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Top 5 Reasons You Can’t Miss the 2025 SOAR Summit

5 months ago
Events, Job seekers, News & updates
The future of Appalachia isn’t something we sit around and wait for. It’s something we build together. The 2025 SOAR Summit, presented by Appalachian Wireless and the Appalachian Region Commission,…
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Governor Andy Beshear to Speak at the 2025 SOAR Summit’s Closing Plenary

5 months ago
Events, News & updates
The 2025 SOAR Summit, presented by Appalachian Wireless and the Appalachian Regional Commission will close with a powerful moment of reflection and renewed purpose as Governor Andy Beshear takes the…
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SOAR Receives Over $40 Million From EDA Recompete To Connect Residents to Good Jobs in Eastern Kentucky

1 year ago
Economic Development, Grants, Job readiness, News & updates
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) recently awarded more than $40 million to Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR) as part of its inaugural Recompete Pilot Program, a…
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Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear Announced as Keynote Speaker for the 2024 SOAR Summit

1 year ago
Events, News & updates
The 2024 SOAR Summit, presented by Appalachian Wireless and the Appalachian Regional Commission, is honored to welcome Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear as a keynote speaker. Governor Beshear will address Summit…
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Governor Beshear Announces Continued Support for Eastern Kentucky Entrepreneurs

1 year ago
Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Grants, News & updates
We are thrilled to announce that Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR) has once again been awarded a contract to support high-tech, high-growth-potential startups in Eastern Kentucky through our SOAR Innovation…
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Gov. Andy Beshear named States’ Co-Chair of Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC)

3 years ago
News & updates
Governor Andy Beshear, one of SOAR’s co-principal officers, has been elected by his fellow Appalachian governors to serve as states’ co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission, also known as ARC,…
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