$10,000 for entrepreneurs in eastern Kentucky! Justin Prater came by WMMT to tell our listeners about the UPIKE Startup Challenge the Kentucky Innovation Network is offering to eastern Kentuckians with a bright idea for a business. If you live in Eastern Kentucky (east of i75, south of i64), you are eligible to enter the competition. Anyone is […]
President Obama’s 2016 budget includes significant funds for economic renewal in Central Appalachia. The POWER+ Plan calls for investing in coal communities, workers and technology. Eric Dixon, Dee Davis, and Jason Bailey comment on the possible impact in the region.
Retired War on Poverty staff Robert Shaffer & Hollis West recall building successful east KY programs with “maximum feasible participation of the poor” & recommend SOAR empower poor for results
The Kentucky Center for Budget Policy has released the 2014 State of Working Kentucky Report and the news is not good. KCEP Director Jason Bailey says that Kentucky is still feeling the effects of the 2007 recession with fewer jobs, slow growth, and declining wages. In this Making Connections News story, Bailey makes a number of […]
