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From Handlebars to Hardcovers: Floyd County’s Bike & Book Shop During the pandemic, many people across Kentucky faced unexpected job losses and hardship. With the unprecedented events, a wave of creative entrepreneurs emerged with people launching businesses from home offices,… Read From Handlebars to Hardcovers: Floyd County’s Bike & Book Shop Joyful Jams: Inclusive Music, Movement & Mindfulness In a rural area, if you want something you have to start it,” said Dara Hart Riley as she sits crosslegged on a circular rug that would soon be filled… Read Joyful Jams: Inclusive Music, Movement & Mindfulness What are People Ready Communities? By Andrea Muñoz I love it when people tell me that I am a people person.” This expression is defined as someone who enjoys being with or talking to other… Read What are People Ready Communities? Get the Newsletter Sign Up Now Owsley County Organizers Take on Blight & Childcare You can almost draw a line from when the Seale Theater shut down to the decline of our community,” Sue Christian of OCARE, an Owsley County, Kentucky nonprofit, tells us. It… Read Owsley County Organizers Take on Blight & Childcare Downtown Hazard’s New Barber on Main Street Like many young people, Jade Teague of Hazard, Kentucky, was pushed into going to college for a four-year degree. Jade Teague cutting hair while in school. The message was ‘go… Read Downtown Hazard’s New Barber on Main Street Shaping Clay & Community: Turtle Farm Pottery Nearly one million people visit the geologic wonders of the Red River Gorge in Eastern Kentucky every year. Its cliffs, arches and rock shelters were shaped over millions of years… Read Shaping Clay & Community: Turtle Farm Pottery Footer Established in 1976. Prior to 2020, we were known as the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (MACED). 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