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
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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
Webinar: Grants for U.S. Small Businesses to Sell Overseas
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
Wood flooring manufacturer plans $2.5 million investment, 20 jobs in Pulaski County
This is a news release from the Office of Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear. FRANKFORT, Ky. — To pioneer a new line of highly durable end-grain hardwood flooring, AHF Products plans to invest $2.5 million and create 20 full-time jobs at its Read More
Congressman Rogers Announces $5 Million in High-Speed Broadband in Rural Kentucky
SOMERSET, Ky. – Congressman Hal Rogers announced that the Trump Administration's United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $5 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Eastern 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