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10/24/12 Sherburne County Economic Development <br /> Welcome to <br /> Sherburne County <br /> Minnesota <br /> Economic Development <br /> Sherburn0 <br /> 1,1'.1 \ <br /> Sherburne County Economic Development News <br /> • Liberty Paper Inc. (LPI) Invests $15 Million in Becker Paper Mill <br /> • Big Lake Northstar Commuter Rail Station Area Attracts $3+ million Housing Investment <br /> • City of Elk River Develops Nature's Edge Business Center <br /> • United States Distilled Products— 186.000 SF Expansion in Princeton <br /> Liberty Paper Inc. (LPI) Invests $15 Million in Becker Paper Mill <br /> LPI makes paper for packaging by recycling over 250,000 tons of corrugated <br /> ffi <br /> -sue. containers each year. Later this year the company will begin <br /> pretreating an estimated 550,000 gallons of wastewater daily. A new anaerobic digester will <br /> produce methane gas, which will be captured and used to generate electricity for the paper mill. <br /> The investment in pre-treatment will enable the company to expand production capacity on site. <br /> The project represents a cooperative effort involving Liberty Paper and a number of community <br /> partners. Sherburne County, the City of Becker and Little Falls-based Initiative Foundation <br /> convened a variety of potential funding partners, including the St. Paul Port Authority. The Port <br /> provided unique expertise related to anaerobic digesters and energy generation and played a <br /> critical role in financing the project. <br /> The facility is the largest single capital investment LPI has made since the paper mill was opened <br /> 1/3 <br />