Clay County Promise Zone Community Forum
What do you see as the strengths of this community?
Tight knit family groups
It's extremely homey
Mostly family
A tight knit group of mostly family
Kind people
Nice people
Helpful people
Friendly atmosphere (2)
Friendly (2)
Everyone is friendly
Good people
Everyone is nice and helps everyone out
Talents of the people
Entrepreneurs
Creativity
Talent
Arts and music
Crafts, arts and music
Strong schools
Good education
The education
We have a strong school system
We have a great school system
Good infrastructure
Many paved roads
Second most paved roads in Kentucky
Strong infrastructure
A small community
Small enough to know most everyone
Small town (4)
Close knit
You know most people in the town
Everyone knows everybody
Everyone knows everyone
Your neighbor is not a stranger
Safe
Not a lot of crime
Safe from terrorism
Geographically this is a protected community
Little crime, the mountains protect us
Nature
Lots of green space
Lots of wildlife
Flora and fauna
Mountains (2)
Beautiful forests
Woods
Natural resources (2)
The wilderness
Natural surroundings
Natural environment and resources
Great scenery with lots of mountains and forests
Outdoor recreation
Our parks
Parks
Our trail system
Environmental clubs
Small businesses
What are some of the challenges facing this community?
Too many people using drugs and alcohol
Too many pharmacies for the number of people in the community contributing to prescription drug abuse
Too many pharmacies (2)
We have way too many pharmacies and liquor stores
Drug addiction (2)
A drug problem
Rampant drug and alcohol use
Drugs (5)
Drugs and alcohol (2)
Drinking (2)
Too many drug addicts and dealers
Alcoholics
Poverty (7)
Too many people "on the draw"
A community of dependency
Too many lie to get food stamps
Not much money
Lots of poverty
Too many people who draw check who don't need to draw them
Too much use of food stamps
Abuse of food stamps
No jobs (2)
Lack of jobs
Unemployment (2)
Not many jobs
Not having enough jobs in Clay
This is a rural community so there are limited choices
Limited consumer choices
Limited shopping
No shopping
No malls
Small number of grocery stores with limited choices
Small town - no reason to stay
Nothing for people to do
No movie theaters or recreational choices
Nothing to do
No activities
Not enough restaurants (2)
No sit down restaurants
Property crime
Crime
Lack of education
Drop outs
Low drive for success
Lack of ambition
Hard to focus on and fix problems
Not many people want to change the community
No one cares about anything
Close minded
No privacy
Political corruption (2)
Politics
No diversity
Everyone leaves
Difficult to fix problems
What are your dreams for the future of this community? What would make this community a better place to live and work?
More choices for consumers
More places to shop
I would get places like movies and restaurants. When we go shop and eat in London, we are giving our money to London and that is just making the town get better opportunities than we are getting here
Coffee shop/s (2)
More restaurants
Restaurants (4)
More food choices
Wal-Mart Super center (2)
We need less pharmacies and more services
We need departments stores
Book stores
Grocery stores
More places for youth and families to hang-out or find entertainment
More activities for kids to keep busy with
Bring more entertainment to the community for our youth
Put some more activities in here so all the young kids won't be drinking and getting high because they have activities to do
Fun center
Movie theater
Theater
Bowling alley
Entertainment center
Skating rink
More stuff to do
More jobs!
Jobs in the medical field
Business or corporate jobs
More businesses (like mom and pop stores)
Better paying jobs (2)
Better jobs
More good jobs
Need more possible locations for new businesses to be established
More business corporations
Veterinarian
More professionals want to come back to Clay
People who receive higher education returning to their home area
Get professionals back
More jobs in Clay County
We need more opportunities in general
I would put better medical field jobs in this town
More physical space for businesses to start here
More jobs in coal and industry would be great to have
Bigger churches
Stronger churches
Stricter law enforcement
To have better laws so that thieves and drug heads and alcoholics don't get out of jail so easy
Put more money into the schools
Invest more in the local schools
Museum (2)
More emphasis on our past
More emphasis on the arts
More arts and culture
Emphasis on arts
Opportunities to be able to finish post-high school studies in the community
Being able to finish school here
Improve local schools academically
Driven kids who are college bound
Emphasis on education instead of sports, music, extra-curricular activities
Help for non-college bound students
Drive kids to college who don't have transportation
Keep kids from dropping out of school
Loans for youth to attend professional schools
Forgive student loans to returning professionals
Better public library
More library services
Larger holdings and facilities
To get rid of all the liquor stores and reduce the number of pharmacies
Coming back home
Family connections
To clean up the community
Reform the local government
Do away with political corruption
Be more influential
To have a better music system
Imagine you could influence how $5,000 would be spent in this community. How would you want this money invested to improve the quality of life here?
Clean and stock rivers and lakes to increase tourism
Clean local waters
Increase places to go fishing
Increase wildlife
Support local clubs and their programs in order to build a closer sense of community and to bring people together
Clubs that create a closer community
Awards for younger children who perform well to encourage them to keep doing well and others to do better
Soup kitchen (3)
I would open up a store that would give back to the community by donating a percentage of the proceeds to Clay County
More educational opportunities and access to these through public transportation
More tutoring
More academic enrichment
More after-school programs (2)
Career center
More education opportunities
Improve parks to attract families
More park equipment
Bathrooms
Concession stand
Invest in a recreational center OR renovate the existing youth center
Work out equipment
A fitness club where you can exercise with your friends
Places to play basketball
Sportsplex (3)
Fitness Center/Club (2)
Sportsplex with tennis courts, basketball gym, track, volleyball court
Country club
Some sort of recreation center
Roller rink
New softball field
Bigger gyms so maybe we can reduce the obesity in Clay County
Bring in more things for the youth. People want their kids to be happy and they don't see that happening here
A facility for the arts and music
Expand and improve the library
More public transportation
I would spend it on cleaning up the community
Youth/adult operated businesses
Coffee shop
Frozen yogurt (2)
More factories and industries
Create more jobs by improving the infrastructure
More public spaces for people to gather
Higher paychecks for the people who work. People who don't work get more money than those who do
Higher quality restaurants
Movie theater
Drive in
Drive in movie theater (2)
Drive in theater
Flea Market
Mall
Higher quality restaurants
More jobs with more income
Identify your age range
54 18 and under
19-30
31-45
46-59
60-75
Over 75
Are you:
17 Male
28 Female
8 Did not answer
What area of Clay County do you live nearest?
18 Manchester
Oneida
Redbird
5 Fogertown
3 Burning Springs
Benge
3 Blue Hole
1 Botto
Hima