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        December 1, 1994 -
        This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 22 No. 4, "Drive-Through South." Find more from that issue here. 
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
    
          
              
            
            
            
        October 1, 1993 -
        
  
        Citizens are forging consumer alliances and homegrown credit alternatives that put money back into their communities.