Join the Fight
Red River Gorge United (RRGU) is doing everything we can to protect the area from intrusive and destructive developments which are too large and out of scale with available resources. Developments of this type will inevitably harm the Red River Gorge and those local residents that live in the surrounding region. However, we can’t do this alone. No matter if you live in Kentucky or even in the United States, you have a voice and it needs to be heard.
- If you’re a local, send a message to the Judge Executives in Powell County – CLICK HERE
- Sign up for email updates – CLICK HERE
- Donate to help fund our campaign – See projects and donate here
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Be sure to post using these hashtags: #savethered #redrivergorge #rrgunited - Sign our petition – View petition
- Not a local? Click here to see how you can help.
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Are you a local resident?
Email Powell Co. Judge Exec. Anderson:
Send message to Powell County Judge Exec. Anderson (BE SURE TO ENTER YOUR PERSONAL CONTACT INFORMATION)Or click here to view and copy the email so you can send it yourself.
Call Powell Co. Judge Exec. Anderson:
Or call Judge Anderson at (606) 663-2834 and say:
“My name is [YOUR NAME] and I live at [YOUR ADDRESS].
I want to urge Judge Anderson to please pass zoning in Powell County and protect Slade and the Red River Gorge from damaging over-development.
Powell County needs career-path jobs and real economic opportunities that support and enhance the existing ecological and cultural features of the region. The resort proposed by Red River Economic Development (RRED) simply has a footprint so large that unintended negative impacts are inevitable.
Zoning is vital to preserving and guiding positive economic development in Powell County and I ask that you please support any zoning initiative that would prevent the building of excessively-large developments in the region surrounding the Red River Gorge.
Nobody wants the region to turn into Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Please take steps to ensure that remains a reality.”
How can non-locals help?
Contact state-level policy makers and encourage them to support zoning that would limit large developments such as the destination resort proposed by RRED.
Tweet:
Tweet at Governor Andy Beshear
Call the Ky Legislature:
Call the Kentucky General Assembly Legislative Hotline 1-800-372-7181 and say:
“My name is [YOUR NAME] and I live at [YOUR ADDRESS].
I want to urge the Governor’s office and all members of the General Assembly to please support the passage of zoning in Powell County and protect the City of Slade and the Red River Gorge from damaging over-development.
Powell County needs career-path jobs and real economic opportunities that support and enhance the existing ecological and cultural features of the region. The resort proposed by Red River Economic Development (RRED) simply has a footprint so large that unintended negative impacts are inevitable.
Zoning is vital to preserving and guiding positive economic development in Powell County and I ask that you please support any zoning initiative that would protect the region from overdevelopment.”
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Learn more about the proposed development
View some key points about the project