Who are you, and what’s your role at your organization? My name is Jared Arnett and I am the Executive Director of Shaping Our Appalachian Region, ... Read This Post
SOAR
Watch: Bridging the Digital Divide, Dr. Roberto Gallardo
This month, we’re exploring why broadband is so important to rural communities. No one quite answers that question like Dr. Roberto Gallardo, an ... Read This Post
The next big wave of blue-collar jobs is here: Coding
It's not likely that most people would put the words "coding" and "blue collar" in the same sentence, but that misperception could change in the ... Read This Post
Transition in Action: Broadband
Broadband Internet is a necessity in today's world. It is becoming increasingly important as more and more basic services, including healthcare and ... Read This Post
People who are poor should be central in SOAR leadership
Former War on Poverty anti-poverty worker, Robert W. Shaffer has some advice about how to improve upon past efforts at economic transition in eastern ... Read This Post
SOAR still important, but second summit falls short of expectations
One week ago today, the Shaping Our Appalachian Region Initiative hosted it's second summit in Pikeville, Ky. If readers will recall, SOAR started ... Read This Post
Some advice to SOAR from the War on Poverty
The second Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR) summit is almost a week away. Much has been speculated about what SOAR will produce, about what SOAR ... Read This Post
New year, new transition opportunities
Happy New Year! Renew Appalachia has been on hiatus over the Holidays, and at least a couple of big developments happened over the break that have big ... Read This Post
Abandoned Mine Lands funds should be reinvested in just economic transition
Central Appalachia needs more than just good ideas to shepherd the region through a just economic transition; it needs investment - and lots of it - ... Read This Post
Eastern Kentucky ‘will not thrive without significant and smarter investment’
A central theme is woven through all of MACED's new strategy briefs, and it is crucial to the success of any of the other strategies: increased ... Read This Post
Forestry is still ‘critical part’ of eastern Kentucky’s economy
Long before coal mining dominated eastern Kentucky's economy, logging was the big business in the region. Stories of log rafts barreling down creeks ... Read This Post
“Booming” local foods sector needs support to become “economic engine”
MACED's third strategy brief - released today - focuses on the local foods movement in eastern Kentucky, which truly is booming. A new farmers market ... Read This Post