This presentation will mark the final scheduled update in a year-long process that began in January. If adopted, this would be Lexington's new framework for determining how and if to expand the Urban Service Area
Anabel Peterman is CivicLex and Next City's Rural-Urban Report Fellow. She covers stories that explore the complexities of rural-urban dynamics playing out across the Central Kentucky region.
Three musicians, born and raised states away, find themselves among family at a local bar every Monday night. They come for the music and stay for the community.
Cities like Lexington and Louisville have comprehensive reports and task forces dedicated to housing needs. But statewide statistics suggest homelessness is rising at a higher rate outside of its cities, in growing areas like Ashland and Morehead.
As federal support is cut and public conservation efforts fall short in reaching rural Black farmers, one Black-led organization is creating new lifelines to protect historic legacies.
In Kentucky’s dense cities and smallest towns, nonprofits are bridging the gap between those who grow food, those who have excess and those who need it.
