Expected tourism boost halted in Appalachia as region takes greater hit from sour economy

ELBERTON, Ga. — Along the quiet banks of Lake Russell, where bees buzz and grass blows lazily in the wind, Elbert County’s top development official envisioned a resort that would bring vacationers’ dollars to the declining granite quarrying hub.

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