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Revitalizing Rural Downtowns, This West Virginia Morning

Revitalizing Rural Downtowns, This West Virginia Morning

Update: 2025-12-08
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On this West Virginia Morning, eastern Kentucky is full of isolated, rural towns that have experienced decline alongside the coal industry. But some who want to stick around are trying to revitalize the region’s downtown spaces. For the Appalachia Mid-South Newsroom, Shepherd Snyder reports.





West Virginia Morning is a production of West Virginia Public Broadcasting which is solely responsible for its content.





Support for our news bureaus comes from Shepherd University and Marshall University School of Journalism and Mass Communications.





Eric Douglas produced this episode.





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Revitalizing Rural Downtowns, This West Virginia Morning

Revitalizing Rural Downtowns, This West Virginia Morning

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