Attalla plant annouces closure and loss of 100 jobs

Nearly 100 workers in Attalla could soon be without jobs. Attalla-based Crown, Column and Millwork leaders announced this week, the plant will shutdown.  The company issued a 60-day notice to employees. It states layoffs are expected to begin in September and last through October. The company builds columns for front porches of homes and does millwork.  A company spokesman says the shutdown is part of a strategy by the plant's new owners. Twelve employees got offer letters for jobs at the company's other plant in Troy, Alabama.  Attalla's mayor Larry Means, says he plans to help the other workers find a new job.  Means says the plant's closure will hurt the city's budget by $82,000 a year.