Letcher County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2020 - Jun 30, 2021
3051 - Community Strategic Planning | ||
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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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