A spokesperson for Georgia-Pacific says the company has no immediate plans for 13.8 acres of mostly vacant land near its woodyard and paper mill in Zachary that it has purchased for $490,000.
“This is property that located between two properties we already own, and we just thought it was excellent opportunity to secure the land,” says Patty Prats-Swanson, Georgia-Pacific’s public affairs manager. “We don’t have any plans for it; we’re just going to keep it as is.”
Georgia-Pacific bought the land off Port Hickey Road from William and Mary Cranford, according to land records filed with the East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court. Prats-Swanson says the land, which is located directly across the company’s woodyard, has one home located on it, but is otherwise vacant.
Atlanta-based Georgia-Pacific, which employs about 950 people at its local woodyard and paper mill, holds about 1,350 acres total in the Zachary area, Prats-Swanson says. The company makes Quilted Northern bath tissue, Brawny paper towels and Spectrum office paper at the fully-integrated mill.
—Steve Sanoski
