Source: Joe Johnson, NEWS & OBSERVER, 6/22/18


The hope of landing well-paying employment brought job seekers to the Siler City campus of Central Carolina Community College for a job fair this week. Having that job nearby made it even more appealing. When the Townsend Inc. chicken processing plant closed in 2011 and wiped out out more than 1,000 factory jobs, Siler City suffered and so did the workers.

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