Economic DevelopmentMajor Program

5231

Total Hours

Contributed.

53850

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

356

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

1155

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of businesses reached through Extension programming

797

Number of businesses implementing economic development plans

253

Number of economic development-related projects/plans created with Extension’s assistance

134

Stories

CDC-Improve Physical Activity

According to KY Health Facts, 45% of the adult population lack physical activity and 49% of adults are obese compared to Kentucky as a whole at 30%. Martin County has several public parks, but none of which provide restroom access. Without having restroom access, it is recognized that adults and children are not likely to spend as much time at a park as if there were access to a restroom.Martin County Extension Family and Consumer Sciences program collaborated with the Center for Disease Control...

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CDC-Improve Physical Activity

Stories Behind the Numbers

  • Elkhorn City Night Market

    Last year, Pike County Extension Fine Arts organized the first Elkhorn City Night Market. The market serves the rural Pike County community with a population of 852. One of the goals of Pike County Ex... Read More

  • Small Business Workshop Series

    In Adair County Small businesses with less than 20 employees constitute 48.1% of all Businesses in Adair County. (CEDIK) In September of 2017, the Adair County Cooperative Extension Service collaborat... Read More

  • Dutch Bourbon Documentary

    For two days in December, the Franklin & Woodford County CES hosted a Dutch film crew producing a documentary on the bourbon Industry in Central Kentucky, the Hertog Jan documentary . The eight member... Read More

  • International Bourbon Documentary

    For two days in December, the Franklin & Woodford County CES hosted a Dutch film crew producing a documentary on the bourbon Industry in Central Kentucky, the Hertog Jan documentary . The eight member... Read More

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