Since my last post, my sustainability capstone group and I returned to Fayette County twice. The first visit was a follow-up site visit to collect additional information on Uniontown since we narrowed down our focus and the second visit was our final presentations. On October 25th our group returned to Uniontown where we met with…
Category: Experiential
Final Presentation for ACRI
This past weekend, the ACRI cohort had the opportunity to present our findings to stakeholders of Fayette County. On December 6th, our team ventured out to the Connellsville Canteen within Connellsville, presented our semester-long work, and answered questions regarding our research. This was a truly memorable experience for me and our group in its entirety….
ACRI Presentation- 12/6
Overview of this past Friday (12/06) This past week, my classmates and I returned to the Connellsville Canteen to give our deliverables from the semester to Fayette County community members. These members included a member of the Cultural Trust, the Chamber of Commerce, and a local technical school to name a few. Leading up to…
ACRI – Final Thoughts
Overview When I first heard about the Appalachia Regional Resilience Consulting Project, I was especially interested because of my personal connection to the area. While I am not from a small town myself, my parents come from a small town in North Carolina. Earlier in their professional careers, they ended up moving to the Philadelphia…
Final Reflection
How has your perception of the Appalachian region (and Fayette County in particular) shifted as a consequence of the work you’ve done this semester? When I began this project, my understanding of the Appalachian region and Fayette County, in particular, was limited to what I had read or heard from secondhand sources. Appalachia, to me,…
Final Presentations and Returning to Fayette County
Experiences On December 6th, the Business cohort along with the other ACRI cohorts (Sustainability, Urban Studies, and Political Science) returned to Connellsville to present our final deliverables to the community. Our community partners, the Fayette County Cultural Trust, graciously hosted us at the Connellsville Canteen where we were able to gain valuable feedback from the…
Final Presentation 12/6
Reflecting on the Uniontown and Connellsville Presentations: Lessons, Challenges, and a Vision for Sustainable Change On December 6th, the Sustainability Group presented the culmination of our semester’s work in Uniontown and Connellsville. While both presentations were meaningful, Uniontown served as the focal point of our efforts, providing a vivid example of the challenges and opportunities…
Returning to Fayette: The Presentation
Yesterday, our ACRI cohort returned to the Connellsville Cultural Trust to present our research. This was the culmination of a semester of work, and I was really proud of our cohort. This was my first time taking a project like this from start to finish, and it was definitely a challenge. We completed 7 interviews on…
Going to Uniontown, PA
Earlier this month, Pitt’s ARC-ACRI took our long-awaited trip to Fayette County. Our group, the Sustainability Capstone, has been thinking about this visit since we began our project in late August. All the research, interviews, and analysis we have done up to this point has been in an effort to be as knowledgeable and thorough…
Thoughts After An Adventure in Fayette CountyÂ
Fayette County is a county in southwestern Pennsylvania that consists of towns like Connellsville, Uniontown, and Brownsville. With a population of around 128,800 people and a total area of 798 square miles, it is a hidden gem in Pennsylvania. We spent a wonderful few days and nights in Fayette County in the beginning of October;…