Economic Development

Created in 2016 by the International Economic Development Council, the largest international professional trade association for economic developers, Economic Development Week aims to increase awareness for local programs that create jobs, advance career development opportunities and improve the quality of life in communities everywhere.

Hosted by Blue Grass Community Foundation and Smiley Pete Publishing, Kentucky’s GoodGiving Challenge is back to help the state’s nonprofits.

Guyana’s economy is projected to grow by 86 percent this year, according to the IMF.

With event-based fundraising scarce, more nonprofit organizations are turning to grant applications to seek funding. The most important component of any grant application is the case for support.

McKee, Kentucky, was the seemingly unlikely focus of a lengthy New Yorker piece on the economic development value of high-speed broadband.

A new Work Ready Training Center is coming to Barbourville, Kentucky. The new center will offer trade, certificate and postsecondary education opportunities to the region for high-demand career sectors like health care, technology, advanced manufacturing and logistics.

An international company that manufactures commercial and military aircraft carbon braking components is expanding in Danville.

Does UPS conjure images of presents and consumer goods? You should also think about health care – including medical tests and specimens.

Have you heard of indoor farming? It may be coming to Appalachia.

The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources launched an experimental project “shocking” dozens of Asian carp right out of the water in Western Kentucky’s Lake Barkley.