Blair Travis, Director of Marketing & Business Development for Calvert City, Kentucky, joins us to talk about the city's sesquicentennial celebration and the active quality of place surrounding the city located on Kentucky Lake.

On this episode of the Kentucky Lake Economic Development Podcast, Corey Belcher with West Kentucky Rural Electric Cooperative stops in to chat about service at Southwest One Industrial Park and West Kentucky. We also discuss workforce development initiatives ranging from the local K-12 programming to the university level.

Periodically, KLED will be inviting local and state elected officials on our podcast to talk about the advantages of doing business in Marshall County and West Kentucky. Today, Kevin Neal, Marshall County Judge/Executive, joins us to discuss the quality of place and workforce in Marshall County, Kentucky.

Join us on this episode to hear about the unique and innovative approaches to K-12 education that local school leadership and teachers are taking to better prepare young talent for success in a variety of fields and professions.

Jordan joins us to talk about the variety of programs offered at Murray State University and MSU's incredible track record of helping new and existing industries capitalize on talent recruitment.

Episode Notes Reliability, work ethic and the future talent of West Kentucky's workforce. Mary Anne Medlock joins us to discuss workforce development and how your company can benefit from locating in West Kentucky.

On this episode we are joined by Greg Grissom, CEO of Jackson Purchase Energy Cooperative, to discuss the competitive rates, reliability and location advantages of manufacturing in West Kentucky.

On this episode, we sit down with JR Reynolds of Evonik Calvert City to discuss the incredible special chemicals manufacturing complex in Calvert City, Kentucky, and the importance of our very skilled workforce in Marshall County and West Kentucky. Learn more about Kentucky Lake Economic Development at www.kledc.com.

On this episode of KLED we talk with Scott Waldrop, President/CEO of United Systems & Software, Inc. about their new Headquarters under construction now in Southwest One Industrial Park. Waldrop also gives a look into a unique talent development initiative with Murray State University.

Mitch Mays with the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway Authority joins us to talk about the significant advantages of waterway navigation in the Southeast United State and West Kentucky.