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.

Publication | COVID-19 and the Self-Employed

By Dr. Alison Davis, Professor and Executive Director, CEDIK
Published on Jul. 14, 2023

On March 25, 2020, the Governor announced that unemployment benefits eligibility was expanded to self-employed, independent contractors, and freelance workers.1 This component of the economy, non-employer business, is particularly important and it is promising to see that they are included in state and federal strategies to endure the COVID-19 p

WEBINAR | Blight to Bright – Brownfield Redevelopment Success in Kentucky

By Shane Barton
Published on Jul. 12, 2023

WEBINAR | Blight to Bright – Brownfield Redevelopment Success in KentuckyRecorded July 12th, 2023