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 agricultural  King Cotton!  Ugh! Rocks!  Resourcefulness  Post Civil War  Trains  Yanks 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 Tourism Lakes Revolutionary War history The 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!

 GALILEO  Academic 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”  Internet  Elbert County Chamber of Commerce  Mainstreet Elberton  Elberton Granite Association  NEGRDC

 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.