Walla Walla's (WA) Bindery Reaches Final Chapter

For anyone who loves a story, the closure of Walla Walla’s (WA) book bindery is not exactly an unexpected ending. Nonetheless the announcement to employees and customers last week that an end is in sight was a disappointing twist.

In six to eight weeks, the bindery located just off Poplar Street will close. Work produced there will move from the hands of the 20 employees who run the facility to the company’s Chesterland, OH, bindery.

For this community, the plant closure marks the end of a decades-old tradition that started in College Place. For publishing and book binding, it represents an ever-thickening