This week marks the start of MACED’s new storytelling campaign, Appalachia’s New Day. Every day this week, we are featuring a story specific to a ... Read This Post
Communities
Appalachian Horse Industry Revival
Smokey Valley Farm is helping bring back a breed of horse all but lost following the Civil War: the Smokey Valley Horse. For generations prior to the ... Read This Post
Apply by April 15: Facilitators for AIR Shift Workshops
Are you interested in helping Kentucky communities grow local creative economies? Do you have a long-term vision for increasing the value of art and ... Read This Post
Summer Music Festivals in EKY
Eastern Kentucky has long been known as an originator of great music and great musicians, from young artists on the rise like Tyler Childers and ... Read This Post
First Worker Coop Training Held in Eastern KY
More than 26,000 Kentucky businesses, employing more than 300,000 people, are owned by baby boomers. Many have not identified the next generation of ... Read This Post
ARC Awards $12 Million in Kentucky
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) recently announced more than $12 million in funding through its POWER Initiative for Appalachian ... Read This Post
MACED Testifies at a Congressional Hearing about Climate Change
MACED was invited to testify at a February 12 congressional hearing titled “Climate Change: Preparing for the Energy Transition.” The hearing was ... Read This Post
Stories from a Region
Interested in being a part of the Appalachia's New Day campaign? Visit here. News broke two weeks ago that Netflix has signed on to produce the movie ... Read This Post
A First in Central Appalachia!
Brandon Dennison, CEO of the Coalfield Development Corporation, was recently named the first Ashoka Fellow to live and work in Central Appalachia ... Read This Post
ARC Releases Toolkit for Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) recently released three reports covering the Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in the 420 US counties federally ... Read This Post
Impact Report 2013-2018
We recently released our report from 2013-2018, highlighting steady growth in our financial portfolio, stories from clients and communities, and how ... Read This Post
Matewan’s Appalachian Lost & Found Respects Past While Looking Forward
Guest blog by our partner, Herbie Dotson, the co-founder of Appalachian Lost and Found, a store featuring more than 40 local artisans, as well as ... Read This Post
