Hardware Store is at the Heart of Couple's Small Business Success Story Four years ago, Luke and Jenn Bates left their comfortable corporate jobs, working normal hours and receiving regular paychecks, to cash it all in and take on the most Read More
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Ridgenet Network Group Continues to Grow With SKED as a Lending Partner
SCIENCE HILL, KY – When building their business, Eric and Alex Wilson leave nothing to chance. The Pulaski County brothers have been building Ridgenet Network Group since 2012. Since then, they’ve worked together and with key partners to grow Read More
Smith Promoted as SKED’s New Manager of Impacts, Investments and Operations
SOMERSET, KY – Kyle Smith has been promoted to the newly created position of Manager of Impacts, Investments, and Operations at SKED. The Eastern Kentucky native joined SKED's staff in 2018 as its Small Business Training Specialist. Since then, Read More
SEED Symposium Connecting Work for Fifth Year
SOMERSET, KY – Advanced manufacturers from across Eastern Kentucky gathered at The Center for Rural Development on Wednesday, October 11, to meet with some of the world's biggest prime defense contractors at the Fifth Annual Eastern Kentucky SEED Read More
New Entertainment Center Brings Fun and Jobs to Laurel County with SKED’s Help
LONDON, KY – Laurel County natives Leslie and Craig Tincher hope their new family entertainment center will keep local and regional residents closer to home by offering them all the fun attractions they'll find in bigger cities right here in their Read More
Five Star Transportation Services Expands its Trucking Business with SKED Loans
LONDON, KY – His love for trucks runs deep in Joey Johnson's bloodline. Inheriting the interest from his grandfather and uncles as a child, he plans to pass that same passion and the trucking business he's building today on to his children. The Read More
Applications Open for Kentucky G.R.A.N.T. Program
This information is provided directly from a press release by the Kentucky Department for Local Government. Applications are now open for the Kentucky G.R.A.N.T. Program! One of the top barriers to federal grant funding reported by Kentucky Read More
#GOOD JOB – The KidspOt Center
The Kid SpOt Center, LLC has been in business for nearly 13 years. In September 2010, friends Brandy Close, an occupational therapist, and Jennifer Houk, a speech-language pathologist, worked together treating children in the same school system when 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