Owsley County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2018





3001 - Business Retention and Expansion
3001.1) 1

Number of businesses reached through Extension programming
3001.2) 1

Number of businesses implementing economic development plans
3001.3) 1

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


Success Stories

Better Business

Author: Paul Sizemore

Major Program: Business Retention and Expansion

This agent was approached by a county official and asked to serve on the Board of Directors for the Owsley County Industrial Authority. Owsley County Industrial Authority operates a metal business located in the Owsley County Industrial Park near the Owsley County Extension Service. Due to some unexpected circumstances some of the leadership was no longer with us and they needed someone to step in and assist with some restructuring within the metal business. After some discussion over a few mont

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