Returning to the town that Walmart left behind - PBS NewsHour

Christopher Booker:

Mayor Gaddy now believes the fate of downtown is tied not to what happens to the storefronts, but what happens just outside of town.

In December, after sitting empty for nearly a decade, the town's former Mack Truck production facility was sold to a Chinese mattress manufacturer. They are expected to open this year and hire 250 workers. Winnsboro sits between Columbia, South Carolina and Charlotte, North Carolina.

State and county officials are marketing the " I-77 International Megasite," just ten miles outside of Winnsboro on a 1,500 acre tract of land, as the location of the area's next major employer.

The mayor is hoping it will lure an auto manufacturer that can bring 2,000 jobs or more. But if it comes, it won't come cheap.

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