MINNEAPOLIS — A Nashville-based provider of wood building products is proposing a $157 million manufacturing plant in North Branch, a project that could advance with help from the state’s Minnesota Forward Fund program. Louisiana-Pacific Corp. wants to build the 250,000- to 350,000-square-foot facility on a five-parcel, 120-acre site in the northeast portion of North Branch’s Interstate Business Park. The project is a candidate for up to $10 million in funding from the Minnesota Forward Fund.” …The funding “may be forgiven if certain project goals are met. …At the new facility, Louisiana-Pacific would manufacture pre-finished siding products, including the company’s “Smartside” and “ExpertFinish” siding, Sondrol said at the North Branch EDA meeting in December.