SOMERSET, KY - Winston Crawford is getting contract work from the federal government thanks to the Supplier Education & Economic Development (SEED) program and its annual contracting symposium, which connects local manufacturers with federal and Read More
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Partners Re-open Seasons Florist in Salyersville
SALYERSVILLE, KY – Salyersville has a new florist, thanks to the entrepreneurial spirit and creative talents of a group of Eastern Kentucky's own. Owners Mason Manning and Justin Owens have partnered with friends and family to offer Magoffin Read More
Storms’ Bent Pine Farm Flourishing with Website
CORBIN, KY – What do you do when your husband sells his business, putting you out of a job and giving you too much time on your hands? Why, you develop your own successful, small-scale flower farm and put him to work. That is how Bent Pine Farm Read More
Taylor is New SKED Small Business Training Specialist
SOMERSET, KY – Victoria Taylor has been hired as Southeast Kentucky Economic Development Corporation’s (SKED) new Small Business Training Specialist. The Pulaski County resident began work for the 38-year-old nonprofit business lender on August Read More
Knott Co. Native Opens Wayland’s First Pharmacy
WAYLAND, KY – Two years after devastating flooding tried to wash away the hopes and dreams of many Eastern Kentucky residents, one of its native sons is working to restore confidence in the region by opening a hometown pharmacy in a hard-hit Read More
Caudill Newest Representative on SKED General Membership Board
SOMERSET, KY—Stock Yards Bank & Trust Senior Vice President for Business Banking Benjamin Caudill is a new representative on the Southeast Kentucky Economic Development Corporation's (SKED) General Membership. The Lexington resident was Read More
Daugherty Selected to Serve on SKED General Membership
SOMERSET, KY - Citizens National Bank President & CEO Shawn Daugherty is one of the newest representatives on the Southeast Kentucky Economic Development Corporation's (SKED) General Membership. The Somerset resident was nominated to fill the Read More
Colby Kirk Elected to SKED General Membership
SOMERSET, KY – One East Kentucky President & CEO Colby Kirk is now a representative on the Southeast Kentucky Economic Development Corporation’s (SKED) General Membership board. The Eastern Kentucky native was nominated to fill the position 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