On Wednesday All Things Considered will broadcast live from Preston in southeastern Minnesota. We'll bring you a story on a proposed tire burning plant that has the community in turmoil. But Preston isn't the only town in the region struggling to keep its economy alive. Today we turn to Albert Lea. It's been close to two years since fire claimed the Farmland Foods plant. The blaze gutted the building and left roughly 500 workers without jobs. The city hasn't had much luck luring new business. But now there's hope on the horizon in the form of a brand new state-of-the-art hog processing facility. If the plan goes through Albert Lea could soon return to its meatpacking roots. Mainstreet Radio's Erin Galbally reports: