We have featured content from our friend Nick Mullins several times in the past year -- he is the insightful mind behind Out of the Coal Mines and ... Read This Post
Stories
WEKU: New Business Model for Solar Energy
WEKU featured a story on the Berea Municipal solar farm yesterday, quoting Kentucky Sustainable Energy Alliance members from Solar Energy Solutions, ... Read This Post
Solar Powered Health: Rockcastle Regional State’s First Solar Powered Hospital
Business Lexington has a story today on Rockcastle Regional Hospital's new solar array. It is a great example of a community institution ... Read This Post
Making Connections: Principles Critical to Effective Tax Reform
Happy 2012! We are back in action, and wanted to point out a story by our friends at Making Connections News you might have missed over the ... Read This Post
Happy Holidays!
We're taking a break for the holidays and will be back after the New Year! Photo from Putnam County, WV courtesy of winterwanderland.com. I ... Read This Post
NC Man Thinks Big with Sustainable Wood Furniture Business
In Western North Carolina, one man's wood furniture business is promoting both economic growth and sustainable forestry. The Asheville ... Read This Post
Prestonsburg Meeting Digs Into Transition Conversation
A group of nearly twenty-five dedicated folks gathered in Prestonsburg, KY on Monday to dig deeper into the ideas of economic transition. With coal ... Read This Post
Solar Predictions from SunRun: In 2012 Americans Will See Solar as a Way to Save, Not a Science Project
With groups like the Kentucky Solar Energy Society, the Kentucky Solar Partnership, and businesses like Avery and Sun and Solar Energy Solutions ... Read This Post
Tapping Local Wealth: Community Foundations and Transition
Ivy Breshear wrote a piece yesterday for the Rural Blog featuring some of the great work being done by community foundations across Appalachia. ... Read This Post
Recognizing Transition Leaders: Lauderdale and Maxson Making a Splash
It has been a good week for two of the leading voices in the Appalachian Transition dialogue. Kentuckians For The Commonwealth Executive Director Burt ... Read This Post
Put Appalachia on the Map!
One of our favorite energy journalists (and native Tennesseean) David Roberts posted two great maps from consulting firm Black & Veatch in his ... Read This Post
Webinar: Got Broadband? Building Businesses on Rural Broadband Investments
USDA invites you to join us on Wednesday, December 14, to learn more about the opportunities presented by new broadband investments made through USDA ... Read This Post