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West Virginia    
    Libera, Inc: Empowering Women and Teens in West Virginia

          In West Virginia, Libera, Inc. is working to help women and teens embody the state’s beloved motto, “montani semper liberi,” or “mountaineers are always free.” Named for the feminine form of the word “liberi,” Libera envisions a Mountain State where every woman and teen is free...
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionKentucky
							

																			Letcher    
    Fahe: Building a Recovery-Friendly Workforce

          In 1980, Fahe was founded to provide access to workforce training and financial resources for locally-rooted nonprofit organizations. Its founding members quickly learned they could “go further together,” and has since grown into a strong network of 50+ nonprofits from six states working toward a...
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionKentucky    
    The Kentucky Wildlands: Building a Recreation Destination

          The Kentucky Wildlands is driving economic development and regional tourism across 14,000-square-miles of “largely untamed wilderness.”...
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionPennsylvania
							

																			Cambria    
    Startup Alleghenies: Empowering the Cycle of Entrepreneurship

          Since 1974, JARI has supported the economic growth and diversification of Pennsylvania’s Southern Alleghenies region. Their service area in Greater Johnstown, Pennsylvania historically relied on the steel and coal industries, and like other Appalachian communities needed to diversify its local and regional economic bases to improve long-term vitality.  In order to best carry out its...
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionAlabama
							

																			Fayette    
    Lisa Bright: Breaking Barriers to Recovery

          When Will Bright passed away in 2014 from an overdose, his mother, Lisa Bright, knew she had to turn her pain into purpose. She and her husband, Bill, started the Will Bright Foundation to both honor their son and provide others with a safe, supportive environment for their recovery...
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionKentucky
							

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    Why Whitley: Designing a New Community Narrative

          UK Landscape Architecture rendering of River Fog Park (Image courtesy of Why Whitley Facebook) In 2018 in Whitley County, Kentucky, a group of passionate citizens held a dinner to discuss ways to change the narrative surrounding the community. There were so many things to be proud of within the county,...
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionNorth Carolina    
    Philip Cooper: Inspiring Change

          For Philip Cooper, helping his community recover from substance use disorder is a personal, lifelong commitment.
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionOhio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
							

																			Monroe
																			Allegheny
																			Marion    
    TEAMing Up: A Regional Partnership Story

          This story is one of several "Stories of Change" highlighted in a new evaluation of ARC's POWER Initiative.
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionNorth Carolina    
    Growing Outdoors: Manufacturing and Outdoor Recreation in Western North Carolina

          ARC partners are expanding outdoor gear manufacturing sector.
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionAlabama    
    Alabama Community College System: The Ready to Work Program and Hornsby Steel, Inc.

          The Alabama Community College System offers job training at no cost.
    
    
    
    
          Investment in ActionKentucky
							

																			Perry    
    Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky: Revitalizing, Redeveloping and Reinvesting in Communities

          This story is one of several “Stories of Change” highlighted in a new evaluation of ARC’s POWER Initiative.
    
    
    
    
          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.
    
    
    
    
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