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
Social Enterprises
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
Mountain Women Mean Business
On November 8, more than 100 women from across eastern Kentucky gathered at the first Mountain Women Mean Business conference held at the Harlan ... Read This Post
Social Enterprises 101
Examples of social enterprises in Kentucky (interactive!): What do you call a business that uses its products or services to do good? At MACED, we ... Read This Post
Blacksheep Bakery Increases Skills, Community Impact
Gwen Johnson is the Outreach Coordinator at Hemphill Community Center in Neon, Kentucky. The center, formed in 1968, is a gathering place to enjoy ... Read This Post
Lavender farmers hope to revive former stripmines
The West Virginia Regional Technology Park in Kanawha County, West Virginia has launched a new program to turn former strip mines into lavender farms ... Read This Post
Keith Gabbard, Broadband Transition in Action
To find a nationally acclaimed model of rural broadband implementation, you don’t have to look much further than Jackson County, Kentucky. There, ... Read This Post