Editing Rabun County, Georgia (section)

==Economy==
As of early 2006, the county's two largest employers are textile manufacturers: Rabun Apparel, with over 900 jobs, and National Textiles, with 410.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rabun County Major Employers |work=Rabun County, Georgia Chamber of Commerce |url=http://www.gamountains.com/content/majoremployers.htm |access-date=March 26, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060316164451/http://www.gamountains.com/content/majoremployers.htm |archive-date=March 16, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In March 2006, Fruit of the Loom announced it would close the Rabun Apparel plant and lay off all 930 employees. That same year, National Textiles also announced layoffs, which had already targeted its plants in North Carolina and Tennessee.<ref>{{cite news | first = Donald | last = Fraser | title = Fruit closing, 930 jobs lost | publisher = Clayton Tribune | date = March 23, 2006 | url = http://www.theclaytontribune.com/articles/2006/03/26/news/news01.txt | access-date = March 26, 2006 }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>{{Update inline|date=November 2024}}