west point georgia
| 3:00PM 7/10/2009
Imagine trying to make ends meet by commuting across town to the nearest city in search of employment. Transportation expenses add up, and there is little hope of a recovery to help your little town succeed.Welcome to West Point, Ga., a tiny rural community south of Atlanta. Its population is just...
| 5:00PM 7/09/2009
West Point, Georgia -- population 3,500 -- was a small town with big troubles. Although its 8.6 percent unemployment rate put it below the state average of 9.7 percent, it was still facing recessionary problems that seem all too common. When the town's textile mills closed in the 1990s, the...