SPOTLIGHT: Accelerating Appalachia
Accelerating Appalachia works to grow the regenerative economy for a resilient Appalachia and Rural Southeast by providing training and support for nature-based businesses.
SPOTLIGHT: Waymakers Collective
Waymaker’s Collective strives to sustain creative practice, land, livelihoods, and dialogue across neighborhoods and disciplines. They envision an Appalachia that supports the joy, imagination, and hopes of our artists, activists, and culture bearers.
SPOTLIGHT: Up Home with Ouita Michel
Up Home with Chef Ouita Michel worked with acclaimed filmmaker and Kentucky native Harrison Witt to explore stories of Kentucky food and culture. It’s a love letter to restaurants, farmers, chefs, artists and others that contribute to and enjoy Kentucky’s rich culinary tradition.
SPOTLIGHT: Women’s Rural Entrepreneurial Network
Powered by rural women, WREN is committed to the mission of supporting better lives and livelihoods through education, economic development and community engagement in the North Country of New Hampshire.
SPOTLIGHT: AIC’s Alliance for Response Network, Toolkit and Forums
Launched in 2003, the Alliance for Response helps connect and build strategic partnerships between emergency managers and cultural institutions, identify allies to develop local assistance networks, engage networks, and find support to sustain local disaster networks.
SPOTLIGHT: Somerset Grist Mill and Maine Grains
Two Skowhegan, Maine residents partnered to turn a county jail into a gristmill that boosts the grain economy and transformed a deteriorated property.
SPOTLIGHT: NeighborWorks Sacramento’s NeighborsCare Program
NeighborWorks Sacramento launched an initiative to work alongside local organizations and business to provide direct resources and support to underrepresented communities as a collaborative effort.
SPOTLIGHT: Oregon’s Sustainable Coastal Tourism and Outdoor Recreation program
Oregon Sea Grant's Sustainable Coastal Tourism and Outdoor Recreation Program works with communities and companies to help them utilize a triple bottom line operational framework to help them, and their communities succeed.
SPOTLIGHT: NJIT’s Creative Placemaking Land Usage Workshop
New Jersey Institute of Technology’s (NJIT) Hub for Creative Placemaking offers full-day workshops focused on utilizing the Creative Placemaking process for planning for land usage.
SPOTLIGHT: ARPC’s Cycle the Arts
Appalachee Regional Planning Council’s “Cycle the Arts” partners with RideOn, COCA and LovetoRide Florida Challenge to create a new cycling experience in Tallahassee, Florida.