The history of rural America includes "company towns," where one employer controlled pretty much everything in town, from retail to housing to jobs, to get as much as possible out of their workers. The fortunes of many rural communities remain closely tied to a major employer even today, and Tony travels to Humboldt, Kansas, and New Berlin, New York, to learn what it means to rural renewal when community investment and partnership--rather than extraction--comprise the guiding ethos of a local business. Featuring:
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