Community Resource Development Highlights
Community Resource Development Highlights
Discover how KSU Community Resource Development strengthens Kentucky communities through meaningful projects, innovative partnerships, and local impact. Explore the highlights below to learn more about the people and programs shaping stronger, more resilient communities.
Heirs' Property At The Regional Level
The most recent will clinic and associated heirs’ property services were supported through a grant sponsored by Alcorn State University, which concluded in September 2025. Community assessments continue to demonstrate a significant and ongoing need to address heirs’ property, estate planning, and land retention challenges in both rural and urban Kentucky. The results from our Train the Trainer program are below:
Inaugural Urban Growers Program Demonstrates Early Long-Term Impacts for Urban Producers
Urban growers in Louisville’s West End face ongoing barriers to operating viable food enterprises, including limited access to technical assistance, food safety training, and market-ready business support. These challenges affect both individual growers and the broader local food system by limiting the availability, quality, and safety of locally produced food. In response, Kentucky State University Cooperative Extension launched the Urban Growers Program in 2025, a new cohort-based initiative designed to build long-term capacity among emerging and small-scale urban producers.
MindBody Reset
Kentucky State University’s Louisville Cooperative Extension Office teamed up with Hill Street Missionary Baptist Church to present “MindBody Reset”—a community-based program that focused on nutrition, physical activity, lifestyle and stress management. Held on every Saturday between October 18 and November 22, this hands-on program assisted adults with a jump start on their health.