Letcher County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2020 - Jun 30, 2021





3051 - Community Strategic Planning
3051.2) 4

Number of activities/programs initiated by Extension as a result of the strategic planning process

3051.3) 17

Number of partners engaged in the community strategic planning process

3051.1) 5

Number of projects/plans created through Extension’s assistance

3051.12) 4

Number of new investments downtown as a result of strategic planning



Success Stories

A Tourism Economy Catalyst

Author: Shad Baker

Major Program: Community Strategic Planning

Only precious few projects can claim humble origins with large, unanticipated outcomes. Twenty-two years ago, the UK Cooperative Extension Service helped launch a simple footpath along Pine Mountain. At the time, the thought was that it would help showcase the region and serve as a nature-based tourism catalyst. With the project recently achieving a 60-mile milestone by connecting the Breaks Interstate Park in Pike County to the Kingdom Come State Park in Letcher and Harlan Counties, it seemed f

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