Publication | Housing in Kentucky Overview

By Joe Kercsmar, Research Analyst, CEDIK
Published on Jan. 31, 2025

This publication provides timely updates to housing and population projections, as well as forecasted changes in homeownership and rental housing. This 2025 update also includes further information on various housing issues in Kentucky.

An Overview of Changes in Land Cover and Developed Land in Kentucky Counties from 2001-2021

By Dr. Lucas Taulbee
Published on Jan. 30, 2025

A key input in the production of housing is land. Without suitable land, it is practically impossible to produce housing. In this paper, Dr. Lucas Taulbee examines county level changes in land cover and developed land in Kentucky with data from the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) National Land Cover Database (NLCD).

How-To-Guide | Youth Design Camp

By Mercedes Fraser, CEDIK Senior Extension Associate and Community Design
Published on May. 1, 2024

In the summer of 2023, R.L. Brown Foundation director, Alice Hilton, and CEDIK Senior Extension Associate, Mercedes Fraser collaborated to host the Sharpsburg Youth Design Camp in Sharpsburg, Kentucky.

Publication | Severe Housing Problems in Kentucky

By Joe Kercsmar, Research Analyst, CEDIK
Published on Oct. 17, 2023

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...

Internship | Irvine KY 2022

By Ryan Sandwick, Community Design Specialist, CEDIK
Published on Sep. 26, 2023

Read More about Irvine internship efforts: Irvine Executive Summary

Article | Artifact/Collections Response

By Ruth E. Bryan, Archivist, University of Kentucky Libraries and Jessica Evans, Community Arts Senior Extension Associate
Published on Sep. 11, 2023

Disaster- whether burst pipe, flood, fire, tornado or other weather related disaster can strike quickly, often with devastating effects to communities.

Project | Sharpsburg Design Studio

By Community Design
Published on Aug. 11, 2023

The Sharpsburg Design Studio began as a collaborative effort between the Blue Grass Community Foundation and the University of Kentucky's CEDIK, and builds on the mission and values of the Winchester Design Studio.

Internship | Flemingsburg KY 2022

By Ryan Sandwick, Community Design Specialist, CEDIK
Published on Aug. 1, 2023

A bridge connects two places, usually over a body of water. But bridges are symbolic of much more than that. They can symbolize connections between people. Bridges can also represent strength, transition, progress and unification.

Pilot | Mind.Art.Recovery.KY (MARK)

By Jessica Evans, Community Arts Senior Extension Associate
Published on Jul. 24, 2023

In the wake of this crisis in mental health and substance use disorder, University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension utilized its reach in the state to deploy research-based programming with a goal of increasing wellness in Kentucky communities.

Project | Kentucky 4-H Camp Murals

By Community Arts
Published on Jul. 24, 2023

Following the devastation of the tornados that wreaked havoc on western Kentucky in December 2021, 4-H Expressive Art Specialist approached UK Community Arts Extension about ways to collaborate that would boost morale for youth in the western region of the state.