From The LA Times-The Rev. Steven Lawler, rector of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Ferguson, really saw the change in 2008, when visits to his food pantry soared. They haven't gone down since.
"I know there are places where an economic recovery's happening," he said. "But in the places where people are most stressed, there hasn't been a recovery."
Still, as Lawler and others note, Ferguson has some things going for it. Its pleasant, old downtown has seen a revival in recent years, with a busy Saturday farmers market and a new craft brewery. It still has middle-class neighborhoods of historic homes. The headquarters of a Fortune 500 company, Emerson Electric Co., sits on a serene campus just up the hill from the gas station that looters burned Sunday night.
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http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-ferguson-economy-20140817-story.html#page=1
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