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Can Mill Towns In The U.S. South Be Saved?

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: C. P. Zilliacus
2 November 2004 - 2:00pm

Small factory towns across the South are threatened by globalization.

Many of the industries that once provided thousands of jobs in the Virginia municipality of Danville have shrunk or disappeared entirely. Yet Danville's not dead - but its citizens face many challenges in luring 21st century industry to locate there.

Full Story: Saving the Mill Town
Source: Bacon's Rebellion, November 1, 2004
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