Discover Downtown Middlesboro Thanks LMU's ENACTUS for work on Better Block Event

Harrogate, Tennessee, November 15, 2013-  Discover Downtown Middlesboro Executive Director Isaac Kremer attended the Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) ENACTUS meeting to present the student organization with a contribution in recognition of its service. ENACTUS members were among the 100 volunteers who contributed over 1,000 hours to DDM's Build A Better Block event which took place October 25-27, 2013. Volunteers worked toward the goal of revitalizing the downtown Middlesboro area by constructing a stage to provide local and visiting musicians a place to perform and completing renovations on downtown landmarks.

Pictured is Discover Downtown Middlesboro Executive Director Isaac Kremer presenting ENACTUS Chief Business Advisory Board and Alumni Affairs Officer Dustin Fowler with a  check in recognition of the student organization's contributions to the Build A Better Block event.

This project was funded by an Appalachian Regional Commission Flex-E-Grant through the Kentucky Department for Local Government and administered by Brushy Fork Institute of Berea College. Flex-E-Grant funds are made available to distressed ARC counties in Kentucky for projects that are designed to build capacity in these communities.

Lincoln Memorial University is a values-based learning community dedicated to providing educational experiences in the liberal arts and professional studies. The main campus is located in Harrogate, Tennessee. For more information about the undergraduate and graduate programs available at LMU, contact the Office of Admissions at 423-869-6280 or e-mail atadmissions@lmunet.edu.

McConnell Helps Middlesboro Secure National Park Service Assistance

For Immediate Release, Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Contacts: Robert Steurer, Stephanie Penn 202-224-8288

McConnell Helps Middlesboro Secure National Park Service Assistance

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell announced today the National Park Service agreed to provide technical assistance for Middlesboro, Kentucky, which will be used to help improve infrastructure to the Cumberland Gap National Historic Park. 

Earlier this year, Senator McConnell was contacted by Middlesboro officials asking him to assist with their grant application with the National Parks Service. In July, Senator McConnell contacted the Southeast Program Manager of the National Park Service on behalf of his constituents to encourage a “fair review” of their grant proposal.

On October 23, the National Park Service informed Isaac Kremer, Executive Director of Discover Downtown Middlesboro, that their application was approved and they would receive assistance for Fiscal Year 2014 for this community-based initiative.

“This is great news for the people of Middlesboro,” Senator McConnell said. “The Cumberland Gap National Historical Park is one of Kentucky’s top tourist attractions, and this effort will help attract visitors and highlight the historical, cultural and natural resources of the area.”

Isaac Kremer, Executive Director of Discover Downtown Middlesboro, said, "Senator McConnell has championed job creation, downtown revitalization, and economic development throughout Kentucky and our area of Appalachian Kentucky in particular. We are strengthened and encouraged through his support of our community revitalization goals that include development of a Cumberland Gap to Middlesboro trail."

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