Walter P. Rawl & Sons, Inc. (WP Rawl) is constructing a 34,000-square-foot vegetable processing plant in western Flagler County, Fla. WP Rawl is a vegetable growing, shipping and processing company headquartered in Pelion, S.C.

Construction is underway on a fully enclosed vegetable cooling and packing facility. Produce will be brought out of the fields, rinsed, chilled and stored in refrigerated rooms until ready to ship. The company has a similar operation in Pelion and another facility at a company satellite location in Mississippi. When complete, it will be the second vegetable packing plant in Flagler County.