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ARC Spotlight

   
         
 
         
   

Bringing     POWER to Appalachia 

   
         
    Many communities across Appalachia—from     coal mines to Main Streets—are being impacted as the world changes the way     it produces and consumes electricity. ARC’s latest     research indicates that of the 25,417 coal mining jobs lost in     the U.S. from 2011 to 2015, 87.7 percent of them were in Appalachia.
   
    However, creating a resilient future for Appalachia is not a county by     county challenge. It is not a state by state challenge. It is a regional     challenge.   
   
    On March 17, as part of the Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and     Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative, the Obama Administration announced     $65.8 million to the nation’s coal-impacted communities to     develop resilient and transformative strategies for creating economic     prosperity. The majority of this support ($46.2 million) is available to     Appalachian communities to diversify their economies through grants for     implementation and technical assistance. In addition, ARC is announcing a     series of public workshops and webinars to bring POWER to Appalachia.     Information about all these opportunities is now available at www.arc.gov/POWER.        
                   
    Growth Index chart   
    This growth index shows coal mining job     losses in Appalachian states compared to the rest of the country. It is     part of ARC’s new research report: Appalachian     Coal Industry, Power Generation, and Supply Chain.
         
         
 
         
   

Appalachia in the     News

   
         
 
         
   

Obama     Administration Offers $66 Million to Aid Coal Communities, Reuters

   

New Data     Show Health Care Jobs Grew in Kentucky Last Year, WFPL, Louisville,     Kentucky

   

CSX Layoffs     in Kentucky Impact More than Just Rail Workers, WSAZ, Huntington,     West Virginia

   

Manufacturing     Facility to Bring Jobs to Marshall County, WREG,     Memphis,Tennessee

   

Entrepreneurs     Take Giant Leap, Johnson     City Press, Johnson City, Tennessee

       

  

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