About Price County United Limited
Price County Review Captures the Story of 10am Walk N Talk Tour 11/15/25 of Lionite Mill
link to one of the latest Price County Review articles..
https://www.apg-wi.com/price_county_review/lionite-transformation-is-getting-legs/article_38148b55-66eb-42fa-ac29-bb3f5dfb524f.html
Price County Review - Captures the story - published 11/20 and 11/27/25 in the local paper
Walk N Talk Tour
See the changes occurring at the Mill!
View the proposed Community Boathouse and Dock Infrastructure
See a building that we are looking at converting to a NEW Event/Rec/Health Center
Our Mission
Price County United Limited (PCUL)'s mission is to support community & economic development through community engagement and our activities include but are not limited to the preservation of our historic culture and buildings, supporting public recreation trails, remediation of brownfield sites, and all aspects of work to combat community deterioration.
Our top project is the Lionite Mill, Phillips, Wisconsin
Channel 7 & 12 captures the story
Visits from TV stations capture the story!
Channel 7 11/14/25
https://www.wsaw.com/2025/11/14/phillips-mill-redevelopment-project-aims-revitalize-downtown
and Channel 12 11/20/25
Review our Community Involvement Plan CIP, and Alternative Brownfield Clean UP Analysis ABCA, and EPA Community Change SURVEY, PDFs on tab
View PHOTO Gallery
"Save the Stack" Campaign
The Lionite Stack is a symbol of the past, a historic piece that could be preserved otherwise it is going in the scrap pile.
"Save the Stack" Goal: $3500 to have a crane remove the very top piece of the stack for historic preservation. We can repaint it, design something around it, build it into one of our future structures??? Be creative...you let us know. Send email to: contact@pricecountyunited.org
PCUL is reaching out to the multiple generations of employees and families that worked at the mill or other industries on the Lionite site.
What do you want to preserve? What is the historic significance? Send us your stories and photos for the next generations
Lionite's 30 yr Plant Manager is an employee of PCUL
Tom Lochner, PCUL employee, and 30 yr environmental manager when Georgia Pacific owned the Lionite mill, stands with Lyn Ludwig, President PCUL to help the community understand the EPA Clean Up Grant and Redevelopment of the Lionite Property in Phillips, Wi.
Music in the Park 2025 - table with information and to gain first hand what is going on at the Lionite Mill
Meeting slide decks: Community Involvement Plan & Analysis of Brownfield Clean up Alternative
Community Involvement Plan (CIP) & Analysis of Brownfield Cleanup Alternative (ABCA) Presentation 10/8/25
Find out the Activity at the Lionite Site and what are the next steps
Review slide decks on CIP and ABCA on the tabs above. We welcome any questions so we can address any concerns the public may have. Thank you!
EPA Cleanup Grant Awarded 5/24
Price County United Limited (PCUL) has been awarded a $1.6Million EPA Clean up grant.
Exciting times ahead for Phillips, Wi and Price County!!!! Our once in a generation chance to engage our lakefront from a 26 acre idle site to a much more enriching space is here!! Tell us your ideas...we are listening....continue to engage in our community engagement events on our calendar and continue to submit pictures and YOUR perspectives in the Community Change Survey found at the top header or survey icon. After the clean up, what do you want to see??!!
Lionite Mill Redevelopment
The Lionite Mill property has transitioned to Price County United Limited (PCUL), breaking it free to redevelop and reimagine its space. The property has 141 years of industrial usage. It carried our community from lumber yards to lumber mills, and then by the mid 1900s was recreated into a hardboard plant. Our nonprofit is looking for YOUR perspective on its future use. We are revisioning, reinvesting, and redeveloping. Attend our community engagement meetings, connect with our ongoing survey, upload images of your vision, think BIG and creative!!! ALL perspectives encouraged!!
Our Consultants and Professional Team
We have networked and collaborated with professional consultants that have expertise in economic and community development. These professionals include architects, environmental consultants, attorneys, brownfield experts, grant writers, financial specialists, marketing, and specialists in city/urban planning among others. We know the importance of planning and the perspective each of these professionals provide.
Our Board of Directors
Our board members have worked together for over 30 years in various roles. We bring experience in public service of 25ys+each. We have experience with government grant implementation, international and local business expertise, president of the local lake association, lead for the Phillips Mainstreet/connect communities, accounting, finance, community engagement, and collaboration with local communities and government.
Our Current Projects in Phillips
We are working on projects that create Gateways to our Historic Downtown Phillips. Hubs of Health, Resiliency, and Community Centers. We are focusing on developing local wealth and sustainability, resilient business models, and solve some of our most pressing challenges, low income, poor health, and early mortality. We are changing the face of Phillips to reimagine and reinvent idle spaces. Collectively creating a vision that our community creates and getting the projects done. The design goal is to create a model that will sustain a vibrant, healthy, and economically resilient community.
AUCTION 115 Depot Rd Lionite Mill
Auction of Lionite Hardboard Mill/Phillips Wood Products
Thursday 10/2/25
Online and Live
9am - complete 800+ lots
115 Depot Road - Enter off Cty Rd H
See AUCTION tab to link to LIVE AUCTION
come BID on equipment/buildings/Front end loader ...
Dec 2025
"Save the Stack" Campaign fund: Raising $3500 to save the top stack!! Donate today! Add your generational stories of the site...
What is happening at the Lionite site? Look to the sky. See cranes removing big structures. Inside??!! Equipment abatement for safe equipment removal!
Click here to find out more!!