2. 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 County
Mayor Bernie Hunstad, City of Danville
Mayor Jim Douglas, City of Junction City
Mayor Anne Sleet, City of Perryville
Jody Lassiter, President/CEO
3. Economic Development Partnership
Structural Overlay with Partner Organizations
Danville/Boyle County
Economic Development
Partnership
Board of Directors President/CEO
Business Business Downtown Tourism
Development Services Development Development
Boyle County Danville/Boyle Danville/Boyle
Main Street
Industrial County Chamber of Heart of Danville County Convention
Perryville
Foundation Commerce & Visitors Bureau
Board of Directors President/CEO Board of Directors Executive Director Board of Directors Executive Director Board of Directors Executive Director Board of Directors Executive Director
Private, nonprofit corporations— Private, nonprofit corporations or public agencies—
receive no public funding. receive public funding by appropriation or tax.
4. Return on Investment: 2011
Industrial 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 laboratory
Total: 280 new jobs, $20.2 mil invested
SITE 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)
5. Return on Investment: 2011
Commercial Development:
Karamel Kreations
A&L Accessories
Summer Hokkaido
Beer Engine
Club Carbon
Liquor Barn
Dollar 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 magazine
Support for first Kentucky State BBQ Festival, attracting 25,000 to
downtown Danville
6. 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 ’13
Burkes 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)
7. 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
8. It takes a Community . . .
EDP needs
YOU
to be an active recruiter in our
lead generation network!