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Two students at Georgia's Towns County Middle School use laptop compters provided through an ARC-supported education project. Photo by Ann Hawthorne. Homegrown businesses play an important role in creating self-sustaining local economies in Appalachia. Photo by Ann Hawthorne. Participants in North Carolina's New Century Scholars Program, which challenges youths to stay in school and offers college assistance for graduates. Photo by Lloyd Wolf.
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