a hidden mountain island cave with slips for old NAZI U Boats, obviously. The current Drone incursions shows how much we are slipping militarily.
This article headline is a little misleading, the funding that was awarded is for the process of designing and the whole installation process of building a new moring basin. This funding is not for the actual infrastructure itself. This is step one which will be a long and tedious process unfortunately but I know the staff and commission will do the best that they can to achieve their goals.
How much money? You didn’t say. Last time it was 16 million dollars that Jared Huffman, our representative , lined up for cleaning out the harbor and river of all the abandoned boats. The local gov took that money and wrecked 4 old wood boats, and now that money is gone. Ask Anna, the puppet they put in charge of the City marina where the money went. Studies and plans. Ask Dan Platt, (Harbor commission) if he gets any perks for looking the other way. Lets audit that last huge expenditure before we turn the same folks loose with more cash paying friends to study and ponder doing something.