MACED works with people in
eastern Kentucky and Central
Appalachia to create economic
opportunity, strengthen
democracy and support the
sustainable use of
natural resources.
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Renewable Energy
Provides New Income
Opportunities for Electrician
MACED financial assistance helped Jerry
attend, and he participated in almost all of the
workshops in the series. The training hours
will help with the National Accredited Board
Jerry Bogie is a meticulous, agile man who
Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) exam
isn’t afraid to work while hanging off a 16-foot for solar photovoltaics, which Jerry intends
extension ladder—just what you’d want in an
to take next spring. “I really appreciate not
electrician. With almost 25 years of experience, having to travel out of state for these trainings,”
Jerry is a master electrician. Twelve years ago
he says. “I’m not aware of any other trainings
he founded Bogie Electric in Madison County,
like these for people who want to get their foot
Kentucky. He has three employees.
in the door on system installations. It’s been
wonderful for helping establish a renewable
Like many small businesses, Bogie Electric
energy industry in Kentucky. If solar energy
has been struggling recently. “Last winter was
breaks loose like I think it will, people will
terrible—the worst economic situation I’ve
be requesting installation services from
encountered since I’ve been in the business,”
Jerry says. “It’s better now, but I still don’t have contractors operating in Kentucky instead of
a lot of confidence in the work flow. I’m hoping seeking help from out-of-state installers. In fact,
solar and other renewable energy installations that’s already starting to happen.”
will help fill the gaps.”
When MACED loan client Clear Creek Festival,
A key part of MACED’s Energy Efficient
Enterprises project, which works to promote
energy efficiency among enterprises in eastern
Kentucky, is helping building contractors
add new energy services to their business
repertoire. Energy Specialist Josh Bills provides
consulting and technical assistance to building
and trades contractors looking for technical
guidance on new energy equipment and
installations. Connecting contractors to training
opportunities is another important part of the
project. MACED also offers free access to its
energy audit equipment library, which includes
tools for assessing buildings and for monitoring
clients’ energy usage.
Jerry recently sought Josh’s help to learn more
about off-grid renewable energy systems and
to get ideas for promoting his solar installation
work. Josh worked to answer his questions,
referred him to solar equipment distributors
and told him about a series of workshops on
sustainable energy. The series was hosted by
Kentucky Solar Partnership and Appalachia–
Science in the Public Interest, and it was
co-sponsored by MACED.
Inc., an annual music and arts festival in
Rockcastle County, Kentucky, received a
loan from MACED to install a 615-watt solar
electric system with enough battery capacity
to power the stage lights and
sound system for their three-day festival, they
asked MACED who we’d recommend for an
installer. Josh referred them to Bogie Electric.
Clear Creek decided to turn the installation
into a two-day training, led by Jerry and
Josh. Participants included three electrical
contractors and two electrical engineers, all
of whom are working toward NABCEP certification. Jerry was so impressed with one of
the participants that he hired him as a new
employee of Bogie Electric.
“I think it’s time for renewable energy to come
to the forefront,” says Jerry. “There’s a real
possibility for a large new market in renewable
energy electric installations. For anyone who
wants to expand their electrical contracting
business, the opportunities in renewable energy
are incredible.”
Visit www.maced.org/E3/index.html to learn
about upcoming training opportunities for
contractors and to access the energy audit
equipment library.
Clear Creek Festival’s
615-Watt Solar
Electric System
•Produces 80 kWh per month.
•Includes enough battery capacity to
store 28 kWh.
•Is designed to easily add up to 1230 watts
of additional solar modules without adding
or changing any components.
•Payback should take just seven years based
on business tax savings and the avoided
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Forest Landowners—
Grow Your Income with
Appalachian Forest Offsets
Learn how you can get paid to manage your forest while protecting the
services that healthy forests provide to us all. The Appalachian Carbon
Partnership connects private forest landowners to the carbon market.
The carbon market consists of individuals, businesses and organizations
that want to reduce their carbon footprint and protect the environment.
They pay landowners to store additional carbon in their forests
through sustainable management. To enroll, you must obtain a certified
management plan and a forest inventory, show proof of ownership
and sign a contract with a statement of intent to maintain your forest
certification for a minimum of 15 years. For more information
and to find the partner organization that serves your area, visit
www.appalachiancarbonpartnership.org.
Concerned About the Environment?
Offset Your Emissions with
Appalachian Forest Offsets!
