Demolition draws closer for mill as US wood industry continues to decline.
A former Weyerhaeuser sawmill in a county that a state economist calls a “poster child” for the decline of the wood products industry is being dismantled, extinguishing faint hopes that somebody would revive it.
Talks with several groups interested in running a mill didn’t result in a deal to reopen the plant closed in 2009 in the Polk County seat Dallas.
“We didn’t get any traction with that, and I guess it’s not a huge surprise,” said Richard Wayper, vice president of marketing with Northwest Demolition and Dismantling.
The company bought the 66-acre site at an August auction for about $1.4 million. It has hired an auctioneer to take bids on equipment until Christmas and expects that by the first quarter most of it will be removed.
It plans to tear down some of the structures but hopes to find commercial or industrial users for structures in better condition.
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