ARC NEWS
Don’t Delay: 2027 Summer Learning Applications Are Closing Soon! 📚
Students and Teachers: the application deadline for the Appalachian STEM Academy 🔭 and the Appalachian Entrepreneurship Academy 📈 is December 4, 2026!
The Appalachian STEM Academy helps middle and high school students and teachers expand their applied science and STEM education with instruction from scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. 🔬
The Appalachian Entrepreneurship Academy, hosted by Appalachian State University, cultivates business and economic development skills in high school students. 💼
Each academy will take place in July 2027.
COMMUNITY
A recent study has found that regional airports in Ohio, Kentuckyand North Carolina are equipped to begin Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) activities with minimal upgrades to existing infrastructure. The study, supported in part by a $500K ARC ARISE grant, also found that AAM activities, such as drone and electric aircraft operations, could yield economic and workforce benefits in areas such as freight, emergency services and flight instruction.
In eastern Kentucky, U.S. Route 23 has given the city of Pikeville an economic lifeline. 🚗 More than 10,000 people use the highway daily to commute to the city for work. The road has also allowed the region to attract manufacturing jobs and tourism. Pikeville’s stretch of U.S. 23 was expanded as part of the Appalachian Development Highway System.
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey announced that a $250,000 ARC grant will be used for road improvements along Alabama Highway 49. 🛻 The grant will be used to provide access to a new, 12,000-square-foot Ace Hardware Store and will benefit future commercial development at the site. 🏗️
APPALACHIA IN THE NEWS
Northern Appalachia
Geneva’s Depot Street Project Nearing Completion, Star Beacon
Central Appalachia
Applications Open for $11.8 Million in Rural Mobile and Hybrid Care Grants, The Patriot
New Loan Fund Seeks to Support Businesses Essential to Growing Eastern Kentucky, The Paintsville Herald
Five West Virginians Chosen for Appalachian Leadership Institute, WV News
Southern Appalachia
Shelter from the Storm and a Home for Seniors: Good Hope’s New Multiplex Now Open, The Cullman Tribune
ALBBAA Marketing Director Selected for Appalachian Leadership Institute Class, Black Belt News Network
