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The economic view from the "carpet capital of the world"

Feb 16, 2017
Marketplace Weekend host Lizzie O'Leary visits Dalton, Georgia, where the people are building a smarter, leaner flooring industry.
Workers at Engineered Floors in Dalton, Georgia, call this "the tunnel," because you can't see from end to end of the stacks of finished rolls of carpet.
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The future of jobs in Dalton, Georgia

Feb 1, 2017
Marketplace's Lizzie O'Leary takes a tour of the carpet manufacturing capital of the world.
An astroturf football field in Dalton, Georgia made in a local carpet manufacturing factory.
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