Written by Kara Dotten
Kara Dotten
Kara Dotten, New Economy Program Coordinator, is a resident of Wise, Virginia, where she was born and raised, and a graduate from the UVA Wise Visual & Performing Arts Program. She is a Virginia Master Naturalist and offers monthly hikes and nature-based learning opportunities for her community.
Wise County considers new gas infrastructure for data center project
Late last year, Wise County, Virginia, residents learned that Red Post Energy Group, a Texas-based company, had signed a letter of intent with Wise Innovation Hub Venture to develop a methane gas power plant for a proposed data center complex adjacent to the Lonesome Pine Airport.
Putting faces to the floodwaters: The need for disaster preparedness in one rural community
There is something particularly heartbreaking about pulling a…
Connecting the future to the past through five special places
Appalachian Voices is working with five towns in the seven coalfield communities to successfully model resiliency in the face of economic difficulties, climate disasters and other hurdles by helping them create shovel-ready projects in their regions.