POTENTIAL WOODBINE ETHANOL PLANT COULD BRING AT LEAST 50 JOBS

Woodbine and Garden State Ethanol is continuing discussions on bringing an ethanol plant to the borough. Woodbine Mayor William Pikolycky told Coastal Broadcasting that the project is on a track that ground could be broken next year. An ethanol plant in Woodbine could provide between 50 and 60 full-time jobs, along with construction jobs to put the plant together. Pikolycky estimated that 100 workers would be needed to build a plant of that size. The plant would use algae and turn it into ethanol, which is a type of fuel. The Mayor also said it would likely cost $250,000 to build the plant. Garden State Ethanol is continuing to work with the state and the Pinelands to see if this facility could become a reality. The land picked out in Woodbine is on an old landfill.