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Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia    
    Northern and Central Appalachia: Expanding Tourism Through Outdoor Recreation

          In KY, PA, VA, and WV, ARC partners are building trails and tourism experiences.
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionNorth Carolina    
    Growing Outdoors: Manufacturing and Outdoor Recreation in Western North Carolina

          ARC partners are expanding outdoor gear manufacturing sector.
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionOhio    
    ACEnet: Empowering Local Food Entrepreneurs

          For more than 25 years, ARC has partnered with the Appalachian Center for Economic Networks (ACEnet) to support entrepreneurs and strengthen economic sectors in 32 counties across Appalachian Ohio. Local food provides a clear path to opportunity, and resilience, in many of those communities. To help them fully harness that potential, ACEnet helps markets...
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionWest Virginia    
    West Virginia Food & Farm Coalition: Growing Local Food Opportunities

          WVFFC provides statewide leadership in local food so farmers and agriculture businesses can thrive, ultimately nourishing and strengthening their communities.
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionWest Virginia    
    Sprouting Farms: Supporting the Future of Farming

          Sprouting Farms grows Southern West Virginia’s local food systems through education, resource sharing, land access, and food production.
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionKentucky    
    Community Farm Alliance: Making Farmers Markets Stronger

          In Kentucky, Community Farm Alliance has worked for 36 years to help Kentucky communities, farmers markets, and producers reap those important benefits.
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionTennessee
							

																			Cocke    
    Great Smoky Mountains: Adventure Creates Opportunity in Tennessee

          In the Great Smoky Mountains, Cocke County is using ARC support on a new biking trail.
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionNew York, West Virginia
							

																			Allegany
																			Preston    
    Trail Systems: Guiding Communities to Opportunities

          Every Appalachian state has ample trail opportunities, from the Tanglefoot Trail in Mississippi, to South Carolina’s Swamp Rabbit Trail and the Great Allegheny Passage in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Trails are incredible gateways for attracting outside visitors and increasing quality of life for community members. ARC partners have long worked to establish trail systems that...
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionWest Virginia
							

																			Kanawha    
    New River Gorge: America’s Newest National Park

          ARC investments help communities and entrepreneurs sustainably leverage this incredible asset.
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionPennsylvania
							

																			Allegheny    
    Pennsylvania Wilds: Connecting Nature, Culture, and Entrepreneurship

          Fifty state game lands, 29 state parks, 8 state forests, and one National Forest make the Pennsylvania Wilds.
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionOhio
							

																			Athens    
    Rural Action: Moving Forest Communities Forward in Ohio

          Rural Action is using ARC support, and a partnership with the U.S. Forest Service, to help coal-impacted communities boost trails and tourism.
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionVirginia
							

																			Montgomery    
    Appalachian Community Capital: Investing in the Investors

          With COVID-19 related funding from ARC, ACC was able to support the Parkway Theater’s renovation and survival through the pandemic. Access to capital is one of the biggest obstacles to small business and entrepreneurial growth in Appalachia. In 2013, with seed money from ARC and other partners, Appalachian Community...
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionOpportunity Zones

          What Are Opportunity Zones? Opportunity Zones are economically distressed communities where new investments, under certain conditions, may be eligible for preferential tax treatment. Localities qualify as Opportunity Zones if they have been nominated for that designation by the state, and that nomination has been certified by the Secretary of the...
    
    
    
    
          PageStrengthening Economic Resilience in Appalachia

          This study defines and quantifies economic resilience in order to understand the underlying factors that allow communities to buffer economic shocks.
    
    
    
    
          ReportAgriculture and Food System Trends in the Appalachian Region: 2007-2012

          This report examines trends in the 2007 and 2012 Censuses of Agriculture and related socioeconomic databases in order to assess, benchmark, and document food and farm activity and the local food economy in the Appalachian Region.
    
    
    
    
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