New “Olde Store...

In an earlier post on livable rural communities, we talked a bit about the importance of gathering places for people to come together. The community of Floyd, in southwest Virginia, has a new such place – or rather, an old one made new again. An old country store from the 1930s has...
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Making Connections News...

Another high-quality report from the talented folks over at Making Connections News, about the impacts the decline in the coal industry has on communities in the region and what other opportunities exist. In the 1960s Anthropologist Helen Lewis established one of the first Appalachian...
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Carbon Offsets Earn Mon...

Here's the news from MACED: Two forest landowners located in Bland County, Virginia, recently shared a total payout of $22,668 from the Appalachian Carbon Partnership (ACP). Through the ACP, landowners are paid for the amount of carbon dioxide that their trees remove from the...
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Mountain Music Fuels Vi...

From Voice of America: The tiny mountain town of Floyd, Virginia has one traffic light. Only 500 people live here year-round. But there's a festival atmosphere on Friday evenings, especially in summer. The Floyd Country Store is crowded with a few hundred people from out of town...
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AITES Prepares Young Wo...

An article in Staunton Virginia’s Daily News Leader highlights the accomplishments from the first year of the Appalachian Information Technology Extension Service (AITES). The AITES works to promote young women’s interest in jobs requiring information technology skills. The overarching...
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