County loses little in CalStar shut-down
CalStar, an eco-friendly brick/masonry manufacturer, ended production at its Lowndes County facility on Oct. 2.
CalStar moving more production to Lowndes Co.
CalStar Products, a North Carolina-based brick and masonry products manufacturer, announced this week that it is moving production efforts from a Wisconsin site to its Lowndes County facility.
CalStar anticipating growth as it gets started
CalStar threw the switch on its brick and paver manufacturing plant in June to test equipment. In July, employees began making product.
Testing operations underway at CalStar
An official ribbon cutting for the new CalStar plant has not been set, but operations are already taking place there.
Construction of the facility at the Golden Triangle Regional Global Industrial Aerospace Park wrapped up late last month.
Architect: CalStar construction on schedule
Though no announcement has been made on when CalStar Products will officially begin business in Lowndes County, construction of the facility that will soon house the plant is expected to be finished by Saturday.
Weathers granted 30-day extension for CalStar work
It will likely be late next month before construction on the facility that will house CalStar Products is substantially complete.
Eminent domain issue should not delay CalStar project
Lowndes County is pursuing eminent domain for a small tract near the CalStar site that a landowner will not sell at appraised value, but county attorney Tim Hudson and Golden Triangle Development LINK CEO Joe Max Higgins don’t expect the matter to delay construction.
County to pursue eminent domain claim near CalStar site
A landowner’s refusal to grant an easement to the Golden Triangle Development Link required for water and sewer expansion for the CalStar project has forced county leaders to pursue an eminent domain claim on the property.
Weathers awarded Calstar contract
Lowndes County supervisors accepted a bid from Weathers Construction on Monday to renovate the spec building that will house a CalStar plant.
County turns spec building lease over to CalStar
Lowndes County Supervisors unanimously agreed Monday to a revised memorandum of understanding and lease agreement with sustainable building material manufacturing company CalStar specifying penalties the company would have to pay in the event it does not provide at least 58 jobs at its Columbus plant once its fully operational.