Two Degrees Northwest
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008In March, the K-J Arts commission and K-J Horizons organized a community meeting with Two Degrees Northwest: Where Art Meets the Land, a program with the University of Idaho Extension that seeks to support local artists, craftspeople, and small ag producers in the region of northcentral Idaho and southeastern Washington–folks who are making unique local products. This support will most likely take the form of an artisan trail and/or a regional distribution network. Our goal is to help create and sustain a locally-based economy where dollars stay within communities and people do not have to leave home to make a living.
About a dozen community members came to that first meeting and helped 2DNW Program Coordinator, Elizabeth Carney, come up with a list of the assets that the K-J and 7 Ridges area would like to share and those they would not like to share. Since then, Two Degrees has been moving forward, developing its website (currently under construction) at 2dnw.org, compiling lists of assets in our region, hosting entrepreneurship trainings, and planning for a trail guide they hope to launch in the spring.
If you would like to find out more and/or be included in a trail guide, contact Elizabeth Carney at ecarney@uidaho.edu or 596-5975.