How the Industrial Commons is Rebuilding the Rural Working Class Through Community Wealth

This week in the guest chair, we have North Carolina-based entrepreneur Sara Chester. She is the Co-Founder & Co-Executive Director, along with Molly Hemstreet, of The Industrial Commons. They lead a cooperative incubator in rural North Carolina that is helping to rebuild a working class based on locally-rooted wealth. In a region that lost 85% of its textile jobs since 1990, they are leading an economic revi ...