The Alliance for Appalachia is pleased to announce that we will be offering scholarships for Appalachian citizens to attend this year's 21st ... Read This Post
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Student Series: Investing in Appalachia
A third feature in our student series: Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation: Investing in Appalachia by Robert Chandler Like much of ... Read This Post
Eastern Kentucky Community Teams: Taking Transition into Their Own Hands
Beth Curlin Weber shares the projects funded by the 2010 Flex-E Grants for eastern Kentucky in the proceedings from this past year's Brushy Fork ... Read This Post
Student Series: Building Sustainability in Appalachia
Another story in our Student Series: Land, People and Development in Appalachia. Building Sustainability in Appalachia by Derek Miles The region ... Read This Post
WMMT: Eastern Kentuckians Face Rising Electric Bills
WMMT's Sylvia Ryerson reports on rising electric bills in Eastern Kentucky. Visit WMMT's page to listen to or download the report. By ... Read This Post
WV Community Development Network Meeting: March 9
From the WV Community Development Network: Don’t Miss the West Virginia Community Development Network Meeting in Beckley! The WV Community ... Read This Post
Register for the ARC Workshop on Sustainable Agriculture and Local Foodsystems in Fairmont, WV
Strengthening Local Food Networks across Appalachia: An Appalachian Regional Commission Workshop on Sustainable Agriculture and Local Food ... Read This Post
Student Series: Land, People and Development in Appalachia
University of Kentucky Instructor Amanda Fickey assigned students taking her undergraduate Land, People, and Development course last fall to ... Read This Post
Re-Imagine Appalachia and Win $500: UK Appalachian Center announces photography contest
Re-Imagine Appalachia and Win $500: UK Appalachian Center announces photography contest Barefoot children, outhouses and shacks with no running ... Read This Post
Kentucky’s Competing Energy Futures?: Coal-Reliant Kentucky Takes First Steps to Solve Energy Dilemma
Maria Gallucci has a piece on SolveClimate that looks at the competing visions of Kentucky's energy future. The two trends, one towards ... Read This Post
Know a Young Entrepreneur Who Could Use $40,000?
An announcement came our way--please spread the word to anyone you think might be interested. Hitachi Foundation’s Yoshiyama Young ... Read This Post
The More You Know: Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America has Demographic, Economic and Agricultural Data
Our colleagues at the Rural Blog have a piece on USDA's Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America tool. Like the Census maps generated by the ... Read This Post
