Huntertown: Keeping the memories alive

On August 29, 1871, Jerry Gatewood, formerly enslaved and a U.S. Colored Troop veteran, purchased the first 5-acre parcel of what would become Huntertown Hamlet…
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Lexington Black Prosperity Initiative Grant Provides Prosperity Backpacks

In the summer of 2021, Believing In Forever Inc facilitated its Community On The Corners initiative where Devine Carama and JK-47 engaged in community pop-performances in…
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Appalachia Rises Telethon to Raise Funds for Flood Relief

  With Kentucky’s Appalachian counties in distress following historic floods, nine organizations united to form a large-scale fundraising effort anchored by a telethon at 7…
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Franklin County Community COVID Relief Funds Give Back

No one knows a community better than the people who call it home. That’s what makes local community funds so effective—they leverage this knowledge to…
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Beulah S. Mays Grant Connects Seniors During Pandemic

Sayre Christian Village, Fayette County’s sole nonprofit assisted-living center, wanted to provide smart TVs for their low-income residents whose feeling…
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Of Thee, I Sing: The Power of Public Art in Clark County

Clark County Community Foundation, in partnership with the Greater Clark Foundation, provided funding for Of Thee, I Sing, a contemporary 21-piece public art display featuring…
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