Unemployment is the highest in Georgia.
Consequently, what we have today is an area characterized by historic structures, a clean, appealing natural environment and a population composed overwhelmingly of the descendants of African Americans that lived and worked in the area in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It might be said that Sparta-Hancock is a place that time has forgotten. Ironically, this project seeks to capitalize on the area's existing cultural, architectural, natural and human resources in a way that will insure that Sparta-Hancock becomes the place that time remembers. In the nation and the south, interest in African American history and culture is growing. To a large extent, this growth has paralleled the growth in African American political power and family income.