University of Kentucky’s Housing Engagement and Research Initiative launches statewide resource hub online

By Christopher Carney
Published on Feb. 10, 2025

The new website provides one place for Kentucky resources and data to help address the housing supply, access statewide.

University of Kentucky's CEDIK launches New Business Roadmap platform to support entrepreneurs across the state

By Jordan Strickler
Published on Dec. 18, 2024

The launch of this platform is part of CEDIK’s broader mission to promote economic development and strengthen communities throughout the Commonwealth.

“Being a good neighbor”: UK Robinson Center Field Day Week connects generations to agriculture

By Christopher Carney
Published on Oct. 16, 2024

Each year, the University of Kentucky Robinson Center hosts a week of events centered around forests, pumpkins, research, science, wood and more for the community and youth.

CEDIK leadership aligning with UK Office of Land-grant Engagement and other partners, accelerating community and economic development

By Derrick Meads
Published on Sep. 18, 2024

Alison Davis leads the Community and Economic Development Initiative of Kentucky (CEDIK) as part of this expanded priority area for land-grant engagement and has been recently appointed as the assistant vice president for Land-grant Engagement and Economic Initiatives at the University of Kentucky.

New report from University of Kentucky and Sierra Club shows nature’s healing powers for military veterans

By Jordan Strickler
Published on Aug. 7, 2024

Outdoor activities help veterans with injuries and disabilities, including post-traumatic stress disorder.

Explore new strategies at the 2024 Community Leadership Programs Summit

By Jordan Strickler
Published on Apr. 29, 2024

Registration is now open for the popular leadership program, located this year at Kentucky State University and in partnership with the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Executives.

UK helping bring environmental justice to underserved communities

By Jordan Strickler
Published on May. 11, 2023

The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment recently joined forces with seven other universities across the Southeast in a quest to advance environmental justice.

CEDIK executive director wins 2022 Excellence in Extension award

By Haley Simpkins
Published on Nov. 10, 2022

Alison Davis, extension professor in the UK Department of Agricultural Economics and executive director of the Community and Economic Development Initiative of Kentucky, received the 2022 Excellence in Extension for an Individual award.

CEDIK celebrates a decade of helping rural communities thrive

By Carol Lea Spence
Published on Sep. 10, 2020

Using research-based data, CEDIK has made a difference for many small communities struggling to recover from job losses and an outward migration of residents looking for better opportunities elsewhere.

CEDIK part of UK's new Economic Development Collaborative

By Jenny Wells-Hosley
Published on Nov. 27, 2019

The new UK Economic Development Collaborative provides a strategy for how UK will address economic development in the areas of talent, innovation, place and partnership.