Community-Based Adjustment to Textile Plant Closure and Downsizing
A Conference of The Economics Department and
the Center for the Study of the American South
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
8-9 April 2004
Session 1: When do Firms Downsize?
Background paper: Patrick Conway: When do Firms Downsize?
Power point presentation of Conway’s talk.
Session 2: Case study of Spindale.
Background paper: A Short History of Stonecutter Mills and Spindale
Session 3: Case study of Kannapolis.
Background paper: Myra Beatty, Douglas Longman and Van Tran: Community Response to the Pillowtex Textile Kannapolis Closings: “Rapid Response Team” as a Facilitative Device
Power point version from presentation.
Jim Cook’s comments.
Session 4: Community Change from the Ground Up
Background paper: Andrew Dobelstein: Anticipating and Engaging the Need for Economic Change: A Summary of Efforts
Howard Rosen: Designing a New Approach to Assist Workers and Communities Respond to Globalization
Other sponsors include Dr. Kathy Brittain White, the Southern Growth Policies Board, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.