Before the cast of “Mooseltoe: A New Moosical” takes the stage on Saturday at The Center for Rural Development, some of the youngest audience members will have an opportunity to meet and have their photographs taken with the show’s Christmas Elves. Professional actors who play these colorful characters in the holiday show will meet-and-greet children and [...]
The Center for Rural Development ushered in the Christmas season Monday night at its annual Spirit of Giving community tree-lighting ceremony and a special night of holiday festivities. About 300 people attended the special event, featuring a musical concert by the Bell Tones children’s choir, holiday prize giveaways, free refreshments, a visit from Santa Claus, [...]
Just in time for the start of the holiday season, Lake Cumberland Performing Arts in partnership with The Center for Rural Development presents the timeless Christmas classic, “The Gift of the Magi.” This Children’s Prime Time Theatre holiday performance, based on a short story written by O. Henry, will be brought to stage on Monday, [...]
After seeing a steady decline in the remodeling housing market, Madison County entrepreneur and small business owner Donovan Wadsworth changed his business plans. “Our focus changed from a very broad scope residential remodeling business to a more specialty restoration company,” said Wadsworth, owner of D & W Contracting Inc. of Richmond. “We still complete a [...]
Holiday music by the Bell Tones children’s choir, drawings for free show tickets and giveaways, refreshments, and even a visit from Santa Claus all are part of a special night of family-oriented entertainment as The Center for Rural Development celebrates the arrival of the Christmas season on Monday, Nov. 28, with its annual Spirit of [...]
Representatives from current and potential participating counties in a new philanthropy initiative met this week at The Center for Rural Development in Somerset to discuss how Appalachian counties can start and utilize community foundations and permanent endowments as a means to stop the outmigration of the region’s wealth. Nearly 130 community leaders from 35 counties [...]
Move over Ebenezer Scrooge! This holiday season, celebrate a new Christmas tradition with an enchanting “moosical” adventure about a fun-loving moose whose dream is to fly with Santa’s reindeer. Mooseltoe, “the Moose with a Dream,” and all his costumed character friends are coming to The Center for Rural Development in Somerset on Saturday, Dec. 3, [...]
Those who might have missed The Center for Rural Development’s 15th anniversary celebration on Sept. 30 in Somerset will have the opportunity to view the event in the comfort of their homes thanks to special statewide broadcast presentations set to air on Kentucky Educational Television (KET). Starting Dec. 5, KET will broadcast five airings of [...]
2011 Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award (EIEA) winner Jonathan Huston, founder and president of the world’s largest online retailer of collectible games, TrollandToad.com, was honored last week as one of the region’s top small business owners and entrepreneurs. Huston, who started the company with his wife, Lana, approximately 18 years ago in their home in Keavy, [...]
HAZARD,Ky.—Three of Kentucky’s top education supporters were recognized for their work in helping advance education in Southern and Eastern Kentucky at Forward in the Fifth’s 25thanniversary celebration and “Unbridled Learning” Educational Summit on Monday,Nov. 7, on the campus of Hazard Community and Technical College. U.S. Congressman Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-05)—the visionary behind the creation of [...]
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