In the coalfields of Martin County in Eastern Kentucky, where mining once shaped both the land and the economy, a new initiative is getting off the ... Read This Post
Community Development
Thinking Like A Mountain: Refuge Ridge Wolf Sanctuary
Think like a mountain. As a 24-year-old, conservationist Aldo Leopold was forever changed by a dying wolf he and his crew had shot. After seeing ... Read This Post
TEDx Corbin
For the past decade or so, TED talks have been trending. That's because the goal of a TED Talk is to share about "ideas worth spreading." TED is a ... Read This Post
Three Days that will Shift Your World
In spring 2019, the AIR Institute of Berea College, in partnership with MACED and the Kentucky Arts Council, held a training for 10 Kentuckians ... Read This Post
Appalachia’s New Day: Community in Eastern Kentucky
“Thursdays on the Triangle” in Hazard, Kentucky, kicked off its fifth year last week. This mini-festival hosted on Main Street in Hazard every other ... Read This Post
Appalachia’s New Day: Tourism in Eastern Kentucky
Blanton Forest on Pine Mountain in Harlan County was identified by a state ecologist in the early 1990s as one of the most important natural ... Read This Post
Appalachia’s New Day: The Arts in Eastern Kentucky
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
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
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
