The State of Kentucky offers businesses a non-refundable state income tax CREDIT ranging between $3,500-$25,000. This program can have a significant impact on a business's bottom line. We have composed an infographic to help you determine Read More
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SEED Partners Stay Dedicated to Southeastern Kentucky During COVID-19
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 the COVID-19 pandemic, partners presented a series of webinars designed to keep the region’s advanced manufacturers learning Read More
Logan Corporation Expands, Adds Jobs in Magoffin County, with the Help of SKED, OCS and EKCEP
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. Read More
East Kentucky Native Opens New Clinic in Her Hometown
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
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
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