A biomass production company is partnering with the Wallowa County government to bring jobs to the economically depressed area.
A biomass production company is partnering with the Wallowa County government to bring jobs to the economically depressed area.
British Columbia native David Schmidt and his wife Jesse’s company, Integrated Biomass Resources-IBR, are partnering with county government to secure property at the former Wallowa Forest Products mill site three miles north of Wallowa. Schmidt and county commissioner Mike Hayward foresee the creation of more than 30 family-wage jobs at the new site.
IBR is in the business of turning low-value forest materials into marketable products. The company currently rents property and operates inside the town of Wallowa and has created 17 family-wage jobs at what Schmidt referred to as the “business incubator” site, which the USDA transferred by grant to the town of Wallowa.
Read more at the East Oregonian.
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