State continues efforts to privatize Mat-Su slaughterhouse

The state is continuing its mission to privatize Palmer’s Mt. McKinley Meat and Sausage plant.
The Department of Natural Resources’ Board of Agriculture and Conservation issued requests for proposals Friday to lease or purchase the plant.
“The minimum price for purchase is $700,000,” Amanda Swanson, the loan officer for the state’s Agricultural Revolving Loan Fund, which currently supports the plant, said. “We left it pretty much open for proposed lease terms.