Burlington Macedonia Church Project

Lawrence County Convention and Visitors Bureau/ Lawrence County Economic Development Corporation
Receives $1.5 million from Appalachian Regional Commission’s POWER Initiative

The Lawrence County Convention and Visitors Bureau/ Lawrence County Economic Development Corporation has been awarded $1.5 million by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to increase tourism to enhance our economies through the creation of a regional collaboration of Underground Railroad cultural assets for coal-impacted communities with nearly 20 partners in 9 counties in Kentucky, West Virginia, and Ohio.

Partners include:

Shawnee State University,
The Macedonia Project,
Marshall University Research Corporation,
Marshall University,
Ohio University Southern,
Boyd Greenup County Branch of NAACP,
Greenup County Tourism Commission,
ECDI, Inc.,
C.B. Nuckolls Community Center & Black History Museum,
Brown County Tourism,
Huntington Area Convention and Visitors Bureau,
SSU Center for Public History,
Visit AKY,
Boyd County Tourism,
Gallia County Convention and Visitors Bureau,
Adams County Travel and Visitors Bureau,
Portsmouth & Scioto County Visitors Bureau,
Greenup Arts,
Ripley Heritage.

This award is part of ARC’s POWER (Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization) Initiative, which directs federal resources to economic diversification projects in Appalachian communities affected by job losses in coal mining, coal power plant operations, and coal-related supply chain industries.

We will update you with photos, videos, and news about this project.

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Steps leading into Burlington Macedonia Church in Lawrence County, Ohio April 2023 by Martha J. Martin

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Front door of the Burlington Macedonia Church in Lawrence County, Ohio April 2023 by Martha J. Martin

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Front of the Burlington Macedonia Church in Lawrence County, Ohio April 2023 by Martha J. Martin

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Footing around the front of the Burlington Macedonia Church in Lawrence County, Ohio April 2023 by Martha J. Martin

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Right side around the front of the Burlington Macedonia Church in Lawrence County, Ohio April 2023 by Martha J. Martin

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The right side of the Burlington Macedonia Church in Lawrence County, Ohio April 2023 by Martha J. Martin

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The old outhouse of the Burlington Macedonia Church in Lawrence County, Ohio April 2023 by Martha J. Martin

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The left side of the Burlington Macedonia Church in Lawrence County, Ohio April 2023 by Martha J. Martin

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The left side of the front of Burlington Macedonia Church in Lawrence County, Ohio April 2023 by Martha J. Martin

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Top of the Burlington Macedonia Church in Lawrence County, Ohio April 2023 by Martha J. Martin