Two workshops are being offered by Virginia Cooperative Extension and the Virginia Geospatial Extension Program this month to help small businesses use technology to reach potential customers.
Roadside Advertising in a Digital Age will walk business owners through the process of registering their businesses on multiple national business databases used by GPS and smartphone applications, such as TomTom, Garmin, iPhone and Blackberry. Participants will also learn how to leverage free online tools to support their Internet marketing efforts.
Tuesday January 18th.
9 a.m. to noon
$40.
In Making Maps the Google Way, participants will explore the basics of Google Earth and Google Maps to learn how to make these tools work for their community or business, with a special focus on creating maps to share with others.
Tuesday January 18th.
1 to 4 p.m.
$40.
Participants may attend both sessions, which will be held in the Alderman Electronic Classroom at the Alderman Library on the University of Virginia campus. To register, click here.
For more information, contact John McGee at .
Kristin Tracz served MACED’s Research and Policy team from 2009-2012 working on clean energy policy, energy efficiency programs and the Appalachian Transition Initiative. She joined MACED after finishing her Master of Environmental Management degree at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. She now lives and works in Washington, DC.
"One response to Just Transition is that it’s economic development in Appalachia that does not harm the land or the people’s heath, and that is motivated and driven from within. While outside assistance can help, the core of the movement—the motivation and the ideas—has to come from within the communities in Appalachia." #TransitionInAction
KFTC Member Steve Boyce Shares Thoughts on Transition in Action
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Kentuckians for the Commonwealth (KFTC) is celebrating its 35th year as a “statewide citizens’ organization working for a new balance of power and a just society.” As part of our …
"[A] Just Transition in Appalachia is one where everyone has equal access to clean water and a clean environment, where individuals are empowered to make their own decisions based on their own definitions of success and well-being, and where no one need be afraid to speak to what they believe in." #TransitionInAction
Transition in Action: Lyndsay Tarus, The Alliance for Appalachia
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The follow is the first interview of our new series, Transition in Action. This one comes to us from Lyndsay Tarus, the Economic Transition Coordinator at the Alliance for Appalachia. The Alliance …
We've created an unofficial - and certainly non-comprehensive - timeline of Appalachian Transition beginning in 2008. Did we leave any important event, programs or initiatives off the list? Tell us about them in the comments. #TransitionInAction
Transition in Action: An Unofficial Appalachian Transition Timeline
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Economic transition in eastern Kentucky and Central Appalachia is nothing new. Our economy has had to shift many times over the years as industries have come and gone, and boomed and busted. Even t…