Description: With the abandoned smokestacks off the bay and ramshackle factories along 12th Street, it’s easy to pin the blame for this industrial city’s plight on the loss of manufacturing jobs to China and Mexico.

Source: Star-Telegram.com

Date: Mar 7, 2018

Link: http://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article203862089.html

Questions for discussion:

• What does this report say about the complexity of building and maintaining a healthy job market?
• How should smaller communities respond to their local employment challenges?