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Menifee County Community Impact

Arts & Culture

2006-07 Arts Education Programs
Botts Elementary School – Lexington Children’s Theatre (Anansi and the Spider)
200 students in attendance

2007-08 Arts Education Programs
Menifee County Elementary School – Kentucky Chautauqua Presentation (Anna Mac Clarke), 60 students in attendance

2009 Arts Education Program
Botts Elementary School – Kentucky Chautauqua Presentation (Emilie Todd Helm), 43 students in attendance

Public Safety

7 Mobile Data Computers installed
Total Dollars invested- $432,740

Leadership

2013 Forward in the Fifth Appalachian Leaders in Education (AppLE) award winner
Educator (K-12 teacher) – Lana Swartz, teacher and head of the science department, Menifee County High School

2014 Forward in the Fifth Appalachian Leaders in Education (AppLE) award winner
Adult Education – Pamela Branam, assistant director, Menifee County Adult Education

C-Train
1 grant totaling $2,348.80 was awarded to the following company:
East KY Independent Service Organization
$50,815 for aviation program support

Developing and Implementing Community Strategies Program
2012 Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) mini-grant
Menifee County Community Development Group – $4,800 (to develop a strategic plan for Menifee County)

Rogers Scholars

1998 – Morgan Wells
1999 – Robert Banks
2000 – Lacey Back, Tiffany Ferrell
2001 – Derrick Little, James Ratliff
2002 – Coty Lewis Back
2003 – Alisha Bowman
2004 – Whitney Thomas
2005 -Kelly Smallwood
2006 -Gabriel Ferguson
2008 – Lesley Smallwood
2009 – Sydney Branam
2010 – Kristyn Densmore
2011 – LaRanda Coffey
2012 – Jacob Valerio
2013 – Emma Cecile Roach-Barrette
2014 – Taylor Wayman
2015 – David Chase Baker
2016 – Zane Crouch
2018 – Delaney Golden
2019 – Dylan Adams
2020 – Seth Smallwood

Rogers Explorers

2013 – Sara Franklin
2014 – Jacob “Jake” Peck, John Sain
2016 – Sam Peck, Whitney Craft, Delaney Golden
2017 – Jenna Cassady
2019 – Laynee Stevens, Eli Johnson
2020 – Christopher Maze, Emily Riley, Haley Roberts

Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute

2010 – Erney Justice