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  <title><![CDATA[Why manufacturing's future eyes places like Thomasville | Opinion]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>America’s 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.</p>]]></body>
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      <url><![CDATA[https://www.tallahassee.com/story/opinion/2026/03/08/why-manufacturings-future-eyes-places-like-thomasville-opinion/89008167007/?gnt-cfr=1&amp;gca-cat=p&amp;gca-uir=true&amp;gca-epti=z116038p002050l004050c002050e008900v116038d--xx--b--xx--&amp;gca-ft=166&amp;gca-ds=sophi]]></url>
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      <value><![CDATA[ Tallahassee Democrat ]]></value>
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      <value>2026-03-13</value>
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          <item><![CDATA[Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)]]></item>
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