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"For two years, El Centro has struggled with the highest unemployment rate in the country," says the New York Times in this morning's (March 17) edition. The rate peaked at 32% last summer and is now down to 28%. "Some El Centro neighborhoods look like a ghost town. Downtown is pockmarked with shuttered storefronts and broken signs," says the Times, noting that other parts of the city are doing well. "There has long been a promise that the heat and sunshine will provide work," says the Times. "Local leaders speak excitedly about geothermal plants and solar projects bringing more jobs." These issues were all covered at great length in a Reader cover story December 1, 2010, by Craig Rose.
"For two years, El Centro has struggled with the highest unemployment rate in the country," says the New York Times in this morning's (March 17) edition. The rate peaked at 32% last summer and is now down to 28%. "Some El Centro neighborhoods look like a ghost town. Downtown is pockmarked with shuttered storefronts and broken signs," says the Times, noting that other parts of the city are doing well. "There has long been a promise that the heat and sunshine will provide work," says the Times. "Local leaders speak excitedly about geothermal plants and solar projects bringing more jobs." These issues were all covered at great length in a Reader cover story December 1, 2010, by Craig Rose.