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Old Posted Jan 1, 2020, 8:10 PM
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Yeah, I stopped in Kalamazoo on my way home from Chicago last weekend. Are there any plans for the reuse of the old Parchment Mill? I stopped by there too before leaving the area. Huge place!
Update: Parchment just bought this property back from developer River Reach LLC for $1, the same price they sold it for, over a decade ago.

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Parchment buys back blighted paper mill tied to city’s drinking water crisis
Lindsay Moore | MLive
December 27, 2019

PARCHMENT, MI -- Developers are eyeing the former Crown Vantage paper mill property in Parchment after 10 years of stalled rebuilding efforts. Parchment Mayor Robert D. Britigan III said developers have shown interest in using the property for multi-use but declined to name those that expressed interest. In 2008, developers River Reach LLC agreed to take the blighted property off the city’s hands for just $1. The city voted to buy it back for the same price on Dec. 2...
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