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| Image © James Nix || The North Carolina Research Campus rises in Kannapolis, five years after Pillowtex closed its doors, laying off 4,800 people in the state's largest permanent layoff. Dole Food Company owner David Murdock, who previously owned the mill in the 1980s, bought the property in a bankruptcy sale, demolished it and is constructing his vision, a billion-dollar biotechnology center. The North Carolina Research Campus is set to open later this year. |
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James Nix: photographer: Independent Tribune
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On July 30, 2003, Pillowtex (the former Cannon Mills) closed its doors laying off over 7,000 people nationwide and 4,800 in Kannapolis, NC. It was the largest permanent layoff off in North Carolina History. In the five years since the giant textile mill closed, Dole Food Company owner David Murdock (who once owned the mill himself) has repurchased the property and is building his vision, the North Carolina Research Campus, on the old mill site.
The research campus will bring new jobs and new blood to the region, but many of the former mill workers are still struggling to find work, many making half of what they once made in the mill.
This is one of two series I did for the five year anniversary of mill closing.
Please visit http://pillowtex.independenttribune.com/ to see the video series from this project and more photos.
thanks for looking
Critique is always welcome.
Cheers!
James
Blog: http://pixelbanter.blogspot.com/
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11.8.2005 (Senior Member) |
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"Faces of Pillowtex"
The North Carolina Research Campus rises in Kannapolis, five years after Pillowtex closed its doors,... |
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"Faces of Pillowtex"
Thelma and Calvin Honeycutt both spent their lives working at Cannon Mills, later known as Pillowtex... |
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"Faces of Pillowtex"
Ruth Crisco started at the mill in 1972 when she was 16. Her mother, sister and brother all worked t... |
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"Faces of Pillowtex"
City Council member Richard Anderson retired from Pillowtex in 1997. He said he was one of the fortu... |
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"Faces of Pillowtex"
Dr. Kenny Tokunboh is the medical director of the Grace Medical Clinic in Kannapolis. When Pillowtex... |
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"Faces of Pillowtex"
Rev. Joe Crawford of First Presbyterian Church in Kannapolis turned his church's fellowship hall int... |
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"Faces of Pillowtex"
Ken Geathers has been a member of Kannapolis City Council since the city incorporated in 1984, but h... |
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"Faces of Pillowtex"
Kannapolis Police Chief Woody Chavis worked in the mill before joining the police force. "Kannapolis... |
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"Faces of Pillowtex"
State Sen. Fletcher Hartsell and other state officials were the only ones to address the media and m... |
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"Faces of Pillowtex"
Lynne Scott Safrit worked in the mill when then-millionaire David Murdock purchased it 1982. She sta... |
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