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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...