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Economic, tax impacts
Georgia-Pacific (GP) and the Foley Cellulose Mill accounts for nearly $557 million in taxable value, which makes up approximately 28% of Taylor County’s total 2023 tax rolls.…
Closure will have‘a domino effect’
Long-time local logger Benjye Tuten of H.B. Tuten Logging says the mill’s closure will have a domino effect that will severely impact his logging business and the 65 employees who…
‘Sad day in Taylor County’s history’
“This is a very sad day in Taylor County’s history,” said Vance Howell, a former county commissioner and now-retired 40-year employee with the local cellulose mill.…
TCDA focuses full resources in response to GP mill closure
The Taylor County Development Authority (TCDA) met in an emergency meeting Tuesday morning in an effort to find a solution that would avoid the Georgia-Pacific Foley mill plant closure altogether…
Driggers’ first day was also her last day
Valena Reed Driggers clocked in at 7:30 a.m. on Monday, excited for what the first day at her new job in a management position would bring at GP’s Foley mill.…
Elected officials respond to closure
Elected officials — from city hall to the halls of Congress — are vowing to stand by the community as it moves forward following the news that one of the…
Foley plant closure projected to impact 4,300 jobs in state
In addition to the loss of 525 direct jobs and another estimated 1,500 workers in associated support positions, Georgia-Pacific’s (GP) Foley Cellulose mill closure is expected to impact up to…
Foley Cellulose mill dates back to 1954
The Foley Cellulose mill in Perry has long been a major producer of specialty fibers and non-woven materials made predominantly from slash pine.…
GP has sold most of the other plants purchased from Buckeye
The 2013 merger of Buckeye Technologies and Georgia-Pacific (GP), under which the Perry-Foley cellulose mill was purchased by GP, also included the acquisition of cotton cellulose mills in Memphis, Tenn.…
Siegmeister released after only 11 months
Former State Attorney Jeff Siegmeister was released from federal prison last Tuesday, Sept. 5, after serving just 11 months of a 40-month sentence stemming from a federal corruption case —…
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