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Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu

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Contact Information

Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu




Fiscal Year:
Jul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2024


Boyd County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2024





1082 - Economic Development and Workforce Preparation - ANR
1082.4) 0

Number of events providing local entrepreneurship opportunities

1082.3) 1

Number of business start-ups

1082.2) 0

Number of individuals reporting a new skill to prepare themselves for the workforce

1082.1) 1

Number of businesses retained or expanded (including new market opportunities)



Success Stories

Meat Processors Growing Into the Future

Author: Lyndall Harned

Major Program: Economic Development and Workforce Preparation - ANR

We have two meat processors who have opened in the county within the last year and a half. One started from the ground up and one re-opened a long standing family business that had been closed for a while. One is just looking to increase the current type of business and the other is looking to expand in many different ways. So, I contacted Heather Graham, EKY Food Chain Coordinator for The Food Connection at UK Martin-Gatton CAFE. We set a date for her to visit and I worked with the businesses t

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