Publication | Ripple Effects Mapping

By Dr. Nicole Breazeale, Department of Community and Leadership Development
Published on Jul. 1, 2022

BENEFITS AND USES OF RIPPLE EFFECTS MAPPING

Report | The Importance of Agriculture for Kentucky

By Dr. Alison Davis, Professor and Executive Director, CEDIK and Simona Balazs, Research Director, CEDIK
Published on Mar. 22, 2022

The total economic impact of agriculture in Kentucky in 2019 equaled $49.6 billion, representing an 8.8% increase from the economic impact of $45.6 billion in 2012... Download Full Publication

Publication | Growing Successful Community Gardens

By Amanda Beavin, Bethany Pratt, and Dr. Nicole Breazeale, Department of Community and Leadership Development
Published on Mar. 16, 2022

How do we make community gardens more successful and help them persist through time with less reliance on Extension?

Publication | Story Circles: A Powerful Engagement Technique

By Dr. Nicole Breazeale, Department of Community and Leadership Development
Published on Dec. 1, 2021

INTRODUCTION

Studio Guide | Clay Recycling

By Community Arts and Jessica Evans, Community Arts Senior Extension Associate
Published on Nov. 22, 2021

An integral part of pottery studio maintenance is recycling scrap clay. This allows resources to be stretched, reduction in studio waste, and the organization of working areas of the studio. You may also find that knowledge gained from fully utilizing clay in all its forms increases both skill and creativity...

SPARK! Extension Toolkit for Creative Placemaking

By Dr. Jayoung Koo, CEDIK Extension Specialist and Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Melissa Bond, Community Arts Extension Program Leader
Published on Nov. 9, 2021

This publication, SPARK! Extension Creative Placemaking Toolkit, provides thirteen activities that Extension professionals can use to integrate creative placemaking efforts in extension programming.

Activity Guide | Universal Playground

By Community Design
Published on Sep. 1, 2021

 

Activity Guide | Community Mural

By Community Design
Published on Aug. 6, 2021

  Across the state, there are murals that capture countless aspects of each community. Some murals portray a piece of history that had a great impact on the city. Others are fun and artistic, an expression of the community in a more abstract way.

Activity Guide | Where Your Sidewalk Begins

By Community Design
Published on Jul. 6, 2021

  In the poem, "Where the Sidewalk Ends, the author Shel Silverstein encourages readers to think in a “childlike way”. He contrasts the imaginative world of children with the grey and unchanging world of adults. In the activity below, you will imagine a sidewalk in your community that is unlike anything we have seen before.

Activity Guide | Downtown Bracket Challenge

By Ryan Sandwick, Community Design Specialist, CEDIK
Published on Jun. 6, 2021

The Downtown Bracket Challenge applies the bracket idea often used in sports competitions to engage people to vote on a creative placemaking project while supporting a good cause to benefit local nonprofit organizations.