In October 2023, Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation (KHIC) was awarded a $50,000 grant from Appalachian Community Capital to further support the SOAR ((Shaping Our Appalachian Region) Small Farm Loan Fund.

A grant from the Truist Foundation has enabled ACC members to provide critical support for diverse small businesses in Appalachia as they continue to navigate through the effects of a global pandemic.

The small business enJOY Entertainment, LLC is a restaurant tour provider in Birmingham, Alabama. Operating as Eat.Drink.Ride.Food Tours, owner Cassandra “Joy” King introduces her guests to great local restaurants by way of her tour bus.

With fewer truck drivers on the road each day, Tim and Tammy play an important part in the supply chain that affects the local, national, and global economies, all originating from their home in Abingdon, Virginia.

In 1994 Kelly Upchurch saw a need in rural Kentucky. Families were faced with the following tough decisions when their elderly loved ones lost mobility.