District 7A Representative Igo gives update following loss of potential Northland Business partner

District 7A State Representative Spencer Igo is concerned about the business future in northern Minnesota, now that a wood manufacturing business has dropped plans to build a controversial factory in the area. Huber Engineered Woods recently pulled out of an agreement to build an engineered wood factory in Cohasset, siting permitting issues that it says would cause further delays. The loss of the $440M potential investment, as well as the projected 150 jobs it would have brought to the area, concerns Igo:

Igo considers the opposition to the factory site to be wholly political in nature:

Our entire conversation with Representative Igo is on the Wake the Lakes page at rjbroadcasting.com.

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The opinion of District 7A State Representative Spencer Igo is that businesses seeking to relocate won’t choose Minnesota due to what he calls the state’s “bad name,” and he’d like to do something about that perception. Representative Igo:

Our whole update with Representative Igo, which also detailed recent legislation in St Paul, is available at rjbroadcasting.com.