First Impressions leaves good impression with participating communities

First Impressions leaves Harlan County leaders excited about future

By Jeff Franklin
Published on September 25, 2017

We have all heard that first impressions can have the biggest impact and that's the idea behind a program from the UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. First Impressions is a program from the Community and Economic Development Initiative of Kentucky or CEDIK. The program is designed to help communities learn what people think of them based on first impressions, through a structured assessment. Harlan County, in Southeastern Kentucky, recently went through the First Impressions process and the community is receiving feedback.

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