Foxconn Tore Up a Small Town to Build a Big Factory—Then Retreated

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Foxconn Tore Up a Small Town to Build a Big Factory—Then Retreated
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'People wanted to believe and they did believe, and there’s a whole lot of shock going on right now.” Foxconn's plans to build a giant factory in Mount Pleasant, Wis., transformed the town, but not as it had hoped.

The iPhone maker got fat incentives to build a $10 billion plant that largely hasn’t materialized on land where Mount Pleasant, Wis., razed homes and crops.

The iPhone maker got fat incentives to build a $10 billion plant that largely hasn’t materialized on land where Mount Pleasant, Wis., razed homes and crops
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