 Appalachian Wireless offers forward pay. No contract, no credit check, no problem. Plans start in 1999 a month and include unlimited talk and text or take it to the max with unlimited data plus for only $89.99 with 50 gigs of high speed data because we are you. We are Appalachian Wireless. Home Appalachia has made the shift from starting an LGBTQ inclusive bar to being an event and community center for downtown Pikeville. After speaking with hundreds of people at this point and really learning from them about their experiences and, you know, taking that into consideration with all the data that I was collecting, there was something that just kept popping up and it became harder and harder to ignore. And that was just a lot of struggles with addiction in my community. A lot of struggles with specifically alcoholism. And I started to dig into you know why that may be and where that might come from. And it felt like all these pieces sort of kind of started to align. With safe spaces for the LGBTQ community, typically being bars, Sam's wanted to do something different. I think there have been a lot of negative consequences that have come from our safe space as being bars historically. And that's really kind of where the shift started is just thinking about is that something that is a true need in Eastern Kentucky, especially a region that's been, we know, so ravaged by addiction. Home helps to include floating and dedicated office space, workshop opportunities for early stage businesses, event space rentals and entertainment. So now home is really kind of taken on a related but separate lens, you know, looking specifically about how our community can contribute to a rural town, you know, thinking about what we can bring to community rather than us just existing in the community. I think is where we're focused at this point. Home helps bringing inclusivity to Appalachia will keep people from leaving the area. I think in short, those individuals are going to continue to leave those communities. And we know that there are historic outflows of folks from Eastern Kentucky at an alarming rate. And it's unfortunate that those individuals are leaving simply because they don't feel welcome or accepted or they can't find individuals who are like them. We know that they're going to the Golden Triangle. So what we're going to see is exactly what the data says we're seeing. And that's that the urban areas of Kentucky are going to continue to grow and the rural areas are beginning to shrink. And so unless we want to change that and start by making sure that everyone feels welcome, I think that's one of the biggest reasons why it's important to wrap your arms around everyone who's part of Appalachia. To learn more about home, they're on Facebook at Home Appalachia and on Instagram at Home Appalachia. For Mountain Top News, I'm Brianna Robinson.