“A Seat at the Table” is a series of community dinners that bring people together in Hazard, Kentucky, to share meals and lives. Each dinner has a ... Read This Post
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Appalachia’s New Day: Downtown Revitalization in Eastern Kentucky
More and more towns are hiring downtown or main street coordinators to help facilitate revitalization efforts in downtown areas. In a partnership ... Read This Post
Appalachia’s New Day: Child Care in Eastern Kentucky
Kentucky is one of many states with a child care assistance program, which reimburses child care providers who accept children from low-income ... Read This Post
Appalachia’s New Day: Alternatives to Predatory Lending in Eastern Kentucky
In 2014, 90 percent of people seeking housing services from the Housing Development Alliance (HDA) in Perry County were ineligible due primarily to ... Read This Post
Anglers Bait-N-Tackle
Kaleb Rodebaugh started back up his family’s bait and tackle shop, Anglers Bait-N-Tackle LLC, in 2016 when he was just 21 years old. Though he ... Read This Post
Appalachia’s New Day: Strong Communities in Eastern Kentucky
After being struck by two 500-year floods in 2010, much of the Olive Hill community faced hard times as businesses and neighborhoods struggled to ... Read This Post
Appalachia’s New Day: Youth in Action in Eastern Kentucky
In 2010, Olive Hill in Carter County was struck by not one, but two, 500-year floods. The federal government uses terms like “100-year flood zone ... Read This Post
Appalachia’s New Day: Creative Writing and Poetry in Eastern Kentucky
Each month, poets and creative writers are invited to Grayson, Kentucky, for the Holler Down the Holler poetry slam where they can compete for cash ... Read This Post
Appalachia’s New Day: Addressing Transportation Barriers in Eastern Kentucky
Grayson Gallery and Arts Center, which established in 2011 in the town’s old fire station, does so much more than provide a place for artists to show ... Read This Post
Appalachia’s New Day: Spaces to Gather in Eastern Kentucky
It all started with an idea to plan a pop-up art show in the former Grayson, Kentucky, fire station in 2011, a building that stood empty for eight ... Read This Post
Appalachia’s New Day: Crafting A Legacy of Art in Eastern Kentucky
John Haywood is a tattoo and folk artist in Whitesburg, Kentucky. He owns and operates the Parlor Room Tattoo and Art Gallery – a tattoo shop that ... Read This Post
Appalachia’s New Day: Teaching Mountain Music in Eastern Kentucky
Last week, 150 people, from age 4 to 84, came from across the country to gather at Cowan Community Center in Letcher County, Kentucky, for the 18th ... Read This Post