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SEED stories
Region’s Small Business Owners Add Jobs with SKED’s Business Quality Certification Program
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
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
Region’s manufacturers attend free SEED training; learn the ropes to government contracting
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
Third annual SEED Contracting Symposium creates business connections in Morehead, KY
MOREHEAD, KY – Representatives from some of the world’s biggest defense contractors traveled to Eastern Kentucky to meet with many of the region’s most successful small business owners at the Morehead Conference Center for the Third Annual Eastern Read More
Local manufacturers learn how to do business with The Boeing Company
More than 50 representatives from 26 Kentucky manufacturing and service-related businesses attended a free training hosted by The Boeing Company in Corbin, Ky. earlier this month. Six of the major defense contractor’s supplier specialists traveled Read More
Success Story Spotlight
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 her company’s inception in...Read More