Author: Jayoung Koo
Major Program: Community Design/Creative Placemaking
Clark County was founded in 1792 from Bourbon and Fayette Counties. The county is in the Bluegrass Area Development District (BGADD) and the Bluegrass Tourism Region. Clark County’s population was 36,972 people and that of Winchester (county seat) was 19,134 people as of the 2020 Census (US Census Bureau, QuickFacts, n.d.). The region is known for its rolling hills and agricultural landscape. The Kentucky River flows on the southern edge of the county boundary. The county seat, Winchester,
UK Department of Landscape Architecture (UKLA) has been partnering with the Huntertown Community Interpretive Park (HCIP) Committee since 2020 to envision the former African-American hamlet community site of Huntertown now as a 40-acre public open space. With the support of the 2021 UK Sustainability Challenge Grant, UKLA revised the preliminary park master plan during phase 2 (2021-2023) to reflect the community’s past footprints on the landscape more appropriately and further explored fo
Author: Jeff Fugate
In partnership with the Appalachian Arts Alliance and City of Hazard, we are building the capacity of Hazard to support the Arts and Creative Placemaking on a sustained level through an NEA-funded Our Town project. We have been able to support the hiring and professional-development of an Arts Associate with the local arts organization. They have rebooted a weekly free live-music event in downtown Hazard and are organizing the inaugural Appalachian Arts Fest, a multi-day conference for artists t
Informed by a steering committee of County Cooperative Extension Agents and community members, Sustainable Housing Initiative: Post-Disaster Resilience & Recovery for the Commonwealth is currently finalizing a set of instructional posters and fact web content to educate homeowners on best practices regarding sustainable materials, construction methods, energy efficiency, and environmental health pre- and post-disaster. To compliment the publications, we have constructed demonstration wa
Author: Anne Stephens
The Greenup Quilt Guild has organized and facilitated a Quilt Show at Greenbo Lake State Resort Park for 30+ years. After the pandemic shut-down of events, there was a concern that the show would not be able to return. Guild members rallied, along with the local Community Arts agent, to bring the show back and make it bigger and better than ever! Partnering with the local state park’s new management and the local tourism commission, plans were made to include a wider variety of heritage ar
