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Summer Series: Manufacturing Communities

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Christopher Dilts [Barack Obama / flickr]
Cedar Rapids 2012

Iowa ranks in the top 10 states most dependent on manufacturing, and the more than six-thousand manufacturing firms located in the state represent almost 11-percent of all employment.  We continue our summer series on Iowa towns with a look at how manufacturing has shaped the history, economy and education of Iowa communities.

Ben Kieffer is the host of IPR's River to River