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SEED Training Helping Cohort Leaders Diversify

SEED stories | Success Stories

April 26, 2022

STEARNS, KY – Supply chain problems become less of an issue when businesses subcontract with a manufacturer located two counties away. Just ask Steven Richards, owner of Crossroads Railcar Services, Inc. Richards is one of four business owners participating in a new training series designed to give the region’s manufacturers the knowledge and resources to Read More

SKED/AKA Partnering to Give Manufacturers Growth Training

SEED stories

February 15, 2022

SOMERSET, KY – Some of the region's manufacturing leaders are going back to school this year as a part of The Manufacturing Growth Series offered in 2022. The lessons they learn will benefit their businesses, their employees and enhance community Read More

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SEED Partners Stay Dedicated to Southeastern Kentucky During COVID-19

COVID-19 |  SEED stories

April 1, 2021

With no in-person training, SEED partners went online to help the region’s advanced manufacturers learn ways to contract with larger companies. SKED’s SEED training program was forced to go online in 2020. With no in-person training allowed due Read More

Webinar: Grants for U.S. Small Businesses to Sell Overseas

SEED stories

November 24, 2020

This is a press release from the U.S. Small Business Administration. Are you interested in taking advantage of e-Commerce to sell to customers overseas?  The future is moving online faster than ever! Nearly 60% of the entire world’s population is Read More

Region’s Small Business Owners Add Jobs with SKED’s Business Quality Certification Program

Job Announcements |  SEED stories

September 14, 2020

SOMERSET, KY – A partnership between two regional nonprofits and funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) created a training program that has breathed new life into some Eastern Kentucky businesses and given others a competitive Read More

SKED awarded $1.3 million ARC grant to expand SEED

SEED stories

November 20, 2019

SOMERSET, KY. – Southeast Kentucky Economic Development Corp. (SKED) will expand its successful Supplier Education & Economic Development (SEED) training program in 2019, with funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). “This ARC Read More

SEED Training prepares business owners for the SEED Symposium

Region’s manufacturers attend free SEED training; learn the ropes to government contracting

SEED stories

November 20, 2019

SOMERSET, KY. – Representatives from eight Southeast Kentucky manufacturing and service businesses moved one step closer to contracting with the federal government in June, by completing Southeast Kentucky Economic Development Corporation (SKED’s) Read More

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SKED Helps Pulaski Woman Sell Her Products Online

Kimberly Rogers doesn’t trust the future of her beloved small business to just anyone. The Pulaski County resident and Piccoli Horses™ owner has worked with SKED since its inception in 2016. From the begin...Read More

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