In 2014, a former banker bought a 475,000-square-foot Connecticut wool mill that had lost 85 jobs; 12 years later, Jacob Long’s revived factory employs about 50 people and makes fabric for the US military
Long entered the textile industry after spending nearly 20 years working in finance in Europe. (Photo: Instagram/American Woolen) A textile factory in Connecticut that shut down in 2013, leaving 85 people without jobs, is now producing fabric for the US military. The 475,000-square-foot Warren Mills complex in Stafford Springs was purchased in 2014 by Jacob…