Conference
on Mill Closings and Downsizing
Click here to read the conference papers. How do communities
adjust to the closing of textile plants and the reduced number of
jobs resulting from policies of downsizing and outsourcing? Using
Spindale and Kanapolis, North Carolina, as case studies, the Center
and UNC's Economics Department explored these questions at a conferenceheld
April 8-9, 2004. Other conference sponsors include Dr. Kathy Brittain
White, the Southern Growth Policies
Board, and the Alfred
P. Sloan Foundation.
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