Ohio

Ohio

Our Work In Ohio Investment Priorities In Fiscal Year 2023, ARC and the Ohio Governor’s Office of Appalachia partnered on the following investments and projects. Investment Snapshot Counties in Appalachia (32 out of 88 counties): Adams, Ashtabula, Athens, Belmont, Brown, Carroll, Clermont, Columbiana, Coshocton, Gallia, Guernsey, Harrison, Highland, Hocking, Holmes,…

ARC Awards an Additional $2.5 Million to Help Appalachian Local Development Districts Access More Federal Funds 

Today’s awards will help 26 additional Local Development Districts (LDDs) expand capacity, enhance technical assistance for communities across nine Appalachian states.  WASHINGTON, DC, June 15, 2023—Today, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) announced nearly $2.5 million in awards through READY LDDs, one of four tailored tracks under…

Entire Region

Computer and Broadband Access in Appalachia (2014–2018)

• Infographic

• Socioeconomic Analysis

Buy America Guidelines

This interim guidance describes the type of projects subject to the Buy America requirements and the process to request waivers.

West Virginia

The EdVenture Group: Celebrating 20 Years of Service in West Virginia and Beyond

EdVenture is driving educational change and empowering Appalachian students.

• Education and Training
• Training and Opportunities

Virtual Event: Obsolete & Unsafe Low-Head Dams of Appalachia

October 26, 2022, 6:00 AM - October 26, 2022, 7:30 AM

The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) are bringing together state regulators responsible for dam safety and removal, and economic development professionals for a workshop to discuss best practices from Pennsylvania’s nation-leading dam removal programs and to share ideas across participating states for how to remove…

• Community Infrastructure
• Tourism Development

• Webinar

• Basic Infrastructure
• Economic Development
• Tourism

Appalachian Leadership Institute (Class of 2022-2023)

Meet the 2022-2023 class of the Appalachian Leadership Institute, who graduated in July 2023. Watch the Class of 2022-2023’s recap video here.

Poverty Rates in Appalachia, 2009–2013

This map shows the poverty rate in each of the ARC counties.

• Poverty

Legislative Update: FY 2017 Omnibus Appropriations Legislation Includes $152 Million for ARC

The May 1 omnibus bill provides $6 million more for ARC's FY 2017 programs than the Commission received for FY 2016. House and Senate action on the legislation is pending.

Network Appalachia: Access to Global Opportunity

Report on the research and recommendations of the Network Appalachia Study Group on how to develop a twenty-first century transportation network in Appalachia that would maximize economic and employment benefits to the Region.

• Transportation

• Research Report

• Transportation

New York

New York FY 2022 Investments

• Fact Sheet

• ARC Investments

Janiene Bohannon

Relative High School Completion Rates in Appalachia, 2000

This map shows the high school completion rate of adults in each of the ARC counties, as a percentage of the U.S. average.

• Education

Appalachian Regional Commission Hosts Appalachian Teaching Project Conference in Washington, D.C., Featuring Student Research on Regional Community Development Issues

Student research projects to be presented at the 2017 ATP conference focus on developing Appalachia’s natural and cultural assets, supporting public education initiatives, expanding downtown development and community leadership efforts, enhancing health and the quality of life in Appalachia, and cultivating the economic potential of the Region’s waterways.

ARC Contracts

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