Encouraging a new generation of Appalachian leaders while working to diversify the regional economy? That is the goal of the Appalachian Transition Fellowship Program. The first class of Fellows, fourteen young people from throughout the region, recently started working with nonprofits, governments and businesses in six states on projects that create jobs and livelihoods. Mountain Talk host Mimi […]
The SOAR Working Group on Agriculture, Community and Regional Foods, and Natural Resources held a Listening Session in Letcher County, KY on June 19. After a discussion of the strengths, weaknesses and opportunities for economic development and job creation in local foods and forestry, folks in the group offered their ideas for what would help the area.[wpdm_file […]
The debate about an open Internet, sometimes called “Net Neutrality,” and what the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will decide is a hot topic right now. But because Internet access and affordability issues of all kinds affect how well our rural communities fare now and in the future, the Central Appalachia Regional Network (CARN) created some easy […]
Could Worker Cooperatives be a solution for getting new businesses going in our region? In this WMMT Mountain Talk we sat down with Joe Rinehart, Rural Technical Assistance Coordinator for the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives, and Whitesburg, KY residents Jonathan Hootman and Sara Pennington to talk about the growth of Worker Cooperatives around the country and ways […]
