Our mission is to help support downtown revitalization efforts across the region by providing capacity building support to committed local stakeholders in their efforts to attract resources and technical expertise that can transform their distressed downtown markets into livable and economically viable centers of commerce that contribute to the quality of life for area residents.
Co-Chairs of the Downtown Revitalization Group
Lora Smith, Appalachian Impact Fund
Hannah Vargason, Natural Capital Investment Fund
Members of the Downtown Revitalization Group
Marlo Long, BB&T
Sara Morgan, FAHE
Gerry Roll, Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky
Virginia Lee, James Graham Brown Foundation
Mary Hunt, Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
Julia Malinowski, Rural LISC
Peter Hille, MACED
Les Roll, MACED