Beasley Forest Products

New Markets Tax Credit Coalition

Hazlehurst,
GA
(2012)

Beasley Forest Products

Business Development, Manufacturing, Timber and Agriculture

NMTC financing for an innovative sustainable forestry company whose operations include sawmills, wood pellets (for renewable energy), timberland and environmental remediation products.

Investment

NMTC Amount: $14,613,500
Total Project Cost: $14,613,500

IMPACT

213 FTE jobs

CDEs

AMCREF Community Capital

Investor

PNC

Project Description

Beasley is an innovative sustainable forestry company whose operations include sawmills, wood pellets (for renewable energy), timberland and environmental remediation products. Beasley is the 2nd largest private employer in a rural county which suffered from high unemployment. Beasley owns thousands of acres of timberland and is committed to good environmental stewardship by participating in the Sustainable Forest Initiative program.

AMCREF provide the company with NMTC financing for its expansion.

MAP

Address: 712 Uvalda Highway, Hazlehurst, GA 31539

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