This report examines the effect of reductions in coal production on Appalachia’s current and future rail freight transportation network and highlights opportunities to help ensure rail connectivity to markets essential to Appalachia’s economic success.
A 2017 report by ARC, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky documents health disparities in Appalachia compared with the nation. The study reviewed 41 health indicators covering the Region’s 25 million people.
ARC announced 40 fellows for the inaugural Appalachian Leadership Institute class. They represent all 13 Appalachian states and include professionals in public policy, community development, education and investment who live or work in the Region.
On February 12, 2020, ARC announced $3.3 million in investments to continue supporting economic diversification in the Region’s coal-impacted communities through the POWER (Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization) Initiative.
On February 19, 2020, ARC announced that Philip M. Heneghan has been appointed ARC Inspector General and will head the Agency’s Office of Inspector General (OIG).
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is an economic development partnership of the federal government and 13 state governments that focuses on 423 counties in Appalachia. ARC’s mission is to build community capacity and strengthen economic growth through innovation, partnership and investment.
