America’s smallest banks are being enlisted to rescue millions of American jobs
In Marfa, Texas, you’re more likely to meet a hipster tourist from Brooklyn than a cowboy. In the decades since Giant, the epic Western about a rich cattle rancher, was filmed there, the town of about 1,700 people has become an unlikely paradise for the arts, with streets that are lined with galleries, boutique hotels, and coffee shops. Others tried to make ends meet by selling takeout orders but still ended up shuttering, said Chip Love, president of Marfa National Bank.
