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Reimagine Appalachia is dedicated to making sure that no matter what we look like or the size of our bank account, everyone who lives here can have a good job, is cared for, can put down roots for the future, and leave healthy land for their children.
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ReImagine Appalachia is hosting community stakeholders + regional leaders in labor, manufacturing, and policy to shape a plan that moves the equitable, sustainable economy forward.

RA wants your unique perspective. Please join!

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ReImagine Appalachia's 6th Annual Virtual Strategy Summit - ReImagine Appalachia
This summit is our chance to hear from people across our network and shape our 2026 priorities; we can't transition Appalachia to a more sustainable and diverse economy without your input.  Panel and ...
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✊ The House votes 231-195 to pass a bill to restore collective bargaining rights for federal workers!

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#Appalachia
#UnionStrong
House passes bill to restore federal workers' bargaining rights
It's a first step to overturning the president's executive orders, but the legislation still needs to clear the Senate.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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This week, ReImagine Appalachia and Keystone Research Center, Inc. will host a webinar on how the stark dismantlement of federal funding in 2025 has impacted our region in the first three quarters.

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December 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Learn how Appalachia could dramatically reduce flood devastation using nature-based hazard mitigation tactics such as:
🌧️Building rain gardens
🌱Restoring floodplains
🌊Removing dams
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BLOG: Using Nature to Combat Flooding in Appalachia
Investing in nature-based hazard mitigation solutions is a key way for communities to build long-term disaster resilience while protecting and restoring nature, and all the ecosystem services it provi...
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December 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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"Lost nationwide: $1.6 billion for building emergency shelters, treating drinking water and adapting to a changing climate."

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#DisasterResilience
#Appalachia
#FloodMitigation
E&E News: How EPA grant cancellations are affecting 3 low-income communities
Lost nationwide: $1.6 billion for building emergency shelters, treating drinking water and adapting to a changing climate.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Appalachian artists are using public art projects to help their communities process grief and recover from natural disasters. For more disaster resilience resources like mini grants and informative recordings, go to the new @cannetwork.bsky.social
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Disaster Resilience Through Art in Appalachia – Central Appalachian Network
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December 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program LIHEAP is a Department of Health and Human Services program that helps low-income households weatherize their homes, repair their air temperature regulation systems, and pay their heating and cooling bills.

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December 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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The wait ends tomorrow! Penn State architecture students are joining ReImagine Appalachia to unveil their designs for redeveloped shuttered coal plants! REGISTER HERE:
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Thursday, December 11th, at 3 pm ET via Zoom!

#RedevelopShutteredCoalPlants #PSU #Appalachia #Coal
December 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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We are thrilled to announce the panelists and topics for our January 2026 Strategy Summit!

Register today!
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December 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Reimagine Appalachia and the Keystone Research Center are releasing new research on the state of clean energy and manufacturing investment through the first three quarters of 2025.

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#FederalInvestment
#CleanEnergy
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Tracking the Appalachian Impacts: What’s on the Line as Federal Funding Flatlines - ReImagine Appalachia
Thursday, December 18th at 12 pm ET via Zoom - Join ReImagine Appalachia and the Keystone Research Center on for the release of a report titled: Tracking the Appalachian Impacts: What’s on the Line as...
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December 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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ReImagine Appalachia's Senior Economist, Michael Shields, recently wrote an op-ed for the Columbus Dispatch, discussing how Appalachia could be a leading manufacturer in the advanced energy economy!

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#NewPath
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#CleanEnergy
December 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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We wanted to share a few job openings that some of our partners in the region have been promoting. Join in on the effort to make a better Appalachia for all!

Find opportunities here!
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#AppalachianJobs
#SustainableJobs
#JobsBoard
December 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Alabama can make use of federal funds designated for reclamation projects that drive economic growth, eliminate environmental hazards, and improve public safety! ⛰️

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#AMLER
# InfrastructureWinsWednesdays
#BipartisanInfrastructureLaw
#InfrastructureInvestmentAndJobsAct
December 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Appalachian Flood Resilience Coalition to Host Public Webinar on Regional Flood Policy and Solutions
APPALACHIA — The Appalachian Flood Resilience Coalition, in partnership with Appalachian Citizens' Law Center, ReImagine Appalachia, Appalachian Voices, and the National Wildlife Federation, will host...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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"Last year, the federal government issued a new rule requiring self-insured coal mines to prove they can cover 100% of future black lung disease costs. Two Democrats say they’ve heard the Trump administration isn’t following the rule."

