WARRENTON — Pacific Coast Seafood is coming back to the Skipanon River.
A town hall Saturday with state Sen. Betsy Johnson, D-Scappoose, in the Warrenton City Commission chambers was especially fitting, given the $3 million she helped secure from the state Legislature to return the city’s largest employer.
With Daniel Occhipinti, general counsel for Pacific Seafood Group, Johnson announced the company’s intent to rebuild and start processing seafood by spring of next year at the former Pacific Coast Seafood plant on the western banks of the Skipanon. The plant burned down in June 2013.
“The state is just validating the important role that fish processing plays,” said Johnson, who was named the Regional Leader of the Year by the Columbia Pacific Economic Development District for her efforts. “These guys are going to spend millions of dollars, so this is a true public-private partnership.”
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