Plans to build a more than 3,000 square foot meat processing plant in Nocona moved forward this past week after the city council approved a plan to provide a tract of lane on Pine Street across from the Nocona Cemetery.
The council met in called session on March 19 discussing the proposal that would see the processing facility and a retail store built on land donated for economic development use.
Donna Culpepper, executive director of the Nocona Economic Development Corporation, said this action allows the NEDC Type A Board to finalize its negotiations with a trio of partners that include John Caussey, Frank Garrett and Eric Kennedy.
The three principals bring more than 90 years of experience in the livestock and meat industry. Two of the owners plan to live in Nocona and one in Wichita Falls for now.
The men have been looking at property not only in Montague County but in the nearby counties of Clay and Cooke. Garrett and his wife, Kim, purchased ranch land in the Spanish Fort area that will be the site of their home and the feed lot for cattle.
They continued to explore options for the process plant and meat market. Culpepper said she spoke to them a few months ago, but they returned to look further.

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