Ohio County, KY Recent News
Here in Ohio County, KY, we strive to make sure that every business, big and small, can thrive. This is why our Ohio County Economic Development Alliance (OCEDA) is dedicated to informing local businesses about the incentives and incentive programs available to them. These incentives include both local and statewide.
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Ohio County, KY - Where Bluegrass was Born
Nov 23 2020Ohio County, KY, is the birthplace of Bluegrass. This draws many Bluegrass lovers to our county every year. This includes Bluegrass musicians, new and old. When they are here, they can enjoy our historic sites and museums dedicated to the genre. Tourists can enjoy the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fam...
Why People are Choosing Ohio County, KY!
Nov 16 2020More people are choosing to live in Ohio County, KY, and here is why. Locating a business in Ohio County or becoming a part of its workforce has more advantages than most other rural areas. This includes things like remote work training programs, co-working spaces, and many great available propert...
Ohio County’s new economic development website is now a great online data resource for site selectors and businesses looking to do business in the area. The Ohio County Economic Development Alliance (OCEDA) has worked hard on conducting research and gathering data that is highly beneficial to businesses that operate i...
The Ohio County Airport, located in Hartford, Kentucky, has been making business easier for local businesses! Located just three miles away from the major William Natcher Highway 165 makes the airport very accessible. The airport is equipped with a 5,000 ft runway and is open 24 hours a day, Monda...
Ohio County, KY, is proud to be the capital of Bluegrass and home to the historic and legendary Bluegrass musician Bill Monroe. Ohio County has dedicated its time to making sure these historical sites and memories are preserved and available for tourists and residents to enjoy.
We have several historic site...
Ohio County, KY, is home to many great businesses. Target industries in Ohio County, KY, include aviation, manufacturing, agriculture, timber, and coal. Kentucky is the second-largest aerospace exporter in the nation, making aviation a major target industry in Ohio County with plenty of room for expansion.
Our affordable commercial real estat...
Invest in Ohio County’s Opportunity Zone!
Oct 12 2020Ohio County, KY, has a unique opportunity for people and businesses to invest in and take advantage of our opportunity zone. Opportunity zones are areas sanctioned by the federal government to help stimulate economic growth and sustainability. This is done by giving investors and businesses that are located in thes...
Unlike any other, the economic land mine prompted by the pandemic created wreckage and reverberation for businesses across the global economy. But few other states are as prepared to rise and rebound as Kentucky. With deep resources in advanced manufacturing and fully formed supply chains, unparalleled air-cargo assets, a dominan...
While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to create an environment of unpredictability, the one certainty is that the way in which people previously commuted to their jobs — and the way in which goods and services were traditionally delivered — is likely changed forever.
It is still too early to predict th...
Newly dispersed work teams are facing new challenges. During the early months of the global pandemic, more than three-quarters of organizations reported 80 percent or more of their employees were working from home, according to a global survey on workplace re-entry.
While workplace mobility isn’t new, the scale of remote work has accelerate...
KENTUCKY HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS
Oct 6 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 5, 2020
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Two Constitutional Amendments on the Ballot
Representative Scott Lewis
This year’s election is unlike any in our history. Instead of marching into our usual local polling place, many of us are voting in different locations and in different ways. Some of you may have already requested an...
Ohio County’s Economic Development Alliance (OCEDA) is committed to giving as much in-depth information on available properties in the county. Using our online available properties tool users can search through Ohio County’s available properties in several refined ways.
Users can search by sale price, lease rate, square footage, or acreage. User...
No sector now is more active than logistics, and there is no busier niche within it than cold chain for grocery and medical needs. The busiest companies within that niche, before and since COVID-19, are automated logistics pioneers and the grocers they serve.
Digital Commerce 360’s 2020 Online Food Report, release...
The Ohio County Economic Development Alliance (OCEDA) has launched our social media pages and our new website to keep people informed on what is going on in Ohio County, KY. Our social media pages are dedicated to keeping the community informed on local events and news.
This news is beneficial t...
Ruth Porat, the stalwart chief financial officer of Alphabet and Google, is no stranger to a crisis. She began her career at Morgan Stanley in 1987, a mere seven weeks before Black Monday—the largest single-day decline in trading history at the time. “At that moment, I was concerned that mayb...
“Unprecedented” – the word describes both Kentucky’s economic expansion during the past decade and the ensuing pandemic that stalled those historic gains in a relative instant.
But despite the hardship pervading the state and the entire US, Kentucky’s economic advantages stand to help the Bluegrass State not merely recover, but reac...
Graduate Spotlight: Sarah Chinn
Sep 16 2020Just a few months ago, Sarah Chinn found herself unemployed and looking for a new remote work opportunity. But finding jobs during COVID-19 can be challenging. After about five months of unemployment, Chinn stumbled upon the Digital Works Facebook page — and the rest is history.
Chinn is from Beaver Dam...
We are at a pivotal point in time, surrounded by growing uncertainty. Yet we know one thing for certain: The way we work will change following this pandemic. That includes everything from the ways we interact with one another, to the tasks we take on, and the physical environment w...
When the going gets tough, North American automotive companies don’t roll as many new vehicles off the line. They do, however, roll up their sleeves.
Here we look at just a few of the pivots companies have made to address urgent COVID-19 needs and impacts. Their model behavior and speed demonstrat...
The coronavirus pandemic has taken a catastrophic toll on America’s small businesses. Those with small cash reserves are owed nearly $1 trillion by suppliers, and according to a recent survey by Goldman Sachs, 85% of small business owners say their personal finances have been hurt due to the crisis, while 64% say their cas...
The Green River Area Development District is calling on minority owned businesses in the GRADD region to apply for CARES Act business loans.
The guidelines and application for the $3.6 million in revolving loan funds went live Thursday on the GRADD website.
Currently, GRADD is reaching out to the various governmental agencie...
For Prospective Employers and Growing Businesses, Kentucky Offers Nearly 700 Sites and Buildings Statewide
Sep 11 2020To attract development, the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development maintains detailed information on available sites and buildings across the state. With the Cabinet’s SelectKentucky tool, powered by ZoomProspector, site selectors, business people and interested individuals can find, compare and assess properties, workforce information and communities and more. Kentucky’s current sites an...
