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          Our Work in Kentucky In partnership with the Kentucky Department for Local Government, ARC is supporting 74 projects in Kentucky totaling nearly $59.2 million in fiscal year 2023. These investments have been matched by $31.3 million and are attracting an additional $8 million in leveraged private investments in Kentucky. They...
    
    
    
    
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    Governor Andy Beshear

          Governor Beshear is ARC's 2023 States' Co-Chair.
    
    
    
    
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    Dennis Keene

          With a background in business development and state government, Department for Local Government Commissioner Dennis Keene is no stranger to improving Kentucky communities. Equipped with an entrepreneurial spirit, he started a business at 20 before becoming a top advisor at regional economic development group Southbank Partners. While there, Commissioner Keene...
    
    
    
    
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    Scott Sharp

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    Kentucky FY 2023 Investments

          
    
    
    
    
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    Hindman, KY: Overcoming Challenges and Upgrading Water Services

          Using BIL funds, the City of Hindman was able to overcome cost barriers to critical water system upgrades.
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionKentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia    
    Central Appalachia: Increasing Capital Access in Coal Communities

          ARC’s POWER Initiative has invested millions in projects working to create jobs and new economic opportunities in coal-impacted communities. A barrier to the creation of opportunity, however, is capital access. Without the money and credit needed to start a business, the ideas of home-grown entrepreneurs cannot be put into...
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionKentucky, Ohio    
    Shawnee State University: Building a Behavioral Health Workforce

          With support from ARC’s INSPIRE initiative, many Appalachian communities are addressing substance use disorder (SUD) by bolstering recovery-to-work programs and related support services. Portsmouth, Ohio and the surrounding area – which includes both Southern Ohio and several counties in north central Appalachian Kentucky – is no...
    
    
    
    
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    ARC Awards Nearly $500K to Help Five Appalachian Kentucky Area Development Districts Apply for More Federal Funds

          First round of new funding is made available through ARC’s READY LDDs [local development districts] initiative, with additional grantees to be announced in June of 2023. PINEVILLE, KY., May 11, 2023–Today, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) announced nearly $500,000 in new funding to the following Appalachian Kentucky area development districts...
    
    
    
    
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    Rural Partners Network Community Forum in Pineville, KY

          Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation is hosting this forum for local government, nonprofits, and community partners working in these Appalachian Kentucky counties: Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher, Perry, Whitley, and adjacent counties. The event will build collaboration, capacity, and relationships by connecting the Community...
    
    
    
    
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    Pikeville, KY: New Wastewater Technology Supports a Growth Mindset

          Building Appalachia’s infrastructure has been an ARC investment priority for 58 years, especially the development and maintenance of basic infrastructure systems for water, sewer, energy, and stormwater. ARC’s Area Development Program invested $66.8 million in water and sewer projects alone in Fiscal Year 2022.
    
    
    
    
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    Dataseam: Growing the IT Workforce in Eastern Kentucky

          Like many coal-impacted areas in Appalachia, Eastern Kentucky is tackling economic transition head-on by diversifying its economic bases and creating new opportunities in communities. Emerging industries such as information technology (IT), computer science, and engineering have shown promise, but a shortage of IT talent was keeping the region from reaching...
    
    
    
    
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    Kentucky FY 2022 Investments

          
    
    
    
    
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    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 ActionKentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia    
    Central Appalachia: Growing Opportunities Through Local Food

          Since 2015, ARC’s POWER Initiative has invested millions in projects working to create jobs, fuel new industries, and prepare workers and students for new opportunities in coal-impacted communities. The largest POWER funding package to date was awarded in October 2022, with particular momentum for one emerging sector: local food. ...
    
    
    
    
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