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 months it was decided that the metal business needed to diversify to stay competitive. As result of those decisions a grant was written by one of the Industrial Authority Board members to purchase a Concrete Mixing truck to allow the metal business to expand and diversify. This will be the first full summer of selling and delivering concrete through the metal business and we hope to see real results at the end of the year,