Summitville

The story of Dave Johnson—president of the 100-year-old, fourth-generation family-owned business, Summitville Tiles, Inc. a ceramic tile and brick manufacturer whose products festoon both the roof of the White House and the floors of McDonald's restaurants around the world—is typical.

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Gilbert handled high-profile natural resource issues such as the state prosecution of the Summitville mine CERCLA litigation and negotiated a unique air quality agreement between the State of Colorado and the Southern Ute Indian Tribe.

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She worked at Summitville for eight years, but fatefully left in 2007, then recently returned to be closer to friends.

Scenes From a Layoff: Tears Flow Among the Kilns at a Tiny Tile Maker 2009

Summitville proudly notes that its staff has a cumulative 2,819 years on the job.

Scenes From a Layoff: Tears Flow Among the Kilns at a Tiny Tile Maker 2009

Tim Aeppel/The Wall Street Journal Two Summitville Tile employees "face" tiles before they are stacked to go into the kiln.

Tough Times for Summitville Tiles 2009

At left, Summitville employees separate tiles after they come out of the kiln.

Tough Times for Summitville Tiles 2009

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"That woman's mother was my grandfather's secretary for years," said Mr. Johnson, the third generation of his family to head Summitville, pointing toward a worker packing boxes of tiles.

Scenes From a Layoff: Tears Flow Among the Kilns at a Tiny Tile Maker 2009

Richard Fisher, an 82-year-old resident of Summitville, Ind., uses his golf cart to meet friends and family and go grocery shopping.

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Summitville is just one of a number of U.S. cities that are starting to allow golf carts on public streets.

Golf Carts Going Off Course to Save on Gas 2008