The CERB has
agreed to provide an $850,000 loan and $150,000 grant to the Port of Sunnyside
in Yakima County to construct a wastewater pre-treatment facility for the
expansion of the Darigold facility located at the port.
The Port of
Sunnyside says it will match CERB’s investment with $5 million in local and
federal funds for the wastewater improvements. The new infrastructure will
allow the creation of 25 new jobs and retention of 137 existing jobs at the
facility.
Darigold, a
Seattle-based dairy agricultural company, says it expects to invest $22 million
in their private facility as a result of this project.
CERB
additionally approved a $500,000 loan and $100,000 grant to the Port of Whitman
in Whitman County to build two rail spur segments, which are expected to
provide infrastructure to support additional rail cars delivering bulk
commodities to the McGregor Co., a Washington fertilizer and agri-chemical
company.
The Port of
Whitman says it will match CERB’s investment with nearly $138,000 in local
funds to construct the rail spurs. The McGregor Co. says it will invest $10
million in its private facility and create 10 jobs as a result of the project.
Additionally,
a $499,000 CERB loan was given to the Port of Camas-Washougal in Clark County
to construct a food processing and distribution center for gourmet fresh foods
supplier Foods in Season, which sells wild-foraged foods from the Pacific
Northwest to high-end restaurants in the United States, Europe and Japan.
The Port of
Camas-Washougal says it’ll match CERB’s investment with over $1.3 million in
local funds to complete the distribution center. Foods in Season says it will invest $500,000
in private equipment and create 10 permanent jobs as a result of this project.
The release
of funds to the projects is contingent upon each applicant completing specific
pre-contract requirements, such as finalizing other funding sources and
obtaining necessary permits, according to the CERB.
