Communities

By Andrea Muñoz I love it when people tell me that I am a “people person.” This expression is defined as someone who enjoys being with or talking ... Read This Post

“You can almost draw a line from when the Seale Theater shut down to the decline of our community,” Sue Christian of OCARE, an Owsley County, ... Read This Post

On August 9, 2023, staff from the Mountain Association talked with more than 75 community members who came out to share their thoughts on our downtown ... Read This Post

Last summer, the Mountain Association purchased a three-story building at 479 Main Street in downtown Hazard, Kentucky. We were inspired to purchase ... Read This Post

Community leaders representing energy communities from Appalachia to Wyoming to the Navajo Nation were invited to participate in a roundtable ... Read This Post

If you don't have time to read the full story: A new exhibit has gone up in downtown Hazard showing how spaces and buildings in the Perry County ... Read This Post

The Mountain Association works to support a just and sustainable transition to a new economy in post-coal Appalachia. We know that a transition such ... Read This Post

Within our lifetimes, devastating floods have become more frequent throughout Eastern Kentucky. It’s not just in our imaginations; the EPA has found ... Read This Post

Take the Hal Rogers Parkway east out of London, Kentucky and between there and Hazard—an hour and twenty-minute drive away—there’s only one hotel, ... Read This Post

According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 20 percent of small businesses fail within the first year. Becky Brown Jewelry ... Read This Post

A training program developed by the Mountain Association is teaching property owners in Eastern Kentucky how to succeed in the home-sharing market. ... Read This Post