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#BlackLung
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Democrats suspect Trump administration isn’t enforcing a benefits rule for coal miners
Last year, the federal government issued a new rule requiring self-insured coal mines to prove they can cover 100% of future black lung disease costs. Two Democrats say they’ve heard the Trump adminis...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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It’s Giving Tuesday! RA invites you to support our mission of creating a sustainable, equitable Appalachian economy that's good for our neighbors and for the land!🤝🌄

Please donate here ❤️:
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#Appalachia
#GivingTuesday
December 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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THIS FRIDAY: Advocacy burnout is real. Join advocates from across the region to learn more about how we can take care of ourselves during troubling times – and acknowledge the grief of what was and the fear of what comes next – let's lift one another up!

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#GriefCounseling
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Community Conversations - ReImagine Appalachia
Friday, December 5th at 9 am ET via Zoom - Come together with our advocates from across the region to learn more about how we can take care of ourselves during troubling times - and acknowledge the gr...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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TOMORROW – Join us to hear from Wendy about Opportunity Zones and we will also hear from Annie with Generation WV on the current state of broadband funding, including BEAD.

Register here:
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#OpportunityZones
#Appalachia
Coalition Update - ReImagine Appalachia
Tuesday, May 20th at noon ET via Zoom - The coalition update meeting is a fairly informal opportunity for ReImagine Appalachia to update our partners on upcoming events and hear from our partners on w...
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December 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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🌄Appalachians have worked hard for years to secure federal funds that are now being illegally withheld or rescinded. The impacted projects are not just "nice-to-haves" but essential for ensuring communities can function and create opportunities for residents!

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‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival
Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away
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December 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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The ARC reports that in 2022, Appalachia’s overdose rates for adults aged 25-54 were 64% higher than the national average. Learn how the partnership is addressing this crisis by providing impacted people back to work!

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#InfrastructureWinsWednesdays
#ARC #INSPIRE
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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👩‍⚖️Government Aid in Flood Resilience and Response
🌳Nature-based hazard mitigation tactics
🏚️Income inequality issues that need to be addressed
📍Flood Mapping needs
And more!

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#FloodMitigation

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BLOG: Appalachian Flood Mitigation Roundup
A New Deal that Works for Us: Now is the time to come together and reimagine a 21st century economy for the Ohio Valley that's good for workers, communities, and the environment.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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In collaboration with ReImagine Appalachia, Penn State architecture students will share visual concepts of economic development projects redeveloped from Appalachian shuttered coal plants!

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#CleanManufacturing #Architecture
PSU Class Workshop Series: A Coalition-Building Vision
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November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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"In a small Appalachian community whose first settlers arrived in 1830, a place transformed by mining in the decades that followed, David Butcher is leading an ambitious effort to reclaim both history and hope."

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Tablertown reclaims its name: How the Voinovich School is partnering to invigorate abandoned mining land in Southeast Ohio
In a small Appalachian community whose first settlers arrived in 1830, a place transformed by mining in the decades that followed, David Butcher is leading an ambitious effort to reclaim both history ...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Learn how growing trees can serve as a source of income in Appalachia! 🌲
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#Appalachia
#CarbonCredits
#Environmentalism
#SustainableEconomy
#GrowItInAppalachia
Carbon Credit Markets Help Rural Landowners Hold on to Their Land  | The Daily Yonder
Down a winding dirt road and dense forest canopy in Denmark, Maine, a two-story cabin sits on top of a hill, adorned with moose antlers. Bob Libby, who
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November 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Nov. 20 marks Transgender Day of Remembrance, honoring lives lost to anti-trans violence. Our recent reporting dives into the challenges facing transgender communities—made stronger by talking with nonprofits that provide critical context.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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"They’re seeing that delay in the LIHEAP benefits because of the shutdown, as well as the Trump administration did fire most of the folks who work in the LIHEAP office at the federal level." - Dana Kuhnline, program director at ReImagine Appalachia

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How federal funding limbo is affecting Appalachia
Health insurance costs and energy assistance federal funding remain up in the air, despite President Donald Trump recently signing a continuing resolution to fund the government through the end of
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November 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM