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The Shaping Our Appalachian Region 2025 impact report tells the story of progress over four programs and one year.

Shaping Our Appalachian Region 2025 Impact: Jobs, Talent, and Opportunity in Eastern Kentucky

2 days ago
Economic Development, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Job readiness, Job seekers, News & updates, Tourism
The promise of the American Dream has always been rooted in meaningful work, opportunity, and the ability to build a good life close to home. In Eastern Kentucky, that promise…
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EKY Remote Worker Relocation Program

EKY Remote Worker Relocation Program: Driving $11 Million in Community Impact

1 month ago
Economic Development, Tourism
Eastern Kentucky is experiencing a new wave of growth and opportunity thanks to EKY Remote, Shaping Our Appalachian Region’s nationally recognized remote worker relocation initiative led by Program Director Latasha…
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Learn how ACOSE 2025 helped SOAR Innovation and Social Enterprise Accelerator entrepreneurs gain momentum.

Real Entrepreneurs. Real Barriers. Real Breakthroughs at ACOSE 2025

1 month ago
Economic Development, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Grants
If you’re building a new business in Eastern Kentucky, you already know how lonely and uphill that journey can feel.   You care about your community. You have an idea you believe in.…
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Eastern Kentucky Runway Logo

Building Momentum: The Eastern Kentucky Runway Program Marks One Year of Transformative Impact

2 months ago
Economic Development, Grants, Job seekers, News & updates
When the Eastern Kentucky Runway Program launched under Shaping Our Appalachian Region’s EDA Recompete grant last year, the vision was simple yet ambitious: Create a bridge for Eastern Kentuckians seeking meaningful, long-term career paths. Just one year later, the numbers tell a story of…
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The Power of Coaching: Why Human Navigation Is Economic Infrastructure

3 months ago
Economic Development, Job readiness, News & updates
By Will Warren Economic Recovery Corps Fellow Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR) Introduction: The Most Critical Link in Workforce Systems Across distressed and rural America, economic developers are being asked…
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The Great Reattachment by Will Warren

The Great Reattachment: Uniting Workforce and Economic Development to Revitalize Rural America

5 months ago
Economic Development, Job readiness, Job seekers
Access the full interview video here. Across rural America, from the timber towns of the Pacific Northwest to the coalfields of Central Appalachia, two interconnected crises threaten long term prosperity: …
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Social Enterprise Accelerator Cohort

Turn your Idea into a Business that Makes a Difference with the Social Enterprise Accelerator

6 months ago
Economic Development, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Job readiness, News & updates
Many Eastern Kentuckians have ideas for improving their communities and building something new. Maybe it’s an idea to make their community better, an idea of launching their own business, or…
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A Transformational Economic Milestone for Southeastern Kentucky

7 months ago
Economic Development
At Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR), we believe that meaningful work is the foundation of purpose and dignity. That’s why we’re proud to stand alongside Rye Development, the leading U.S.…
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SOAR Awarded Pallottine Foundation Grant to Provide Wraparound Services for Eastern Kentucky Runway Participants

7 months ago
Economic Development, Grants
Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR) is honored to be among the 164 nonprofit organizations awarded funding through the Pallottine Foundation of Huntington’s 2025 Healthy Communities Initiative. This grant supports a…
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Homegrown Hustle: Why the Future of Work is Rooted in Eastern Kentucky

8 months ago
Economic Development, Job seekers, News & updates
We’ve all heard it before: “There’s no place like home.” But in Eastern Kentucky, that’s more than just a saying, it’s a way of life. It’s in the mountains we…
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