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Florida in Michigan? That’s Benton Harbor | Compass
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Dedicated to the exploration, enlargement, critique and celebration of the Midwest Radical Cultural Corridor. Cartography with Your Feet. Drift through the MRCC. A Call to Farms. Corn and Coal Shed. Southwest Corridor Northwest Passage. That’s Benton Harbor. Urban Renewal in the Twenty-First Century. As in his earlier book There Are No Children Here. On Chicago’s housing projects, Kotlowitz was exploring the unresolved problems of race relations in America. That’s the open question. In Benton Harbor we c...
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Find US Made.com: 25 October 2009
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Friday, October 30, 2009. A Truly American General Store and American Aisle. A General Store is a rarity in communities across the country - even more rare is one that is filled with only Made in USA goods. That is exactly the inventory that shopkeeper Deborah Leydig wisely chose to offer folks in her community of Barrington, Illinois. Norton's U.S.A. Offers housewares, greeting cards, toys, glassware, jewelry, apparel, gift wrap, ribbons, china and much more. Opening a Made in USA store - a shop with on...
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Find US Made.com: 05 June 2011
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Sunday, June 5, 2011. Upon my desk is a computer monitor and there is a small television just to the left on the return. This enables me to easily consume all sorts of media. It does though on occasion present an interesting juxtaposition of information. I recently clicked a news link when I heard the words “The fastest train in the world” which prompted me to shift my eyes to the left to watch the following commercial:. I told my television the following:. We could place a few out in the yard after the ...
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Find US Made.com: Product of China - "Organic" Foods
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Thursday, July 15, 2010. Product of China - "Organic" Foods. Consumers who carefully check the origin of foods in their local markets, including organic foods, are more often discovering "Product of China" on the packages. Permit me to tell you a bit about food production in China so you can better determine if there is reason for concern. Farms operate under the strictest guidelines. Foods may not be genetically modified and must meet international food standards. That sounds fine, doesn’t it? Let me te...
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Find US Made.com: A Truly American General Store & American Aisle
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Friday, October 30, 2009. A Truly American General Store and American Aisle. A General Store is a rarity in communities across the country - even more rare is one that is filled with only Made in USA goods. That is exactly the inventory that shopkeeper Deborah Leydig wisely chose to offer folks in her community of Barrington, Illinois. Norton's U.S.A. Offers housewares, greeting cards, toys, glassware, jewelry, apparel, gift wrap, ribbons, china and much more. Opening a Made in USA store - a shop with on...
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Find US Made.com: Meet the Usry Family - ABC Series - Made in America
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Sunday, March 6, 2011. Meet the Usry Family - ABC Series - Made in America. It was the Usry family that volunteered for the ABC series and in the clip below, they explore their home checking the country of origin on products they own. Made in America: What's In Your Home? I realize that many shoppers don't consider or check the country of origin prior to purchase. There are though, many shoppers like myself who always check the country of origin before we reach into our wallets. Find US Made.com. Is a dy...
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Find US Made.com: Yet Another Made in USA General Store
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Tuesday, October 5, 2010. Yet Another Made in USA General Store. I'd like to tell you about my sort of business person. His name is Mark Andol and he's an American manufacturer. He lost a large client to a Chinese competitor and had to close some manufacturing locations and lay off workers which he found disturbing. Mr Fettig is only mentioned again on this Blog because he serves as superb contrast to an inspiring and admirable American. His store launch was quite successful. The store is stocked wit...
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Find US Made.com: Observations of Growth in U.S. Manufacturing & Consumer Power
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Sunday, June 6, 2010. Observations of Growth in U.S. Manufacturing and Consumer Power. Detailed multi colored reports with graphs are nice, but they don't compare to what my own eyes witness. We've been conducting a full review of each department on our site. This presented the opportunity for me to visit some businesses I hadn't personally browsed in several months. I am the one who is most familiar with the inventory of all the companies we list. I'm very pleased to share my observations and conclusions.
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Find US Made.com: Whirlpool Update - 19.3 Million Taxpayer Dollars
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Sunday, February 28, 2010. Whirlpool Update - 19.3 Million Taxpayer Dollars. Whirlpool Corporation is not a competitor to my own company. A company's reputation and public image is very important. C. Ompanies often spend a bundle to carefully craft their image for consumers and no company looks forward to bad publicity. A brand name is carefully developed and promoted with the hope it will embed itself in the conscious and subconscious minds of consumers. It does not matter that my company and the thousa...