… which had a mall that was failing, then converted part of that mall to a Walmart…
https://www.statesman.com/article/20120921/BUSINESS/309219689
… this was the same mall that Austin Community College had briefly considered taking over, as a new campus.
I really wish the good people of Winnsboro would aim for education like a community college as a magnet, to train workers for the next round of small business and self-employed skilled labor, and thus income/revenue/tax base.
THIS.
Maybe I am missing something here, but if they are situated close to other larger cities, they have an opportunity to live in a cheap place and work in skilled trade industries (such as air conditioning installation and repair, which makes life in the American South livable and possible) in a larger service area.
ETA: grammar
