Park Falls Wisconsin Paper Mill
From news reports the city of park falls is planning to loan 1 million to resume operations at the park falls mill.
Park falls wisconsin paper mill. It s a big watershed. The true story of the park falls paper mill. Bablick is happy the sale went through but warned the city s economy needs to keep diversifying beyond the mill. 6 2019 the mayor of the city of park falls wisconsin confirmed to local media that niagara worldwide was the highest bidder at an auction that took place on nov.
They garanteed the mill would stay open seven years plus. The mill had 3 paper machines 50 plus years old. Croix rod a fishing rod company and a factory for weather shield a window manufacturer. The park falls school district is geographically the largest school district in wisconsin.
In park falls bablick said he s pushing for state tax incentives to sweeten the deal for a mill buyer in part because of the outsized role the plant plays in the local economy. Right after that smart paper bought the mill. The federal state and local government put up loans and bonds etc for them to get two new paper machines. There are different watersheds than just the paper mill in this.
July 3 2019 4 35 pm courtney terlecki top stories wisconsin news park falls waow a park falls paper mill may reopen after shutting down operations in june. It closed in 2006 then reopened when william butch johnson bought it with the help of the administration of then gov. The first thing they did was fire the. The mill has a century long history in park falls.
A buyer was found for the mill and it was reopened in august 2006 as flambeau river papers. Members of the common council after deliberating in closed session on monday voted to authorize staff and consultants to work towards bringing a bridge loan agreement between the city and park falls development llc the company now listed as owning. Park falls mill sale falls through heading to liquidation market the sale of the park falls flambeau river papers mill to newly formed company element ventures could not be finalized and the. Henry sherry purchased the cornell university land around the falls in 1885 and built the first band saw mill in northern wisconsin which cut 100 million feet of pine during its lifetime.
3 and has agreed to purchase the assets of flambeau river papers for 2 2 million. The city of park falls is planning to loan 1 million to resume operations at the park falls mill.