CHICAGO -- The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) honored the recipients of its 2010 Leadership Awards during Greenbuild.

CARROT RIVER, SK -- Edgewood Forest Products is planning to restart production at its mills in Carrot River and Hudson Bay, according to the SaskatoonHomePage.ca.

Georgia-Pacific has completed the purchase of Grant Forest Products’ oriented strand board (OSB) facilities at Allendale and Clarendon, SC, as well as the facility at Englehart, ON, and the associated facility at Earlton, ON. The acquisition, first announced in January, totaled approximately $400 million.

Georgia-Pacific LLC has announced it is expanding its forest protection and sustainability efforts with an updated policy to better identify and protect endangered forests in the United States; promote conservation of forest diversity; and enhance its sustainable forestry and recycling practices.

Bob Moore, Chairman, CEO, iGPS, has been named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2010 national winner in the Emerging category.

In response to feedback from AWFS Fair attendees, AWFS has created a new educational track for the 2011 College of Woodworking Knowledge (CWWK) education program, “Small Shops Ten & Under.”

Closets Expo 2011 exhibitor bookings, running well ahead of last year's event, will bring high technology and capital equipment to The Charlotte, NC, Convention Center Feb. 24-25, 2011.

Amoskeag Woodworking, one of Vermont's largest cabinet and millwork shops, has acquired Morse Hardwoods & Millwork Co., Essex Junction, VT. The state provided over $500,000 in loans; Peoples United Bank almost $1 million.

Amoskeag Woodworking has acquired Morse Hardwoods.

TORONTO -- The 2011 edition of the Woodworking Machinery & Supply Expo (WMS), Canada's premier woodworking event, is moving to the Direct Energy Centre with the new dates of October 27-29.