LEDD tours Urania sawmill - The Jena Times

LaSalle Parish Ward 3 Police Juror Tim Lasiter (right) tours the LaSalle Lumber Company Pine Sawmill in Urania last week along with LaSalle Economic Development District (LEDD) Secretary Jakki Richardson, Urania Alderman Tom Douglas, Southern Heritage Bank Assistant Vice President Andy Cruse, Tullos Mayor Karla Cockerham and other elected officials and community leaders as part of LEDDâs monthly meeting. (See story and other pictures on Page 7A.)

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February 22, 2022

LEDD tours Urania sawmill

Over two dozen LaSalle Parish elected officials and community leaders met last Thursday at the LaSalle Lumber Company Pine Sawmill in Urania to learn more about the company and sawmill operations as well as tour part of the facility and discuss labor shortages during the monthly meeting of the LaSalle Economic Development District (LEDD).

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