Encampment mill to run again?

While discussion of the Green Mountain zone change dominated the conversation at the July 8 Encampment Town Council meeting, it didn’t completely hog the spotlight.

During the meeting, Saratoga resident Lela Konecny spoke to the council regarding a lease on the lumber mill at Grand Encampment Business Park. Konecny gave a presentation as a representative of Meriwether Timber.

The lease on the mill is currently owned by TNT Forest Products. TNT currently has no business license, having been administratively dissolved in December 2019 for tax reasons. The lease for TNT was renewed in September 2...