Mountain Association for Community and Economic Development (MACED)
Justin
Maxson
433 Chestnut Street
Berea, KY 40403
859-986-2373
Fax: 859-986-1299
jmaxson@maced.org
Mission:
MACED works to equip communities, entrepreneurs and change agents with the tools they need to build stronger economies that work for low-income people and natural places in eastern Kentucky and Central Appalachia. We aim to help people build more economic security, expand their sense of the possible and increase their capacity to participate in creating vital communities.
For over three decades, MACED's commitment to the people and places of the region have shown us that high expectations, vision and hard work are essential to accomplish results. MACED focuses on three core strategies toward those ends.
- Enterprise Development — Investing capital and capacity-building technical assistance in for-profit and nonprofit enterprises to create economic opportunities, protect natural and cultural assets and provide important services.
- Program Demonstrations — Developing new approaches to old problems and testing them out on the ground.
- Research and Communications for Policy Change — Conducting research around policy opportunities and barriers that results in better development practice and opportunities for people who need them.
