Developing and Implementing Community Strategies Program
2005 Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) mini-grant
Benham/Harlan County – $10,000 (to develop and implement a portion of their strategic plan. They conducted a bottled water feasibility and marketing study.)
2010 Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) mini-grants
Tri-Cities Heritage Development (Harlan County) – $8,000 (to create a sustainable business plan, create Web pages to introduce businesses to the community and develop an Internet presence, and conduct a technology needs assessment for the Tri-City area)
Tri-Cities Heritage Development (Harlan County) – $8,000 (to implement portions of a strategic plan, to create a community business guide and push “buy local” campaign in Tri-Cities area of Cumberland, Benham, and Lynch)
Harlan County Fiscal Court – $10,000 (to develop a strategic plan for Harlan County and to hire a consultant to help with development of that plan)
C-Train
2 grants totaling $43,660 were awarded to the following company:
Data Futures
Excellence in Entrepreneurship Awards (EIEA) program
2002 Award Recipients
Charleen Combs and Bob Harris – Data Futures Inc. of Harlan, KY
2014 Award Recipient
Start-Up Business
Greg Drury, owner, Harlan’s Coal Fired Pizza (dba The Portal), Harlan, KY
