U.S.-based supplier and processor Pacific Seafood, in partnership with a number of local collaborators, will help to bring over 100 jobs back to Warrenton, Oregon in 2018 by rebuilding the area’s dock and the company’s corresponding processing facility, the company said in a press release.
Both the dock and processing plant suffered severe damage in a 2013 fire.
Warrenton Mayor Henry Balensifer, Business Oregon Regional Development Officer Melanie Olson, Warrenton City Manager Linda Engbretson, and Oregon Governor’s Office North Coast Regional Coordinator Mark Ellsworth formalized a partnership with Pacific Seafood on Wednesday, 23 August, to rebuild the dock and the processing site, with General Counsel Dan Occhipinti representing the seafood company…