Stimson agrees to sell mill site to Cooney
Stimson Lumber Co. has entered into a buy-sell agreement for the Bonner mill site property with Scott Cooney's Montana Improvement Company. Jeff Webber, Stimson Lumber's vice president of manufacturing, said he could not disclose terms of... Read more...
Bonner residents hope jobs figure into site plans
Jobs, or the lack thereof, weigh heavily on the minds of people in Bonner. This, remember, is the town that was dealt a staggering blow when Stimson Lumber Co. closed up shop for good last year, even before the national economy went in the tank. Read more...
Company Town
Missoula real estate developer Scott Cooney now owns much of the land and 42 of the homes that constitute the town of Bonner. So what’s his plan? Read more...
Decking Bonner: Neighborhood gets ready for today's Christmas party
What's a party without presents? Mary Erickson, right, and Cindy Jimmerson haul a larger-than-life gift-wrapped present that will adorn the porch on the main party house in Bonner. Erickson and Jimmerson are members of Friends of Two Rivers, which is teaming with party host Scott Cooney to sponsor Sunday's event. Read more...
Changes in Milltown and Bonner inevitable, but consensus elusive for residents
Hearing Missoula developer Scott Cooney's plans for the site - which he said were based on input from the community - Schweitzer asked, "Who's the community?". There have been some sweeping remarks recently about what “the community” of Milltown and Bonner want to see happen at the mill site now that the plywood plant has shut down and nobody knows what Stimson will do with its stud mill. Read more...
Bonner buyer: Scott Cooney says he wants to be part of community's history
The Missoula businessman will soon own much of Bonner, having bought the houses near the Stimson Lumber Co. mill and the old log yard near West Riverside from Stimson. Read more...
Developer details future vision for Bonner
A businessman from Missoula has announced some bold plans to take over the current site of the Stimson Lumber Company. It comes as a response to both recovery work at the Milltown Dam and the void created by Stimson Lumber Company's decline. Read more...
Developer envisions new city center
Missoula businessman Scott Cooney envisions turning the Stimson mill's old lumberyard into Bonner's new city center. Read more...
Former Company Town Faces Uncertain Future
Now the mill has closed, the dam is being torn down and a multimillionaire developer from Missoula, Mont., Scott Cooney, is buying up Bonner, one of the nation’s last company towns. Read more...
Homes with history: Restoration of former mill houses under way in Bonner
A row of dilapidated houses adjacent to the now-defunct lumber mill looks better than it has since the Anaconda Co. left this small industrial town nearly 40 years ago. Read more...
West Riverside residents wary of high-density plans
It was probably inevitable. In a community rubbed raw by deconstruction, the first sign of major home construction was going to strike a nerve - especially when that sign hints at one of the more massive subdivisions in Missoula County. Read more...