Outstate: Where Mexico turned when the bricks went away

20/12/2018 11 min
Outstate: Where Mexico turned when the bricks went away

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Episode Synopsis

For decades, the A.P. Green brick factory was the economic backbone of the city of Mexico, Missouri. Then, in 2002, it closed. Today, like many cities in America, this mid-Missouri city is reimagining itself as a haven for new business. It’s no longer a one-industry town.

This podcast is part of Outstate, a Missouri Business Alert project on entrepreneurship in small-town Missouri. For more from Outstate, visit http://www.missouribusinessalert.com/outstate

Episode credits:
Production and editing - Annika Merrilees
Reporting - Megan Liz Smith, Kristoffer Tigue
Music - Elliot Bauman
Editorial oversight - Michael Stacy