The Appalachian Rural Development Philanthropy Initiative (ARDPI) is sponsoring three free regional training seminars next month in Somerset, Ashland, and Hazard for attorneys, accountants, insurance agents, and other professional advisors to learn more about charitable giving in Kentucky.

Seminars will be held June 6 at The Center for Rural Development (at Traffic Light 15) in Somerset and repeated on June 12 at the Foundation for the Tri-State Community, 855 Central Avenue (Citizens National Bank Building), Ashland, and on June 13 at the Kentucky River Area Development District, 917 Perry Park Road, Hazard. Sessions will begin at 9 a.m. at each location.

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WYMT-TV news reporter Steve King was at The Center for Rural Development yesterday to cover Forward in the Fifth’s Education Leadership Day and the regional Appalachian Leaders in Education (AppLE) awards recognition program. Click here to watch WYMT-TV news coverage of the event. Thank you Steve and WYMT-TV for the news report.

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For going “above and beyond” to support education in their home communities and across the region, Forward in the Fifth has awarded the 2013 AppLE (Appalachian Leaders in Education) Awards to eight individuals and one student organization on a leading college campus in South Central Kentucky.

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The May flowers appear to have sprung up in downtown Somerset, thanks to one local high school student’s efforts.

“This started off as a small project, but it blossomed into an outstanding downtown project,” said Somerset Mayor Eddie Girdler, about Southwestern High School junior Brittany Pittman’s endeavor.

Pittman, 17, a Rogers Scholar recipient, approached Girdler and several other Somerset officials in the fall in hopes of developing a downtown beautification project. As part of the Rogers Scholar program, recipients must design and propose a community service project in their hometown to be implemented by June.

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A leading expert in communication studies is teaching a “lunch-and-learn” training class in personal development on May 28 at The Center for Rural Development. Dr. Mike Searcy, president of Communication Resource Consulting, Inc., will be leading a class from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.  in “Leadership: Meaning Management and Exercise in Influence” as par of the new, expanded Your Center of Learning training [...]

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Most high school students have read about the Holocaust. But it’s not every day students get to meet a Holocaust survivor and learn first-hand about one? of history’s darkest moments.

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It’s fast, easy, and convenient. With just one click, you can nominate a small business leader or entrepreneur in Southern and Eastern Kentucky for the 2013 Excellence in Entrepreneurship Awards (EIEA) program.

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The Center for Rural Development is expanding its Your Center of Learning training program to include a new series of professional, instructor-led classes, including full-day and first-time-ever lunch-and-learn sessions as well as evening and Saturday programming. During the first quarter of the training schedule, starting in May, The Center has added new business and professional development [...]

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The Center for Rural Development team participated in the fifth annual PRIDE (Personal Responsibility in a Desireable Environment) Clean Sweep of U.S. 27. Last month, staff members and PRIDE volunteers picked up roadside litter on the property and along the state right-of-way in front of the building on South U.S. 27. “Clean roads make a good first impression [...]

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Eight local artists worked side by side with 11 student artists from Eubank, Oak Hill, Pulaski, and Burnside Elementary schools to create a new collaborative art exhibit on display at The Center for Rural Development. Their resulting artwork is prominently featured in this year’s Side-by-Side visual art exhibit that showcases the creative talents of some [...]

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