 Why this story belongs here, and why I keep coming back to it
St. Thomas has a habit of telling certain stories so often that they start to feel like the whole story. “Railway City” is the obvious one. And don’t get me wrong, I love that piece of our identity. But every so often, it’s worth slowing down and asking: who else built a life here when the odds were stacked so high it’s hard to imagine? [1] When our team at St. Thomas Economic Development talks about opportunity, we usually mean it in today’s language: jobs, investment, growth, talent. But there’s an older, more personal definition of opportunity, too. The chance to arrive somewhere and be allowed to stay. To work. To own something. To belong, perhaps gradually, and not without friction. Lloyd Graves’ story sits right in that space, local, documented, and (to me, anyway) quietly astonishing. [2]
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