Carr Creek Connector

Mapping Our Work

 

The Carr Creek Connector, a program of the Center at Carr Creek, is a collaborative that includes the Route 15 corridor in Perry, Knott and Letcher Counties.

Purpose:  To develop and promote tourism as a component of diversification of the economy along the Route 15 Corridor and contiguous places. 

Goal: To create a viable tourist industry that strengthens the communities connected to Route 15 in Perry, Knott and Letcher Counties.

The strategies of the Connector include:

To foster entrepreneurship along the corridor

To support youth 

To develop and maintain an asset inventory

To organize a single tri-county event annually

To market the corridor and its attractions/events

To collaborate with surrounding counties

To include stakeholders in planning

 

Our work will demonstrate the values of authenticity, excellence, respect and prizing our assets.

We will measure our success by:

Increased awareness of the value of area lakes (Buckhorn, Carr Creek, Fishpond)

Improved communication

Increase in multi-day tourism

Establishment of new businesses

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Carr Creek Alumni Association, PO BOX 271, Littcarr, KY 41834

The mission of the Carr Creek Alumni Association is to provide cultural, educational, economic, social and recreational experiences for the Carr Creek Community and eastern Kentucky in order to sustain a healthy and wholesome life style that encourages cross-generational relationships. The Carr Creek Alumni Association is an organization dedicated to the preservation of the Carr Creek High School name and building. To meet this goal, the Association is in need of charitable donations that will help us preserve the School and its legacy. It is the ultimate goal of the Association to preserve the building and make it a viable part of the Carr Creek Community as it once was.

Our goals include a regional welcome (visitor’s) center, a museum that will highlight the heritage of the Carr Creek, a community including such things as natural resources and our rich basketball history, a bed and breakfast, a restaurant overlooking beautiful Carr Creek Lake and a true Community Center that will be available for community functions.