Parents are anxiously trying to figure out what to do about childcare this fall as the economy slowly reopens and schools shift to being exclusively ... Read This Post
Stories
Our Affiliates: Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
There is no shortage of ideas about what is possible in Eastern Kentucky’s future. Many people are trying to enhance and grow what already exists in ... Read This Post
Our Affiliates: Kentucky Natural Lands Trust
In Blanton Forest, just outside Harlan, ancient trees tower 100 feet above the forest floor. When the tract of old growth forest was discovered in ... Read This Post
How the Mountain Association supports networks in Appalachia
Central Appalachian Network The Central Appalachian Network was established in 1992 after several nonprofit organizations in Kentucky, Ohio, ... Read This Post
Fostering a local food system with North Fork Local Foods
Local food began seeing a swell in community interest in the 2010s. Farmers, food producers and consumers developed an action plan for a stronger ... Read This Post
Creative Placemaking with Thursdays on the Triangle
After opening our Hazard office in 2011, we wanted to invest further in building the local economy to better support existing businesses. Because ... Read This Post
Supporting strong community planning with InVision Hazard
The Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky, a non-profit community foundation based in downtown Hazard, coordinated a series of town hall events in Perry ... Read This Post
Developing a workforce trained in clean energy
The outright collapse of the coal industry, on top of decades of economic distress, has created an unprecedented crisis. Eastern Kentucky has lost ... Read This Post
Building momentum in new energy one county at a time
In the past two years, the Mountain Association has helped with a series of solar projects in Letcher County, which is deep in the coalfields of far ... Read This Post
Improving the health and efficiency of homes
Nearly all Eastern Kentucky counties are defined as economically distressed by the Appalachian Regional Commission, and while economic conditions have ... Read This Post
Energy Equipment and Book Lending Library
Equipment Lending The Mountain Association has various hand-held and data-logging tools available for short-term borrowing by individuals or ... Read This Post
Gin Ryu Martial Arts Academy
The Gin Ryu Martial Arts Academy, established in 2015, is a state of the art, traditional karate school in Richmond, Kentucky owned and operated by ... Read This Post
