Pepin Heights named city's 'manufacturer of the year'
The Lake City Economic Development Authority and Lake City Chamber of Commerce have announced that Pepin Heights Orchards has been named Lake City manufacturer of the year.
In addition to growing, harvesting, packaging and shipping apples from its Lake City operations, Pepin Heights Orchards also presses and sells apple cider.
Pepin Heights Owner Dennis Courtier purchased his parents’ small orchard in the late 1970s; it has since grown into a vertically-integrated orchard, packing, processing and sales organization.
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