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Community Environmental Concerns

Tyler McDaniel, Environmental Health Coordinator with Blueprint Kentucky, will provide an overview of Blueprint Kentucky (formerly CEDIK) and how they can provide technical assistance and best practices for communities to identify, work with, and transform their local environmental impacts.

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How Session Aligns with CEDS and Local Strategic Plans

Each breakout session featured is thoughtfully aligned with the key goals and objectives outlined in both the regional Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) and the Local Strategic Plans developed for each of BRADD’s 10 counties. These sessions were designed to support the implementation of locally driven priorities and regional strategies that move our communities forward.

Relevant strategic plan objectives being covered by this session:

Presenter:

Environmental Health Coordinator, Blueprint KY, UK

Tyler McDaniel

About me

Tyler McDaniel is the Environmental Health Program Coordinator with Blueprint Kentucky (formerly CEDIK). He works with communities by providing technical assistance and best practices for communities to identify, work with, and transform their local environmental impacts.

Using his tools as a filmmaker, photographer, and public historian he has explored the ways that cultural and community identity are constructed through place and storytelling. His interests extend to historic preservation and design of the built environment. Holding a BA in Media Production from Morehead State University and a Masters in Heritage Studies and Public History from the University of Minnesota, he has explored cultural oddities and socio-political systems through both rural and urban lenses. As a certified yoga teacher and regular practitioner, he incorporates mindful practice that centers duality in all of his work. Additionally, he serves on the steering committee of the Kentucky Rural-Urban Exchange.

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