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Windom EDA reports Prime Pork plant aims to restart, expects to hire about 130 workers

Cottonwood County Board of Commissioners · January 21, 2025
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Summary

Chair Kevin Stevens told the board the plant formerly known as Prime Pork is planning Phase 1 of a restart at the end of January, hopes to hire about 130 employees across four phases, and received roughly 800 applications.

Chair Kevin Stevens reported to the Cottonwood County Board that the plant formerly known as Prime Pork, under the Windom Economic Development Authority’s monitoring, hopes to begin Phase 1 of a restart at the end of January and plans four total phases.

Stevens said the operation is hoping to hire about 130 employees over the phases and has received approximately 800 applications to date. The update was presented as an informational item; there was no motion recorded in the minutes related to incentives or county action tied to the update.

The minutes list this as a brief update with no additional board direction or recorded public comment.