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Could She Find Her Calling and Save the Family Business?

Her hometown’s primary industry was fading fast; was there something she could do make Fort Payne, Alabama, the Sock Capital of the World once again?

The former W.B. Davis hosiery mill, which now holds an antiques center and restaurant, in Fort Payne, Alabama
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Gina Locklear lived and worked not far from the town where she grew up. Her parents owned a sock mill in Fort Payne, Alabama, which was formerly known as the Sock Capital of the World; but her parents’ mill was struggling. The majority of mills in the town had closed their factories and outsourced their jobs. Gina was struggling too, trying to find work that felt meaningful. She wanted to move back to her hometown, but what could she do there?

One day when she was grocery shopping for healthy foods, she had an idea. Could her idea turn around the family business and help her find her purpose?

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