For decades, the A.P. Green brick factory was the economic backbone of the city of Mexico, Missouri. Then, in 2002, it closed. Today, like many cities in America, this mid-Missouri city is reimagining itself as a haven for new business. It’s no longer a one-industry town.

This podcast is part of Outstate, a Missouri Business Alert project on entrepreneurship in small-town Missouri. For more from Outstate, visit http://www.missouribusinessalert.com/outstate

Episode credits:

Production and editing - Annika Merrilees

Reporting - Megan Liz Smith, Kristoffer Tigue

Music - Elliot Bauman

Editorial oversight - Michael Stacy