Northwest Kentucky Forward is hosting a luncheon and training session tomorrow at the NWKF office, for the USDA Rural Development which announced a few weeks ago that NWKF is one of two regions in Kentucky which has been selected to participate in the “Stronger Economies Together” (SET) program, which is a major initiative aimed at promoting regional economic development. The SET program is designed to help regional teams develop new approaches to strengthen and enhance regional economic development activities. The program provides an opportunity for current or newly formed multi-county teams to receive the latest tools, training, and technical assistance to help their region move forward and take advantage of positive growth and quality of life opportunities. USDA Rural Development, in partnership with the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service, will be implementing the program in the selected regions.
The selected regions will receive the following: 1) Valuable intensive strategic planning training for their regional team, including the newly developed “Stronger Economies Together” program, a program designed to help your regional team develop new approaches to strengthen and enhance regional economic development activities; 2) Database tools specifically designed to help the regional teams examine the critical drivers of their region and identify emerging growth sectors and regional competitive advantages; 3) Technical assistance and educational support from the Southern Rural Development Center, Rural Development staff, and University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service staff; and 4) Other educational and information-sharing opportunities with other SET program participants around the country.
We are excited to be recognized by RDA and look forward to participating in this innovative program.
Debbie Reiss Hardesty with Frost Brown Todd LLC spoke at the Health Care Reform last Thursday on “What Employers need to know NOW” (and what you will have to learn later). Below is a link to her presentation:
Health Care Reform Powerpoint 09-23-2010
S&S Salvage in Providence has recently purchased the former Tri-Valley Plastics in Providence. The company will operate the facility under the name Smith Metals. As a result of the purchase and expansion, the company will add at least 10 employees to their current workforce. Read more about this expansion at our website.
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2010/sep/18/local-industries-eye-expansions/
“There are 11 more pending approval,” according to Maple, its manager of existing business. Some have already been submitted for consideration for financial incentives from the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, while others are still working on getting their applications completed.
If every expansion pans out, it will mean “at least several hundred” new jobs here, said Sheilley, the president and CEO.
Read more in the above article…
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2010/sep/18/seminar-here-will-clarify/
NWKF will host the Regional Health Care Reform this Thursday at the Sullivan Tech Center. To learn more visit this link and register on our home page. *Free of Charge and Lunch will be provided.
Want to know what we have been up to this month. Here is a glimpse of a few events we hosted and a few projects we are working on:
http://www.northwestky.com/enewsletter/investor/2010-09-14.html
Regional Health Care Reform Sept. 23, 2010. Check out the above flyer for more details.
Jamie Vollmer will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Rally 4 Education on 6 November at the Henderson Fine Arts Center. Vollmer is an acclaimed speaker and author and his book, Schools Cannot Do It Alone, is praised by educators, business leaders, elected officials and parents as a how-to manual to get the conversation started. You can read more about Vollmer and his book at his website and plan to attend the Rally on 6 November!
Our sincere condolences are with the family and loved ones of Judge Sandy Lee Watkins. We enjoyed working side by side with Sandy and will miss him greatly. He was a wonderful colleague, mentor and friend to all at Northwest Kentucky Forward.
