Owen County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2019 - Jun 30, 2020





3001 - Business Retention and Expansion
3001.1) 75

Number of businesses reached through Extension programming
3001.2) 8

Number of businesses implementing economic development plans
3001.3) 0

Number of economic development-related projects/plans created with Extension’s assistance


Success Stories

Business Retention and Expansion Program conducted by Leadership Owen County 2018

Author: Judith Hetterman

Major Program: Business Retention and Expansion

The Leadership Owen County  2018 group conducted the Business, Retention, and Expansion Survey provided by CEDIK through University of Kentucky. They coordinated engagements with local business owners to gather their perspectives, their needs, and the challenges facing their businesses. The summary of the RE survey interview results and represents over 330 employees.The process began with a dinner to inform business owners of the BRE assessment process and the leadership group spent several

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