For those who can attend in person, the Open House is today from 3pm – 9pm at the Hazard Community College located at One Community College ... Read This Post
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Wendell Berry Asks…”What Else?”
Legendary Kentucky author, farmer and academic Wendell Berry contributed the following piece to the Appalachia-focused issue of the Solutions ... Read This Post
A Step toward Fixing a County’s Economy
by Herb Smith As featured in the special Appalachia edition of the Solutions Journal. The author is a film-maker and Kentucky native. More ... Read This Post
Federal Funding to the States: Saving and Creating Jobs
The White House’s Council of Economic Advisers recently released the 2nd Quarter 2010 report about jobs saved or created as a result of the American ... Read This Post
Does Kentucky Have What it Takes to Harvest Wind Energy? Webinar 7/23 1pm
From a recent announcement by the Kentucky Renewable Energy Consortium (KREC): Please Join Us for a Webinar on Wind Energy in Kentucky Friday, ... Read This Post
Grooming Our Own Leaders in Appalachia
From Kentucky's Berea College:This summer, Entrepreneurship for the Public Good (EPG) is training students in both business and community leadership. ... Read This Post
Solutions Journal Turns Eye Towards Appalachia
Solutions, a publication “devoted to showcasing bold and innovative ideas for solving the world's integrated ecological, social, and ... Read This Post
Center for Rural Development Extends Community Planning Grant Application Deadline
From WKYT: Cities and counties in Southern and Eastern Kentucky interested in submitting grant applications for federalfunding support from the ... Read This Post
FEAT Hosting Workshop on Eco-Agritourism Business Development in Eastern Kentucky
Eastern Kentucky Foothills Eco-Agri-Tourism Corporation (FEAT) and the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service are joining together to ... Read This Post
Appalachian Community on the Road to Energy Independence
First posted on NorthcentralPA.com: Barriers exist throughout the Appalachian region which prevent the ability of small communities, including the ... Read This Post
Startups Essential for Job Growth in Kentucky
A recent study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation finds that U.S. job growth is driven primarily by business startups. Or more accurately, the ... Read This Post
Ohio’s Enterprise Appalachia Seeks to Strengthen Region’s Small Businesses
Nationally-recognized business publication Inc. magazine, which bills itself as providing ‘small business resources for the entrepreneur’, ... Read This Post
