Author: Ronald Hustedde
Planning Unit: Community & Leadership Development
Major Program: Economic Development
Outcome: Intermediate Outcome
Eastern Kentucky has hundreds of coal mine sites that are abandoned because they are no longer economically viable for coal production. High school students from 21 coal-dependent counties took part in a series of educational workshops to help them prepare for an entrepreneurial contest to look at these sites as viable business opportunities. A Community and Leadership Development Extension specialist presented a series of workshops and educational materials to help the teens prepare business plans to develop a particular abandoned coal mine site near their hometown. The specialist was also involved in judging entrepreneurial plans which included tourism and recreation facilitaties, solar farms and other uses. Winning teen participant teams received significant cash prizes from the coal industry for their entrepreneurial visions and business plans.
Conflict is an inevitable part of Extension-related programming. Groups may be divided by priorities... Read More
The Extension specialist served as a facilitator and mediator with another UK faculty member to addr... Read More
Conflict is an inevitable part of Extension-related programming. Groups may be divided by priorities... Read More
The Extension specialist served as a facilitator and mediator with another UK faculty member to addr... Read More