Be part of the solution to fight climate change and protect Appalachian
forestland. Every dollar you donate to the Appalachian Carbon
Partnership goes directly to family forest owners who are practicing
sustainable management for the long-term storage of additional carbon
in their forests. One metric ton of carbon dioxide costs $15 to offset.
Reduced prices are available for large offset donations. Our website
offers a calculator to estimate your emissions, tips for reducing your
carbon footprint, and a secure online shopping cart for donations. Visit
www.appalachiancarbonpartnership.org to offset today!
Center for Forest and Wood
Certification Established
MACED is partnering with wood products companies, industry
associations, consulting foresters and the University of Kentucky to
establish the Center for Forest and Wood Certification. The Center
will help landowners and wood products companies get involved in
sustainable forest and wood certification by providing certification
expertise, education and group certificates. This work is in conjunction
with a regional effort to advance certification in Central Appalachia.
Please help spread the word among landowners and wood products
businesses that are interested in certification and the green wood
products market. Contact [email protected] for more information.
Transition
Conversation
Continues
Over 40 representatives of organizations from around Central Appalachia
met at Jenny Wiley State Park in July
to continue conversations about strategies to address the transition of the
Central Appalachian economy. The
meeting included presentations on
the changes going on in the region’s
coal economy and an update on the
Appalachian Regional Development
Initiative, a federal effort to invest
more money from various agencies in
economic diversification.
Perhaps the highlight of the day-long
meeting was the opportunity to hear
directly from groups working on the
ground on individual projects that add
up to a collective effort to support the
region’s transition. Among the presenters were West Virginia’s JOBS Project,
which is working on local renewable
energy development, and the STAY
Project, an initiative led by young
people motivated to figure out ways
they can stay in their home region
rather than being forced to leave for
work.
Visit Appalachian Transition Initiative's
website (appalachiantransition.net) for
profiles of some of these efforts and let
us know if there are others you’d like
to see included.
Welcome Aboard!
Angie Allman, who has served as
MACED’s accounting and payroll clerk
since 2005, is joining the forestry team.
Angie is excited to step into her new role
as forestry program associate to help with
landowner intake, enrollment and data
management.
Bill Blair joined MACED in June to fill
the newly created role of data manager
for the On-Bill Retrofit Initiative. Bill is
anxious to put his 18 years of experience
to use helping MACED with database
application development.
Jeff Fugate replaced interim On-Bill
Retrofit Initiative Manager Eli Hopson
in September. A Kentucky native, Jeff
is excited to be returning home after
serving as a real estate project manager
and policy analyst in Massachusetts for a
number of years.
A former summer intern and consultant
with MACED, Kristin Tracz returned
in June as a full-time research and
policy associate. Kristin looks forward to
supporting MACED’s efforts to advance
smart energy policy and on-going
dialogues about regional transition efforts.
MACED works to create economic opportunities that work for people and places in need
in eastern Kentucky and Central Appalachia. Our work includes the following:
• Providing financial
capital and expertise to
individuals, businesses
and communities.
Mountain Association
for Community
Economic Development
(MACED)
web: www.maced.org
e-mail: [email protected]
• Conducting research
and engaging in effective communications to
support good public policy.
Berea Office
433 Chestnut Street
Berea, KY 40403
phone: 859-986-2373
fax: 859-986-1299
• Demonstrating effective
community economic
development efforts that
make a difference.
Big Sandy Office
Kentucky Highlands
Entrepreneur Center
120 Scott Perry Drive
Paintsville, KY 41240
phone: 606-788-6007
fax: 606-789-5652
Energy Efficiency
Lunch and Learn
Event Draws
Crowd in
Paintsville
Fifty people gathered in Paintsville, Kentucky in
September to learn about the latest technologies
available in energy efficient water heating from
four industry speakers. Participants included
staff from Christian Appalachian Project’s
housing team, Magoffin County Area Technology
Center teachers and students, plumbers and
contractors, Small Business Development Center
staff and school district energy managers. This
was the second Lunch and Learn seminar hosted
by MACED.
Participants learned about water heating as an
add-on to geothermal (or geo-exchange) space
heating systems from a WaterFurnace representative. During the summer, geo-exchange
systems enable free waste heat pulled out of a
building space to be used to heat water. During
the winter these systems often enable water to
be heated through a heat pump process, which
consumes much less electricity than standard
electric resistance elements in electric water
heater tanks.
