DAYTON—Shawn Brown has been elected by the Port of Columbia commissioners to fill the open seat on the commission, which was vacated in June when Dan Aschenbrenner moved out of District No. 1.

Brown said, “I am very interested in two things: First, giving back to this community that I have grown to love. Second, participating in the vital role of the Port around economic development.”

Brown has spent the last seventeen years in the field of Real Estate as a residential lender. He said his experience in that capacity would serve the Port well since the Port is the “holder” of vario...