Hickory Chair

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It showed up in the last decade, Millar said, when Hickory Chair, which has been around since before the Depression, saw trouble on the horizon and pioneered a process called lean manufacturing to run business more efficiently.

"I think we're a very self-reliant community and have a great work ethic," he said. "I think we're very creative and entrepreneurial. We fought our way back to health after the Depression and I think that we will do the very same things now. That's the constant, the mind-set behind the recovery."