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Focus on health care, entrepreneurs and tourism rejuvenates Paris, Tenn.
In this issue's Community Profile, leaders of this small town in western Tennessee explain why they no longer dream of being a manufacturing center again. Instead, they are focusing their job development efforts on health care, entrepreneurs and tourism. So far, the results are tres bien.
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Recipe for success: kitchen company keeps town's economy cooking
In rich alluvial soil where cotton once was king, the stove now reigns. Since its founding in 1984, homegrown Viking Range Corp. has built a global business in Greenwood, Miss., become the area's premier employer and helped create an island of relative prosperity in what locals often describe as the poorest region in the nation's poorest state.
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Bucking the trend in manufacturing in Grenada, Miss.
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Paragould finds formula to attract manufacturers
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As Louisiana, Mo., embraces changes, economy bounces back
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Federal funds, tax increase help Owensboro shore up its economy
An unprecedented amount of aid was extended by the Treasury, Fed and FDIC to companies, agencies and individuals. This aid was necessary and, in many cases, will return a profit to taxpayers.
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Fort Knox helps protect economy of Elizabethtown, Ky.
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Du Quoin strives to diversify beyond state fair