LOUISA, KY - The only thing better than owning a small business and getting paid to do something you enjoy is doing it in the hometown you love. Morgan Lester achieved both in 2020, when she opened Eastern Kentucky Sports & Orthopedic Physical Read More
Success Stories
Logan Corporation Expands, Adds Jobs in Magoffin County, with the Help of SKED, OCS and EKCEP
February 23, 2021
SALYERSVILLE, KY – More Eastern Kentuckians can live and work closer to home, thanks to an expansion at one of the region’s fastest-growing manufacturing companies and a partnership designed to keep them employed. SKED was awarded a $500,000 U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of Community Services (OCS) grant to provide a business Read More
Sign By Sign Graphics Adapts to Customers’ Needs, with SKED’s Help
SOMERSET, KY – Small business partners Josh Henderson and Beth Ann Whitson didn’t have to include a pandemic response section in their five-year-old business plan in 2020. Their customers wrote it for them. The owners of Sign by Sign Graphics, LLC Read More
Laurel Co. Native Opens New Liquor Store in Mt. Vernon
MOUNT VERNON, KY – Todd Greer didn’t plan to open his new liquor store during a pandemic, but road construction delays and the spring economic shutdown left him no choice. In the end, the timing couldn’t have been better, and On the Rocks Wine and Read More
Rockcastle Co. Restaurant Owner Endures During 2020 Covid Pandemic Shutdowns
MOUNT VERNON, KY – Marcella Lovell prefers to let her meatloaf and Rocket Burger speak for themselves. Tourists and regional food lovers have been listening, answering and enjoying Marcella's Farm to Fork local delicacies for years. But what Read More
Nonprofits Create Project to Help Recovery Center Residents Explore Entrepreneurship
SOMERSET, KY – Successful entrepreneurs are not made. They can be inspired, talent-driven and, sometimes, born out of necessity. But what happens when you work with folks who display all three of these characteristics and offer them free training and Read More
Kelly is Kentucky’s SBA 2020 Small Business Advocate
SOMERSET, KY – Amanda Kelly is Kentucky’s U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) 2020 Small Business Advocate. Kelly, Small Business Training Director for the Southeast Kentucky Economic Development Corporation (SKED), is among seven men and 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 its inception in 2016. From the begin...Read More