You won’t want to miss the 2024 Kentucky Association for Economic Development (KAED) Economic Forum and Annual Meeting on December 9-11 at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Louisville. This is a 3-day conference including educational sessions, evening receptions, an...
The KAED Economic Forum and Annual Meeting is just around the corner. This year’s meeting is being held December 9th-11th at the Hyatt Regency in Louisville. Online elections will be held October 1st-30th, 2024 to fill 4 board positions. Here is a word from the...
For 55 years, KAED has led the Commonwealth’s economic development with the goals of increasing employment, wealth, and opportunities in Kentucky’s communities. KAED’s forerunner, the Kentucky Industrial Development Council (KIDC) was established in 1968. ...
The newly established Kentucky Product Development Initiative (KPDI) is a statewide effort to support upgrades at industrial sites throughout the commonwealth and position Kentucky for continued economic growth. KPDI, a collaboration between the Kentucky Cabinet for...
FRANKFORT, Kentucky (August 20, 2020) – The Kentucky Association for Economic Development (KAED) and the University of Kentucky (UK) have collaborated to launch the Kentucky Economic Recovery and Resilience Project to accelerate the Commonwealth’s recovery from the...
My parents scrapped, worked hard, and continually tried to provide a better life for our family. Mom saved change in our rented kitchen pantry. Dad was a former miner forced to find new employment, and I remember mom giving him a five dollar bill and a bag of canned...
