USA Today: New Ghost Towns; Ravenswood, WV (Clendenin: price, business)

[Silkdashocker]

New ghost towns: Industrial communities teeter on the edge - USATODAY.com

Ravenswood, with 4,000 people and one big factory, is like many towns in the USA where things still are made: caught in a winter between recession and recovery, hoping the latter will arrive before the former kills the last decent blue-collar job.

[Chriscross309]

Yeah that's Ravenswood in a nut shell!!!

Sad but true

[Two-Rivers]

They missed the fact that the "one big factory" is already closed.

[Chriscross309]

Originally Posted by Two-Rivers

They missed the fact that the "one big factory" is already closed.

Yeap, that's true

[rod crowley]

Its not over till its over..who knows what the future holds??

[Chriscross309]

Originally Posted by rod crowley

Its not over till its over..who knows what the future holds??

for Ravenswood, the future is the same as Clendenin's!!!

big time employing industry moves out, so does the people and business

clendenin had the Elk Refinery, which employed hundreds

when that left, plus the interstate bipassed the town by two miles, everything died

Clendenin used to be an awsome place, or so I heard----LOL

[bballjunkie]

There was something in the news this week about a possible re-opening. I hope so.

[Silkdashocker]

Originally Posted by bballjunkie

There was something in the news this week about a possible re-opening. I hope so.

That's what some of my Jackson County family have been saying as well. Apparently the price of aluminum has risen and sustained at that level long enough to draw some interest.

[Chriscross309]

Well that's good news!