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A3 THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2019 Georgia-Pacifi c will close Coos Bay mill Layoffs for 111 workers By MIKE ROGOWAY The Oregonian Georgia-Pacifi c Wood Products notifi ed employ- ees at its Coos Bay lum- ber mill Thursday that it will close the facility and lay off all of the site’s 111 workers. “It is an absolutely ter- rible thing to have to do,” said Rick Kimble, a Geor- gia-Pacifi c spokesman. “At the same time you can’t keep operating if you’re losing money at the site.” The Atlanta-based pulp and paper company said Asian competition for Oregon logs made it more expensive to supply the Coos Bay mill. And Geor- gia-Pacifi c said the pro- longed closure of Coos Bay’s swing span railroad bridge made it more diffi - cult to ship products from the site. The 100-year-old bridge has been closed for more than a year and plans to reopen the struc- ture have been repeatedly delayed. Kimble said 70 percent of the mill’s prod- ucts went by rail and the bridge closure was adding signifi cantly to operating costs. “That makes a big dif- ference when you have to truck it over to an off- load facility and then put it back on rail,” he said. While there are other railways serving the com- munity, economic devel- opment offi cials said the bridge’s closure was affecting shippers through- out the community and neighboring counties. Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian Clatsop Economic Development Resources, the local business advocacy group led by executive director Kevin Leahy, top left, gave awards to, from left to right and top to bottom: Nathan and Zach Adamson, of Adamson Bros. Jiu Jitsu Academy; Traci Williams, of Sweet Shop Gearhart; Diane Berry, of Bloomin’ Crazy Floral; Stephanie Stevenson, of the clothing store Cotton Club; Kurt and Tami Klockau, of yarn store Candy Skein; Gib and Deanna Hammond, of Cannon Beach Bakery; Joel Bergeman, of Bergeman Construction; Rachel Marriott, offi ce manager for building materials recycler Trails End Recovery; Mark Morgans, of timberland owner GreenWood Resources Inc.; Tommie Smith, of Main St. Market; and Henry Balensifer and Linda Engbretson, of the city of Warrenton. Businesses honored for economic, community impact on North Coast CEDR gives out annual awards By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — Clatsop Economic Development Resources, the local business advocacy group, on Thursday honored the economic and community impact of several local businesses . Nate and Zach Adamson, owners of Adamson Bros. Jiu Jitsu Academy in Seaside, were honored for strengthen- ing the community and pro- moting personal development through martial arts since 2008. The brothers com- mented on how they grew up in Clatsop C ounty and are proud to help locals grow and improve themselves. “We have about 200 active students right now,” Zach Adamson said. “These are people who are preventing bullying in school. They’re losing weight. They’re going home and being better hus- bands, better kids. We’re just very proud to be able to make that environment where it’s inspiring people to be better.” Winning an award for economic impact was Green- Wood Resources Inc., man- ager of 140,000 acres of the Lewis and Clark Timber- lands. The company employs 16 full-time staff and indi- rectly 250 contractors while adding $1 million in property tax revenue for the c ounty each year, said Kevin Leahy, executive director of the busi- ness group. Trails End Recovery, the building materials and debris recycler in Warrenton, was honored for customer ser- vice, processing and divert- ing about 800,000 tons of material from landfi lls. The company is run by Dean and Evie Larson, who also own Custom Excavating. Joel Bergeman, owner of Bergeman C onstruction, was honored for his entrepre- neurship. He started his own construction company in the mid-2000s specializing in restoration and stabilizing the foundations of buildings. “We want to empower our employees,” he said. “We want to give them liv- ing-wage jobs. I’m proud to say we provide health insur- ance accounts and try and help them along. A lot of people end up in construc- tion as an accident. We want to empower them and make it a professional choice for them.” Diane Berry, who opened Bloomin’ Crazy Floral in the Sanborn Building in Astoria in 2009, was also honored for her entrepreneurship. Main St. Market in War- renton was honored for its service to the community, Please from such efforts as spon- soring local youth baseball, local teens in need and Coast Guard families during the recent federal government shutdown. Stephanie Stevenson, of the Cotton Club cloth- ing store, was also honored for her service to downtown Seaside. Traci Williams, of the Sweet Shop Gearhart, was honored for her innovation in rehabilitating a boarded-up storefront into a dessert eat- ery that employs more than 10 people in the summertime. Gib and Deanna Ham- mond, who took over Can- non Beach Bakery last year, were also honored for their customer service. Warrenton took home an award for business and com- munity building in honor of its recent accomplishments, such as moving the War- renton Community L ibrary downtown, beginning a downtown revitalization and becoming a Main Street City. 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