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NIMBY activists fell Memphis Urban Wood’s biomass campus

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis Urban Wood is going back to the drawing board after cancelling plans to develop an urban lumber sawmill operation due to staunch opposition from some members of the community and Memphis City Council.According to WREG TV, Memphis Urban Wood proposed converting “a blighted property in North Memphis into a facility that would upcycle lumber into other useful products.” The operation would have created approximately 10 jobs to recycle trees removed due to age, storm of other causes.

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In Remembrance – Frank R. Marvin

Former Marvin Windows and Doors president and later vice chair of the board, Frank R. Marvin, died on Saturday, March 2. He was 82.Marvin was a 42-year company veteran and third-generation member of the Marvin family to work at the window and door company. 

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Würth Baer Supply acquires Russell Plywood

Würth Baer Supply Company has acquired Russell Plywood, headquartered in Reading, Pennsylvania, with an additional site in Wilmington, Delaware. The addition of Russell Plywood geographically expands Würth’s core woodworking business in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey, and continues to