1-Company towns
According to the NY Times magazine this Sunday, L.L. Bean’s 1,600 employees work in Freeport, Maine where the population is 1,813. Land’s End’s 4,354 employees work in Dodgeville, Wisconsin where the population is 4,220.
What if any responsibility do companies like these have to keeping business alive in these communities? And, what if any responsibility do these communities have for plan B’s?
