Behind the scenes of Mindy’s paper

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.