Success Stories

• 15

  July

  Leveraging new and existing partnerships to support community development efforts: Mercer Interagency Council

  Given the pandemic circumstances that prevented Extension Offices from holding in-person meetings, the Mercer County Interagency Council had been unable to meet for four months since the Mercer County...

  
  

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• 15

  July

  Building Engaged and Empowered Communities

  According to 2010 US Census Bureau statistics, the racial makeup of Mercer County is estimated to be 91.9% white, 3.5% black, 2.4% latino, 0.4% asian and 2% or less of american indian or alaskan nativ...

  
  

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• 14

  July

  Substance Use Prevention & Recovery

  Substance use and substance use disorder (SUD) are pervasive public health problems in the United States, and specifically, in the state of Kentucky. In the year since the beginning of the Covid-19 pa...

  
  

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  26

  May

  Virtual Family Pumpkin Fun Day

  The Cooperative Extension Service of Mercer County continually seeks to expose new audiences to the resources available to all Kentuckians. The Mercer County Extension Agents for Horticulture and Fami...

  
  

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