By Sarah Buhr
Cannon Mills was a textile company that stood on the edge of the blue collar town of Kannapolis, North Carolina for over 100 years. The company employed more than 16,000 town residents at its height, but in 2003 Cannon Mills was forced to shut its doors forever, laying off about a tenth of the town’s entire population, all in one day. What was once a tragedy for Kannapolis might just… Read More
Source: Technology
