News Archive
Local Economic Development Update
December 4, 2020 - Bruce Wilcox, GPED President and CEO gave a local economic development update at the Paducah Chamber of Commerce’s December Power in Partnership Breakfast. Jeff Taylor, Commissioner, Department for Business Development with the Kentucky Economic Development Cabinet was the featured speaker. Commissioner Taylor outlined some of the...
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Signet Federal Credit Union Announces New Headquarters
December 3, 2020 - We are very excited to announce one of our investors, Signet Federal Credit Union, is building a new headquarters in the Pecan Drive community. The new office will be located across from West Kentucky Community and Technical College on Pecan Drive and Colonial Court. The new two story 15,000...
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Barkley Regional Airport Has Groundbreaking for New Terminal
November 6, 2020 - Barkley Regional Airport representatives and local and state officials held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of the construction of the new airport terminal complex. Airport Board Chairman George Bray says this new terminal project will create a beautiful front door for our community and a bridge to new...
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GPED Launches Retooled Website
October 13, 2020 - Greater Paducah Economic Development recently unveiled a revamped website designed to better market the community’s assets and ultimately create job growth. “We’ve known for a long time that we needed to improve our web presence as part of our overall strategy,” said Bruce...
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Kalleo Technologies Expansion
June 16, 2020 - Greater Paducah Economic Development is pleased to announce the expansion of Kalleo Technologies in Paducah, KY. Kalleo Technologies is a locally owned and operated information technology company offering network management solutions, cloud-based services, and 24/7/365 outsourced network monitoring and help desk support to corporations.
Kalleo was founded in 2004 by...
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NRE Expanding Operations in Paducah
June 4, 2020 - Greater Paducah Economic Development is pleased to announce NRE is expanding operations in Paducah, Kentucky.
NRE has recently acquired the former Paducah & Louisville Railroad facility for the new home of their Power Assembly Division with the intent to fuel a manufacturing rebirth in Paducah. With the reopening of their...
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Plastic Services and Products to Acquire Former Genova Assets
May 11, 2020 - Greater Paducah Economic Development is pleased to announce Plastic Services and Products, LLC will re-establish production in the former Genova Products building in Paducah, Kentucky.
“We have been diligently working alongside Plastic Services and Products since December while they acquired the Genova assets. We are thrilled for what...
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Addressing Economic Development Constraint Through Partnership
October 4, 2019 - PATS Expands Transit Route to Include Paducah’s Commerce Park
The Paducah Commerce Park is home to many thriving businesses in McCracken County. Credit Bureau Systems, Inc., LYNX Services, LLC, a Solera Company, TTEC Holdings, Inc., Superior Care Homes, and Swift & Staley are among the park...
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TTEC Hiring 100 Customer Experience Associates in Paducah
September 5, 2019 - TTEC Holdings, Inc. has announced its Connect Your Career Fair will be held on Tuesday, September 10th, during which the company will be hiring for 100 full-time healthcare customer experience associates in its recently consolidated Paducah Commerce Park site.
These new associates will support seniors and other Medicare-eligible healthcare consumers and...
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Spotlight: Community EcoThink Project
August 22, 2019 - Four Rivers Nuclear Partnership is the deactivation and remediation contractor for the Department of Energy. Their team performs all the environmental monitoring and restoration at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. The team’s Ecothink project empowers students to think about the environmental impact of their daily activities and...
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