 The 3,200 acres of land was initially planned to be used as a lumber export plant but the company later decided to further develop the town under a New Urbanism model.DuPont, Weyerhaeuser, and the state Department of Ecology began decontamination of the original explosives plant site in 1991, and ultimately, a golf course was built where the plant used to be.DuPont has recently undergone a modern transformation as the modern planned community of "Northwest Landing" has been realized.