Justin Maxson, President of the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (MACED), spoke at the Appalachia’s Bright Future conference on what is needed to make a transition to a diversified mountain economy that supports healthy, prosperous families.
In late April, leaders from across eastern Kentucky and Central Appalachia came together in the heart of Harlan County, at the Harlan Convention Center, to talk about the future of mountain communities. Called Appalachia’s Bright Future, the conference was sponsored by Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, and aimed to build a new conversation about the unique opportunities […]
Over 4,000 eastern Kentucky miners have lost their jobs since 2011, and many fear these coal jobs aren’t coming back. Now folks in the coalfields are asking the question, what comes next? Scholars at Appalachian State University think there are lessons to be learned from South Wales, a major coal producing region which faced a […]
Though we often hear in the coalfields that job creation and environmental protection are two things that cant happen at the same time, a growing coalition of individuals and organizations believes that the Clinch River, one of the most biodiverse river systems in North America, could itself be the backbone of a brand-new economy in […]
