Big Ugly Community Center
In 1993, the Big Ugly Elementary School in Lincoln County, WV was shut down and left empty. The community gained access to the vandalized building, they hauled water, scrubbed out the mold and mildew, turning the school into the current Big Ugly Community Center (BUCC). The BUCC is the only building open to the general public within a half hour drive. Our programs are offered in a county without a public swimming pool, movie theater, and the nearest county library is a 45 minute drive away.
The BUCC is now home to the longest continually running afterschool program in the southern coalfields of West Virginia. It is the site for a free summer program and numerous community services. Step by Step administers these programs.
We are generally open to the public from 9 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Our After-School reserves the facility from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
Please call (304) 855-5402 first to avoid any inconvenience.
![Step by Step WV posted a photo: Bonner Scholars from Earlam College in Indiana listened to a panel discussion of long-term West Virginia activists arranged by Step by Step's Executive Director Michael Tierney in April 2009. Afterward, the students interviewed the panelists on tape so that their [the activist's] stories can be adapted to digital stories.](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2676/3808418455_07d468b4db_t.jpg "Step by Step WV posted a photo: Bonner Scholars from Earlam College in Indiana listened to a panel discussion of long-term West Virginia activists arranged by Step by Step's Executive Director Michael Tierney in April 2009. Afterward, the students interviewed the panelists on tape so that their [the activist's] stories can be adapted to digital stories.")
