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These are the informational slides from EDP President/CEO Jody Lassiter's presentation to the Danville Rotary Club on September 7, 2012.
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Danville/Boyle CountyEconomic Development Partnership
Danville Rotary Club
EDP Update
EDP Board of Directors Chairman: John Albright (Caldwell Stone)Vice Chairman: Richard Trollinger (Centre College)Secretary/Treasurer: Lisa Bottom (Farmers National Bank)Greg Caudill (Industrial Foundation)Ben Nelson (Chamber of Commerce)Jerry Boyd (Convention & Visitors Bureau)Bill Pollom (Heart of Danville)Robbie Mayes (Main Street Perryville)Sherry Davis, Director at Large (Hobart Corporation)Terry Gilbert, Director at Large (Gilbert Farms)Judge/Executive Harold McKinney, Boyle CountyMayor Bernie Hunstad, City of DanvilleMayor Jim Douglas, City of Junction CityMayor Anne Sleet, City of PerryvilleJody Lassiter, President/CEO
Danville/Boyle County Economic Development
Partnership
BusinessDevelopment
Boyle County Industrial
Foundation
Board of Directors President/CEO
Business
Services
Danville/Boyle County Chamber of
Commerce
Board of Directors Executive Director
DowntownDevelopment
Heart of Danville
Board of Directors Executive Director
Main Street Perryville
Board of Directors Executive Director
Tourism Development
Danville/Boyle County Convention & Visitors Bureau
Board of Directors Executive Director
Board of Directors President/CEO
Economic Development Partnership
Structural Overlay with Partner Organizations
Private, nonprofit corporations—receive no public funding.
Private, nonprofit corporations or public agencies—receive public funding by appropriation or tax.
Return on Investment: 2011Industrial Development:
New: Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems: 63 jobs, $7 mil
Expansions: Dana Holding Group: 172 jobs, $700,000 American Greetings: 35 jobs, $4.6 mil Denyo Manufacturing: 19,000-SF addition, $6.9 mil,
relocation of North American corporate HQ Ferm Solutions: 5 jobs, $1 mil, addition of training center
and expanded laboratoryTotal: 280 new jobs, $20.2 mil investedSITE Selection magazine ranked Danville Micro #13 in
US, #1 in KY for new/expanding business projects in 2011 (#12 in ‘09, #14 in ‘10, #1 in KY for 3rd year in a row)
Return on Investment: 2011Commercial Development:
Karamel KreationsA&L AccessoriesSummer HokkaidoBeer EngineClub CarbonLiquor BarnDollar General (downtown)
Tourism Development: Total travel expenditures increased 9.2%Hotel tax receipts increased 9.1%Facilitated Danville’s #4 ranking among the “25 Best Places
to Retire” in US by Money magazineSupport for first Kentucky State BBQ Festival, attracting
25,000 to downtown Danville
Underway in 2012 . . .Industrial:
New: Venture Industries (Junction City) – 12 new jobs, $2oo,000
Expansion: Green Boiler Technologies – 27 jobs, $365,000 Pipeline: 8 new industrial projects
Commercial:Cheddar’s: Projected timeline—closing in Dec ‘12 or Jan ‘13,
construction in Mar ‘13, open by mid to late summer ’13Burkes Outlet (clothing retailer, Danville Manor)Orange Leaf (downtown frozen yogurt shop)The Clotheshorse (downtown clothier)Karamel Kreations (relocation; adding production)Elmwood Inn Fine Teas (relocation)Rincon Latino (3rd Street grocery)Fresh Ledger (downtown office location)Long Run Apartments ($1 mil rehab)
Underway in 2012 . . .Tourism:
Rand McNally/USA Today “Best of the Road” finalist for Most Beautiful Small Town in America
“Small Town Flavor” production of web-based travel feature on Danville/Perryville, to be released Fall 2012
Facilitated local production of History Channel’s “American Pickers”, filmed at Pioneer Playhouse
Assisting the 2nd Kentucky State BBQ Festival at Constitution Square
Preparation for the 150th Battle of Perryville Commemoration & VP Debate hosted by Centre College
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