Cory Coots hails from Viper, KY and will soon be a senior at Hazard High School. Speaking as a young person who wants to have a future in the region, he calls for new ways to invest our serverance tax funds. Cory has just finished working as a peer trainer in Appalshop’s Appalachian Media Institute […]
What do an eastern Kentucky bee-keeper and a paintball entrepreneur have in common? Well, they’re both small business owners! And on a sunny evening in mid May, just outside of downtown Hindman, these two came together with others to learn more about how to make their ventures a financial success. The evening marked the first of four […]
Todd Howard used to work in the coal industry. He now farms and helps run the Floyd County, KY Farmers Market. Todd spoke at the Appalachia’s Bright Future conference and his message was that transition to a more diverse economy isn’t going to come from outside — “It needs to start in my community of […]
Central Appalachia loses more than 130 acres of forestland everyday, as economic pressures force families to clear their land. Nearly 90 percent of forestland is privately owned and less than 5 percent of that land is under sustainable management. An innovative pilot program called the Appalachian Carbon Partnership is working to reverse this trend. A […]
