Lexington's Path to Shared Purpose: A New Agenda for Education and the Community (2022)

About: A community report for Lexington, KY, prepared by The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation in partnership with United Way of the Bluegrass.

Author: Richard C. Harwood 

Publish Date: 2022

Description: Lexington was recently named by U.S. News and World Report as one of the 50 best places to live in the United States. Listen to the voices of people in this report, and their affection for Lexington and Fayette County comes through loud and clear. The community is growing. Lexington is on the move. But where is it moving? Will everyone in the community be included, or might some people be left behind, even left out? And will the community effectively marshal its collective resources to keep progressing? 

This report includes voices of the people from Lexington, a six-point education agenda, a snapshot and analysis of the fundamental structures, networks, and norms of Lexington through the lens of The Harwood Institute’s Public Capital Framework, and a shared path forward for Lexington to achieve its education agenda and strengthen the community.