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Beltrami commissioners hear request to sponsor West Fraser job-creation grant for $137 million mill upgrade
Summary
West Fraser representatives asked the Beltrami County Board to sponsor a state Job Creation Fund application tied to an estimated $137 million capital upgrade at the county’s wood products mill; no formal county vote was recorded in the work session.
West Fraser representatives told the Beltrami County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday that the company plans a roughly $137 million renovation of its local mill and asked the county to sponsor a state Job Creation Fund application to help secure a preliminary incentive from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED).
The request matters to county officials because, company representatives said, the investment would modernize aging equipment at the plant and signal a long-term commitment to local operations. "We make a substantial investment of about 137,000,000 to renew about a third of the mill," Jeremy Buck said during the presentation.
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