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Moon, Henry E., Jr. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1987
Highway interchanges offer rural counties practically ready-made sites for development, but some interchanges offer better development opportunities than others. A study of a Kentucky interchange identified seven factors that make a difference in development, including traffic volume, distance to an urban area, ruggedness of terrain, and sale of…
Descriptors: Business, Community Development, Community Planning, Land Use
Carter, Michael V. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1988
Looks at Commission on Religion in Appalachia (CORA) programs uniting 23 church denominations behind social and volunteer projects designed to improve quality of rural life. Describes CORA and its projects. (TES)
Descriptors: Church Programs, Community Action, Community Development, Quality of Life
Download full textWarner, Paul D.; Korsching, Peter F. – 1975
By virtue of the Title V Rural Development Program, 10 paraprofessional workers were assigned, via Extension Services, to 10 counties in Appalachian Kentucky to engage in both action and research phases of community development. Extension specialists were provided to train and support the paraprofessionals in surveying local leadership,…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Development, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation
Duff, Mike – 1974
Designed to help bridge the gap between selected Appalachian communities (17 control and 18 experimental Kentucky communities) and the more affluent U.S. society, the Appalachian Community Impact Project (ACIP) used indigenous paraprofessionals, backed by Extension personnel, to work at the community level. It was hypothesized that by using…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Development, Community Leaders
Kentucky Science and Technical Council, Inc., Lexington. – 1994
A Televillage is a virtual community of people, businesses, government agencies, schools, libraries, health care providers, and others that have common goals or needs and are linked through telecommunications, information resources, and shared services. A Televillage can develop a strategic focus for community and regional development; organize,…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Information Services, Distance Education, Information Networks
Smith, Eldon D.; Anschel, Kurt R. – 1987
This paper questions whether public concerns about educational quality and slow economic development in Appalachia are being addressed adequately and suggests that the problem of lagging educational performance is rooted in the social and economic environment within which schools operate. Recent high unemployment in south central Kentucky and its…
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Change, Community Development, Economic Development
Smith-Mello, Michal – 1996
This report discusses trends affecting the future of rural development in Kentucky and describes strategies for leveraging more positive outcomes for rural communities. In addition to the enduring legacies of rural poverty, inadequate infrastructure, low educational attainment, and joblessness, contemporary rural Kentucky is also characterized by…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Leaders
