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Options Theatre in Georgia My hometown
The school system Granite
Is granite enough to maintain the city? Granite has provided a stable foundation
for years, but it may not necessarily be enough to keep the town alive.
Why on Earth would you choose that?? Home sweet home Fifth grade teacher My future
Originally agriculturalKing Cotton!Ugh! Rocks!
Resourcefulness Post Civil War
TrainsYanks and Immigrants
Elberton Granite Association
Only one main source of income Global competition
China Lack of trainable labor
“I’m shakin’ the dust of this crummy little town off my feet, and I’m gonna see the world”
-It’s a Wonderful Life
(IMDB)
Cremation
How Elbert County is improving…Diversifying the granite business
Countertops Cremation
Northeast Georgia Regional Development Center
What did the NEGRDC say?DIVERSIFY THE ECONOMY
TourismLakesRevolutionary War historyThe Georgia Guidestones
Procrastination is a bad idea! Searching Library of Congress Terms
Elberton – Ga. NOTHING
Granite industry and trade Nothing
Other terms… NOTHING…Elberton – batholith
Geological papers
Angered, crushed, annoyed……and I had to pee…
Walked past a Faculty Works Display Joyce M. Davis
Yay! Next day…
I couldn’t check it out! Significance of this event?
Hope!
GALILEOAcademic Search Complete
Reused search terms Granite industry and trade
“The Man Who Builded on the Rock was Wise”
“End of the Eternal?... Restructuring the Georgia Granite Industry”
InternetElbert County Chamber of CommerceMainstreet ElbertonElberton Granite AssociationNEGRDC
Elbert County is going to be A-Ok! I might raise my own family there one
day! It can stand as an inspiration to other
Southern towns.