The Port of Hood River is a public agency that that provides five major facilities and services to people in the Hood River area (Bridge, Marina, Airport, Recreation, Property Development). Port owned and operated facilities provide the following services to the region: 

• Transportation: (The Hood River Interstate Bridge, Port-owned roads, parking facilities, and transit centers)
• Air Service: (The Ken Jernsted Airfield)
• Recreation & Tourism: Hood River Waterfront Recreation sites, the Waterfront Trail, the Hood River Marina, Port Marina Park.
• Industrial and Economic Development: The Waterfront Business Park, the Lower Mill Industrial  Redevelopment site, and all other Port-owned commercial and industrial buildings and developable lands.

The Port District extends south from the Columbia River through the Hood River Valley. It covers about half of Hood River County, including the City of Hood River and the unincorporated towns of Odell and Parkdale. 

The Port of Hood River was incorporated in 1933 to facilitate industrial development. As the Hood River area has grown, so has the number and importance of the Port’s facilities and services. Its role in the local economy
significantly expanded in 1950 with the purchase of the Hood River–White Salmon Interstate Bridge, and the responsibilities and revenues that accompanied that purchase. Later, the Port developed the Hood River
waterfront with fill projects throughout the 1960’s and 70’s. The Port acquired the airport in 1976 and has acquired and renovated several commercial buildings since the 1980s. In the 1990’s the Port developed a business park in Odell and expanded industrial, commercial, and recreation facilities along the waterfront beginning in the early 2000’s – work that continues today.