Why Four Fortune 500 Companies Chose Russell County, Virginia From the Introduction: In 1988, amid a severe downturn in the coal industry, Russell County officials made a commitment to attract new industry by authorizing a $1.5 million expenditure toward the development of an $8 million regional industrial park to serve the four-county area of Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell, and Tazewell counties. The new park, to be called the Cumberland Plateau Regional Industrial Park, would be located in the Russell County seat of Lebanon. It was the first of many giant steps that local officials would take to bring new jobs to the region. .... Although the commitment was made, few could imagine that the concentrated effort would lead to At&T, Lear, Alcoa, and Northrup Grmman--four Fortune 500 companies--locating in Russell County. How and why did this development occur in this rural,economically depressed county against overwhelming odds? This book tells that story. <p>Why Four Fortune 500 Companies Chose Russell County, Virginia</p> <p>From the Introduction:<br />In 1988, amid a severe downturn in the coal industry, Russell County officials made a commitment to attract new industry by authorizing a $1.5 million expenditure toward the development of an $8 million regional industrial park to serve the four-county area of Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell, and Tazewell counties. The new park, to be called the Cumberland Plateau Regional Industrial Park, would be located in the Russell County seat of Lebanon. It was the first of many giant steps that local officials would take to bring new jobs to the region.</p> <p>....</p> <p>Although the commitment was made, few could imagine that the concentrated effort would lead to At&#38;T, Lear, Alcoa, and Northrup Grmman&#8212;four Fortune 500 companies&#8212;locating in Russell County.</p> <p>How and why did this development occur in this rural,economically depressed county against overwhelming odds? This book tells that story.</p> 2009-02-28T22:55:11-05:00 rumble-in-russell 5518332 non-fiction 2009-02-28T22:55:11-05:00 2009-02-28T22:55:11-05:00 Chafin, Andrew history, non-fiction 2009-02-28T22:55:11-05:00 manual 0 15984622 deny 1 paperback 1 0.00 5518332 978-0-615-17490-7-51295 2009-02-28T22:55:11-05:00 2009-02-28T22:55:11-05:00 10535182 1 5518332 2009-02-28T22:55:11-05:00 http://static.shopify.com/s/files/1/0003/7221/products/rumbleinrussell_1.png?1250382874 Title