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Sarah Bowker
Communications Director

419 Charles E. Barnhart Building Lexington, KY 40546-0276

CEDIK@lsv.uky.edu

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Engaged Communities. Vibrant Economies.

As a unit in the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment since 2010, CEDIK embraces our mission through engagement, research and instruction. Along with our partners in Kentucky Cooperative Extension we connect the resources of our land-grant university with Kentucky communities. We do this by connecting communities to people, place and purpose.


Current Learning Opportunities

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Brownfield Redevelopment Webinar Series

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New Publication: Severe Housing Problems in Kentucky

This publication provides a closer look at severe housing problems as well as the differences across rural and urban Kentucky. There are several criteria that fall under severe housing problems, such as overcrowding, high housing costs, lack of kitchen facilities, or lack of plumbing facilities...

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New Article: Artifact/Collections Response

Disaster - whether burst pipe, flood, fire, tornado or other weather related disaster can strike quickly, often with devastating effects to communities. Thankfully, there are steps that can be taken both before and after a disaster to preserve the books, letters, scrapbooks, photographs, artifacts and artwork that document a community’s culture, history and identity.

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Connecting Communities to People, Place & Purpose.

CEDIK provides customized outreach services and information to community stakeholders across the Commonwealth. If you are a community leader needing in-depth data and analysis to make an important community decision, or are looking to engage your community in a long-term project, CEDIK can work with you.


Economic Development

CEDIK offers a portfolio of economic development strategies for Kentucky communities.

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Community Leadership Development

CEDIK strategies include empowering groups, organizations and community coalitions to lead communities forward through engagement.

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Arts & Design

Creativity that works for communities. CEDIK prioritizes amplifying community vitality and livability through art and design.

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Healthy Communities

CEDIK is invested in understanding environmental, social and economic factors that impact the health of all Kentuckians.

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Our May 2023 online conference on rural placemaking included a presentation by Jeff Siegler, founder of Revitalize, or Die. His presentation centers on civic pride & civic apathy & is informed by his work in rural communities. It's SO good! Check it out:

The Fellows were able to tour the Glasgow Cathedral with guide Colin Campbell. Built in 1136, it is the oldest building in Glasgow, the oldest cathedral in mainland Scotland, and the birthplace of Glasgow University (in 1451).



A peek into the two week study abroad that our Summer Fellows experienced in #Glasgow, Scotland earlier this summer. Our Fellows spent much of their time immersed in Scotland's #CommunityDesign, #history, #architecture, & culture, as well as doing a focused study of Royston.

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Contact Information

Sarah Bowker
Communications Director

419 Charles E. Barnhart Building Lexington, KY 40546-0276

CEDIK@lsv.uky.edu