About MTN
The Mountain Training Network [formerly Southeast Kentucky Revitalization Project or SEKYRP] is our newest project in a long line of more community development focused work. Over the last three years our work has spanned the gap between cultural work and community building. Projects like It's Good to be Young in the Mountains proved that cultural work can be a model for economic development. IG2BYITM introduced a model of empowering young people to share their skills and knowledge, celebrate their heritage, and seek new opportunities to learn and grow. MTN fits into that last goal.
MTN is a three-year workforce development project funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission. Our project area includes Knox, Bell, Harlan, Letcher, and Perry County in Southeast Kentucky. MTN aims to make our community members more employable, our communities more livable, and our region more desirable to businesses and investors. The project will offer paid training in construction, design, and hospitality.
Check back often for updates and new training sessions and dates.
MTN is a three-year workforce development project funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission. Our project area includes Knox, Bell, Harlan, Letcher, and Perry County in Southeast Kentucky. MTN aims to make our community members more employable, our communities more livable, and our region more desirable to businesses and investors. The project will offer paid training in construction, design, and hospitality.
Check back often for updates and new training sessions and dates.
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Construction TrainingThe Mountain Training Network will offer a series of trainings in roofing and mitigation between the summer of 2018 and the spring of 2020. These hands-on trainings will be offered at various partner sites throughout our service region. Trainings will range in time based on the size of each project. This work will focus on mitigation and roofing techniques. Roofing trainings will be led by a certified roofer, a representative from the supply company, and the MTN construction manager. Mitigation trainings will be led by a trained mitigation supervisor and the MTN construction manager. Proposed training topics include mold mitigation, asbestos mitigation, lead paint mitigation, and membrane roofing.
For more information on MTN Construction Training, download our fact sheet below. 
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Hospitality TrainingMTN will offer hospitality training institutes between the fall of 2018 and spring of 2020. The institutes will be hosted at restaurant/inns in the region where trainees can stay onsite. Each institute will include a three-day, 20-hour training in basic hospitality skills. The trainings will be led by three specialists in the field with two special guest speakers. In order to better meet the needs of businesses in our region, we will offer trainings for small groups [10 people] or large groups [20 people]. The small institutes will offer an opportunity to focus on site-specific or regional needs. Both training models will allow workers to network with other professionals and businesses from the region. Training topics will include front/back of house restaurant training, hotel management, tourism/cultural asset mapping, and soft skills/professionalism. The first hospitality training is scheduled for October 2018.
For more information on MTN Hospitality Training, download our fact sheet below.
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Petunia is all done and beautiful! Great job Lacy Hale. And great job to everyone who helped get this baby completed.
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Design TrainingMTN hosted the Great Mountain Mural Mega Fest on August 2-5, 2018 and in June 20-23, 2019. Check back to learn the dates for 2020. The Great Mountain Mural Mega Fest is a gathering of artists, teachers, students, and creative placemakers interested in learning how to create enduring outdoor, large scale murals; work with property owners and local governments to make public art happen; engage schools, youth, and other community members in the design and creation of public murals; and integrate the creation of murals into larger plans for community development and creative placemaking.
At its core, The Great Mountain Mural Mega Fest is a professional development event for working artists. But the gathering has also grown out of efforts in Appalachia and elsewhere to integrate the arts into a holistic approach to making our communities more livable spaces that encourage everyone to see the mountains, the people, and the communities as the vibrant, dynamic places they are, places that are worth investing in, places of opportunity. For more information on MTN Design Training, download our fact sheet below.
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How to apply
You will find links to a google application form in each section. Please complete the corresponding application for the sector you are interested in. If you have any questions about the application process, please contact Alexia Ault.
For more information contact Alexia Ault at 606-589-3129 or aault0002@kctcs.edu
For more information contact Alexia Ault at 606-589-3129 or aault0002@kctcs.edu