ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORKING GROUP UPDATE

Presented by

Craig Williams, EDWG co-chair

12 September 2012

POTENTIAL PHASE II AND III FUNDING SOURCES

• Bluegrass Workforce Investment Board

• Army’s Office of Economic Adjustment

• Kentucky Cabinet Economic Development

BLUEGRASS AREA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT699 Perimeter Dr.

Lexington, KY 40517 859-269-8021 Phone

What is an ADD?Kentucky's counties are grouped into 15 regions known as Area Development Districts, or ADD’s . ADD's

should be thought of as partnerships of local units of government. Locally-elected officials and citizen members comprise the ADD boards of directors. The ADD staffs are made up of professionals with a wide

range of backgrounds in such areas as economic development, human services, management, and planning. By sharing the expertise found on the ADD staffs, local governments are collectively able to afford the

professional staff that many counties and cities could not afford by themselves.

How were the ADD's established? The boundaries of the ADD's were first set by executive order of the Governor. On March 30, 1967, Gov.

Breathitt signed Executive Order 67-233, which divided the state into 15 multi-county regions for planning purposes. Gov. Nunn's Executive Order 71-1267, signed November 16, 1971, established the Area

Development Districts as the official regional planning and development agencies for their respective areas. Then, the 1972 Kentucky General Assembly enacted legislation (now found in KRS 147A.050-.140) which set

up the ADD's as public agencies and provided for their basic organizational structure.

What do ADD's do?

ADD's are a means by which local elected officials and citizens unite to provide for the planned growth of their area. An ADD is therefore a regional organization that assists in

the formulation and implementation of human resource and infrastructure related plans.

It must be emphasized that the plans and recommendations made by an ADD represent professional advice only. ADD's are not regulatory agencies, nor do they have the power

to force compliance with their plans. A good example of this role is the Kentucky Intergovernmental Review Process (KIRP). Established by Presidential order, this process requires most applications for Federal funding to be reviewed through a "single point of contact" in each state. In Kentucky, the Department of Local Government contains that

point of contact which seeks comments from the ADD's on projects affecting their respective areas. Federal agencies are required to take into account the advisory comments of state, regional, and local agencies before funding a given project.

In addition to its regional planning role, an ADD (through its staff) also provides technical and management assistance to local communities on a broad range of topics. To name

but a few: help is given to local economic development agencies and to planning commissions; applications are prepared seeking funding for a wide variety of public projects; assistance is provided in meeting administrative requirements of various

Federal and State programs; and public management assistance is rendered so that local governments may upgrade their levels of service.

BLUEGRASS WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARDMission Statement

The mission of the Bluegrass Workforce Investment Board: "To develop proactive workforce partnerships: 'Connecting employers with employees.'"

Richmond Career Center595 South Keeneland Drive

Richmond, KY 40475Phone: (859) 624-2564

Lexington Career Center1055 Industry Road

Lexington, KY 40505Phone: (859) 425-2190 or 425-2189

Fax: (859) 425-2140Winchester Career Center

15 W. Lexington AveWinchester, KY 40391Phone: (859) 737-7793

Fax: (859) 737-7310Georgetown Career Center

1000 West Main StreetGeorgetown, KY 40324Phone: (502) 863-2402

Fax: (502) 863-1966  

First Annual BGWIB Workforce Summit - September 13th, 2012

If you’re a first time manager, you will not want to miss this!Thursday, September 13th, 2012 the Bluegrass Workforce Investment Board

will hold its first annual Workforce Summit in the Perkins Building, 521 Lancaster Avenue on the Easter Kentucky University campus in Richmond

Kentucky.

Keynote address by: Dr. Suttle, Founder and Chairman of Leadership Success International, LLC, an international training and consulting company based in Atlanta, GA, that specializes in working with businesses and organizations to

increase their profits and productivity through developing their people.The Workforce Summit will provide an overview in communication, problem-

solving, and conflict-management.

A legal update, industry specific breakout session and panel discussion will also be provided. This is the first time the BGWIB has offered this training and they hope to make it an annual event in keeping with their mission: "To

develop proactive workforce partnerships: 'Connecting employers with employees.'"

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