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- Title: After Ford (Business)
- Author : The Virginian Pilot
- Release Date : January 22, 2008
- Genre: Reference,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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Saturd ay marks the one-year anniversary of the closing of Ford Motor Co.'s 82-year- old plant off Indian River Road in Norf o lk. // Hundreds of former Ford workers have negotiated the delicate transition to new jobs, some more smoothly than others. Many acknowledg e they haven't come close to matching the financial advantages they enj oyed at the truck assemb ly plant. // "I think a lot of people have done very well after Ford," said Tim Taylor, 50, owner of Tim Dogs, a hot dog restaurant in Moyock, N.C. "But I don't know anybody offhand that makes the same money and benefits they made at Ford." // Yet there are pluses: The opportunity to sleep in. The rest on the body. And, for those who started their own businesses, freedom and self-determination. // "I know that I'm controlling my own destiny now," sa id Ray Wicker, 44, of Virginia Beach, owner of Wicker's Cr ab Pot Seafood. "I don't have to worry about some corporate office saying, 'We're shutting you down.'\" // Here are updates on five ex-Ford employees and the ir new lives: 1 KEISHA JOHNSON and KIM THOM AS Keisha Atkinson Johns on and Kim Atkinson Thomas envision a children's paradise: 10 "inflatables," including mazes, slides and obstacle courses. Four party rooms with names such as Elephant Safari and Monkey Biz and murals to match. A concession area serving pizza, hot dogs, popcorn and other items.