Shaping Our Appalachian Region: SOAR Summit
Renee Shaw presents highlights from the 2017 SOAR (Shaping Our Appalachian Region) Summit in Pikeville, Ky. Speakers included U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers (R-5th District), Gov. Matt Bevin, and University of Ky. men’s basketball coach John Calipari.
Congressman Hal Rogers and Gov. Matt Bevin – co-chairs of SOAR (Shaping Our Appalachian Region) – welcomed leaders in business and education for a spring conference in Paintsville on revitalizing the economy of Eastern Kentucky through high-tech development. KET’s Renee Shaw moderated the discussion.
SOAR -- Shaping Our Appalachian Region
U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers (KY-5) and Gov. Matt Bevin – co-chairs of SOAR (Shaping Our Appalachian Region) – welcome U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17) of Silicon Valley; Earl Gohl, Federal Co-Chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission; as well as leaders in education, business, and economic development to an event with Interapt in Paintsville, Ky. The event focused on connecting Silicon Valley with ‘Silicon Holler’ and helping revitalize the economy in Eastern Kentucky. Panel moderated by KET’s Renee Shaw.
Solutions to Appalachia’s economic and health problems–from the local food movement to broadband expansion to tourism–were featured in the 2016 SOAR Innovation Summit on June 6 in Pikeville. Kentucky Congressman Hal Rogers and Gov. Matt Bevin were among the featured speakers. “It’s time for us to get off the sidelines and into the game,” said Rogers.
Shaping Our Appalachian Region: SOAR Summit
Excerpts and highlights from the SOAR Summit in Pikeville, including a discussion with Governor Steve Beshear and U.S. Congressman Hal Rogers. Hosted by Bill Goodman and Renee Shaw.
9:30 a.m. Working with our Federal Partners Jay Williams is Asst. Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development of the U.S. Department of Commerce. He says the mission of his agency is to work with communities to move them along the economic continuum, to move them to places that lead to more job creation and a better quality of life for their citizens.
Shaping Our Appalachian Region: SOAR Summit
Watch video from KET coverage of the Shaping Our Appalachian Region Summit on Monday, May 11 from Pikeville. Guest speakers include U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez, Gov. Steve Beshear, and Congressman Hal Rogers.
In this episode of “One to One,” host Bill Goodman speaks with Jared Arnett, the first executive director of SOAR (Shaping Our Appalachian Region), about progress in the first year, the upcoming conference in Pikeville, and what lies ahead for the future of SOAR.
Gov. Steve Beshear and Congressman Hal Rogers update the Shaping Our Appalachian Region initiative, including efforts to expand broadband internet access throughout eastern Kentucky and to engage young people in regional development.
Shaping Our Appalachian Region: SOAR Summit
Gov. Steve Beshear and Congressman Hal Rogers hosted a summit with hundreds of citizens from across the region to share ideas about how to move Kentucky’s Appalachian region forward.