One of the technologies attendees learned
about was heat pump water heating, which
uses significantly less energy than water heater
tanks that are dependent on electric resistance
elements. Information about GE’s GeoSpring™
50-gallon heat pump water heater was
presented; this product is of particular interest
because Kentucky weatherization programs are
encouraged to use it and because it is made in
the Commonwealth.
Attendees were also presented with information
about gas-fired, instantaneous water heating
systems (and optional space heating systems)
from a Rinnai representative. Energy Specialist
Josh Bills shared information about solar water
heating options.
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•Business plan
development.
•Small business
permits, licenses
and regulations.
•Loan programs
and financing.
•Marketing planning
and assistance.
•Product development.
•Management
assessments
and tools.
In addition, resource
partners contribute to
the website articles,
publications, tools and
templates to help strengthen
small businesses. The
website also includes
a calendar of events
with upcoming business
seminars and educational
workshops in Kentucky.
For more information
visit kybizinfo.com or
call toll-free within the
state of Kentucky at
1-877-592-4946.
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KyBizInfo
KyBizInfo works to help
Kentucky small businesses
and entrepreneurs grow
successful ventures by
providing free and easy
access to the help they
need, when they need it.
The organization connects
a network of hundreds
of nonprofit resource
partners, including MACED,
that provide a wide range
of small business services
such as the following.
Check our website (www.maced.org) for
information about future seminar topics and
dates.
MACED Invests
in the Region
Fiscal Year 2011 to Date
(May 1, 2010 – September 30, 2010)
Total dollars loaned: $1,975,922
Number of loans: 21
Average loan size: $94,092
Jobs at close: 244
Jobs created: 87.5
Jobs retained: 88
Number of microloans: 13
Hours of technical
assistance delivered: 639
Number of loans
in distressed counties: 16
CAN Shares Learning and
Recommendations for
Healthy Food Systems
The Central Appalachian Network (CAN) recently released Growing
Healthy Food Systems from the Ground Up, a proceedings paper from
CAN’s March 2010 convening. The meeting brought together participants in the Central Appalachian food system to share best practices
in markets, processing, aggregation, distribution and policy—all for the
purpose of accelerating and expanding successful local food systems.
Check out the proceedings paper on CAN’s website (cannetwork.org)
for questions and answers from each of the panel discussions, including healthy food system markets, processing in healthy food systems,
aggregation and distribution in healthy food systems, and policy
for a healthy food system. The paper concludes with recommended
next steps for local food systems in each of the participating states:
Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
Small Business Spotlight: Atlantic India
Local Couple Buys
90-year-old Business
At a time when the country is struggling
through unemployment rates as high as
they’ve been in decades, a couple from
Johnson County, Kentucky took a plunge
in order to save their jobs and those of
their eight co-workers.
Irene Morris and her husband David
have a combined 45 years of experience
in the rubber manufacturing business.
In fact, they met in a rubber factory.
Says Irene, “David worked on the press
line making rubber window seals for
auto and truck windows, and I trimmed
them!” Over the years they gained valuable experience, and in 2003 Irene was
hired as general manager and David as
production manager of the Ohio-based
Atlantic India Rubber Company (AIRC).
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AIRC manufactures over 14,000 standard, off-the-shelf rubber products for
industrial, medical and commercial use.
Explains Irene, “We make things like
the rubber feet that go on the bottom
of cash registers for McDonalds and
KFC and bumpers for doors of Boeing
airplanes.” Established in 1919, Atlantic
India Rubber Company was named
after the highest quality of rubber at
the time, which came from rubber trees
in India and
was imported
across the
Atlantic. AIRC
now has over
2,000 customers across
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MACED extended a loan of $665,750
Rubber Products Distributors. The
to finance the purchase of the land and
48,000-square-foot manufacturing
the building. The funding was leveraged
plant is located in Johnson County.
by an additional loan from Southeast
Kentucky Economic Development
The Morrises and their co-workers
(SKED) to finance the purchase of the
were understandably concerned when
production equipment. Says Irene, “If it
they heard that the previous owner
hadn’t have been for MACED and SKED,
wanted to sell the business. Says Irene,
we wouldn’t have been able to do it.”
“We knew when it sold, it most likely
wouldn’t stay in Kentucky. We thought,
“We were pleased to work with the
‘OK—do we want to take a chance and
Morrises,” says President Justin Maxson.
buy it so we can keep it here?’ We
“It’s exciting to be able to facilitate the
decided to go for it.”
transfer of ownership of this business
into Kentucky and we look forward to
The problem was accessing financing.
watching the business grow.”
“We didn’t have lots of savings,” continues Irene, “and we were worried that