{"690437":{"#nid":"690437","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Why manufacturing\u0027s future eyes places like Thomasville | Opinion","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAmerica\u2019s manufacturing sector is facing a workforce crisis, and rural communities are often told their only solution is to recruit workers from somewhere else. In Thomasville, Georgia, leaders are showing that a different strategy works just as well. They are choosing to build the workforce at home.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAmerica\u2019s manufacturing sector is facing a workforce crisis, and rural communities are often told their only solution is to recruit workers from somewhere else. In Thomasville, Georgia, leaders are showing that a different strategy works just as well. They are choosing to build the workforce at home.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36757","created_gmt":"2026-05-21 20:48:20","changed_gmt":"2026-05-21 20:48:20","author":"ychernet3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Tallahassee Democrat","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/opinion\/2026\/03\/08\/why-manufacturings-future-eyes-places-like-thomasville-opinion\/89008167007\/?gnt-cfr=1\u0026gca-cat=p\u0026gca-uir=true\u0026gca-epti=z116038p002050l004050c002050e008900v116038d--xx--b--xx--\u0026gca-ft=166\u0026gca-ds=sophi","dateline":{"date":"2026-03-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-03-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"194685","name":"Manufacturing"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}