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The Community Room at West Kentucky Rural Electric Cooperative was the site of the quarterly Mayfield Graves County Chamber breakfast Tuesday. Hosted by Graves County Economic Development, the breakfast featured a panel of four regional economic development directors. Jason Lemle, with GCED; Bruce Wilcox, with Greater Paducah Economic Development; Mark more»

Hutson Inc. and Graves County Economic Development joined special guests for a groundbreaking ceremony on September 22. This ceremony celebrated the start of construction for the state of the art 50,000 square-foot Hutson John Deere Dealership in Mayfield. Hutson made a promise after the tornado destroyed their existing store that the flagship location more»

PRCO America, Inc began production in their first manufacturing plant in the USA last week. At full production, the plant will produce 50,000-60,000 tons of resin bonded refractory products for the steelmaking industry. This represents a reshoring of U.S. jobs lost in the 1990’s and will employ approximately 50 people at full production. PRCO more»

West Kentucky Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation (WKRECC) recently donated $15,000 to Graves County Economic Development (GCED) to support its mission to retain, expand and attract quality manufacturing, distribution, and service industries to Graves County. The money is earmarked to support GCED’s recruiting and marketing efforts. “Graves more»

Six months after a deadly tornado leveled one of the company’s buildings, Mayfield Consumer Products has announced they will invest $33.3 million into its Hickory Industrial Park site and employ more than 500 people full-time over the next five years. Mayfield Consumer Products is a contract manufacturer of candles and other household fragrances. The more»

Graves County Economic Development (GCED) hosted a year-end review and outlined a future action plan for the upcoming fiscal year for the organization last Thursday. Investors in the organization and community partners listened as President Jason Lemle illustrated the three main areas the organization worked on since last July — business retention and more»

MAYFIELD, Ky. — Kentucky continues to assist recovery efforts in Western Kentucky and prepare for future economic development by providing $230,000 in PDI upgrades at a site in Graves County’s Hickory Industrial Park, increasing the location’s appeal for companies considering new-location or expansion projects. The Graves County site was more»

Delta Regional Authority (DRA) has named 33 community leaders from all eight DRA states as fellows of the 2022 Delta Leadership Institute (DLI) Executive Academy. DLI is an extensive, nine-month executive leadership program that brings together public, private, and nonprofit sector leaders from the Mississippi River Delta and Alabama Black Belt. The DLI more»