Community Impact

Caitlin Collier, the owner of K-Fitness, faced significant challenges due to the February 2025 flood. K-Fitness, a 24-hour women's physical fitness center in Pikeville, KY, was hit hard by the storms. Just six weeks prior, Caitlin had completed a major renovation of her facility. The flood caused ... KEEP READING

Elijah “Lige” Clarke (1942-1975) was a native of Hindman, Kentucky and a formative figure of the Queer Liberation Movement in the mid-20th Century. In the mid-1960’s, while he was in the US Army (with top security clearances, assigned to the Army’s Chief-of-Staff at the Pentagon), Lige would pass ... KEEP READING

Impact. Often an ill used word, sometimes obvious, sometimes not so much.  The work- “impact”- of AIF over the past five years has been obvious in helping business, their employees and families within the region survive pandemics, floods, and the collapse of a mono-economy. Perhaps not so ... KEEP READING

New Homeowner Alfred has his own bedroom - and a bed to sleep in - for the first time in 10 years.  For 10 years, Alfred slept on a couch every night so that his grandchildren could have a bed. His daughter and her children had to move in with Alfred all those years ago, even though his home ... KEEP READING

The Community Agriculture and Nutritional Enterprises (C.A.N.E.) Community Kitchen, created in partnership with Mountain Comprehensive Health Corporation, was established as a working commercial kitchen to provide new markets and increase the agricultural footprint in Letcher County and surrounding ... KEEP READING

The Kentucky Double Dollars program increases access to fresh, locally raised produce, meat, eggs, and dairy for families who are low-income while at the same time increasing sales and income for Kentucky farmers. It does this by matching eligible purchases made with SNAP (formerly known as ... KEEP READING