Village President: Mount Morris Can’t Afford Quad/Graphics Plant

Quad/Graphics considered giving its shuttered printing plant to the village, but Mount Morris (IL) simply cannot afford such a gift, Village President Greg Unger said Tuesday. “They would like to get rid of the entire property,” Unger said. “There’s been discussion of giving the property to the village as a tax write-off. [But] we don’t have the money, no matter how neat that would be.”

The plant has been listed for sale with Jones Lang LaSalle, Chicago, Quad/Graphics spokesman Claire Ho said. Quad/Graphics officially ceased operations in Mount Morris on May 13. It’s in the process of disposing of the presses