Perryville, Mo., in Forbes Online Reinventing America series

Monday, August 6, 2012

Perryville, Mo., was featured in a Forbes Online series on Reinventing America. The article, titled "How a Small Town in Missouri Became a Manufacturing Oasis," was written by contributor Ken Sweet. He and more than a dozen other Forbes contributors and staff writers are focusing on the challenges facing towns, cities and traditional industries across the nation and highlighting the growing number of surprising success stories, like Perryville's. The article discusses the role of the Perryville Development Corp., a public-private partnership, in the growth of Gilster-Mary Lee, TG Missouri and Sabreliner. The article can be found online at www.forbes.com.

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