City celebrates completion of Four Corners Industrial Park
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By Abby Sewell
Molalla Pioneer
City of Molalla and Clackamas County officials, business leaders and community members gathered this morning to dedicate the Four Corners Industrial Park and welcome its new tenants, NW Polymers and Cencast, Inc.
"This is just the beginning for Molalla," county commissioner Martha Schrader told the assembled crowd before grabbing an outsized pair of scissors to cut the red ribbon stretched across the new 850 foot stretch of road leading into the indurstrial complex.
With the 98 new jobs the industrial park is projected to create, she said, Molalla is on its way to becoming a key player in a new era of economic growth in Clackamas County.
Mayor Tom Foster agreed.
"All we hope is that this is just the beginning," he said. "Let's have Molalla shoot for the moon."
The Four Corners project, which cost more than $6 million in total, was a joint effort between public and private organizations, with funding coming from the City of Molalla, the Oregon Economic and Community Development Department, the Oregon Department of Transportation, Clackamas County, Molalla Communications Company and the Team for Economic Action in Molalla.
From planning to completion, Foster said, the project took about three years. The city broke ground on the site last August, with construction beginning in January 2007.
Cencast, Inc., a family-owned medical implant manufacturing company formerly located in Milwaukie, Ore., has operations already up and running in the new facility.
NW Polymers, which processes scrap plastic from industrial facilities to make it ready for use as a raw material, is waiting for its final occupancy permit and putting finishing touches on the construction before beginning operations on the site.
Jamie Johnk, former TEAM director and current board member, who worked with former Molalla city manager Gene Green to find funding for the site, sat down to rest for a moment after the ceremony.
"There were a number of bumps in the road and a number of challenges we needed to overcome in the project, but the companies stuck it out and the city saw the project through," she said. "It's beautiful -- a great source of pride for the community."
Molalla Pioneer
City of Molalla and Clackamas County officials, business leaders and community members gathered this morning to dedicate the Four Corners Industrial Park and welcome its new tenants, NW Polymers and Cencast, Inc.
"This is just the beginning for Molalla," county commissioner Martha Schrader told the assembled crowd before grabbing an outsized pair of scissors to cut the red ribbon stretched across the new 850 foot stretch of road leading into the indurstrial complex.
With the 98 new jobs the industrial park is projected to create, she said, Molalla is on its way to becoming a key player in a new era of economic growth in Clackamas County.
Mayor Tom Foster agreed.
"All we hope is that this is just the beginning," he said. "Let's have Molalla shoot for the moon."
The Four Corners project, which cost more than $6 million in total, was a joint effort between public and private organizations, with funding coming from the City of Molalla, the Oregon Economic and Community Development Department, the Oregon Department of Transportation, Clackamas County, Molalla Communications Company and the Team for Economic Action in Molalla.
From planning to completion, Foster said, the project took about three years. The city broke ground on the site last August, with construction beginning in January 2007.
Cencast, Inc., a family-owned medical implant manufacturing company formerly located in Milwaukie, Ore., has operations already up and running in the new facility.
NW Polymers, which processes scrap plastic from industrial facilities to make it ready for use as a raw material, is waiting for its final occupancy permit and putting finishing touches on the construction before beginning operations on the site.
Jamie Johnk, former TEAM director and current board member, who worked with former Molalla city manager Gene Green to find funding for the site, sat down to rest for a moment after the ceremony.
"There were a number of bumps in the road and a number of challenges we needed to overcome in the project, but the companies stuck it out and the city saw the project through," she said. "It's beautiful -- a great source of pride for the community."
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