Business & Development

News about business and development in downtown Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

Ascend Elements, which is building a plant in Hopkinsville, turns recycled lithium-ion batteries into parts for electric vehicle batteries.
Rodney Andrews at desk
The Ascend Elements facility will recycle batteries to produce lithium-ion materials for electric-vehicle batteries.
Ascend Beshear O'Kronley
The lithium battery plant planned in Hopkinsville's Commerce Park II is receiving the grant from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
The funding comes from the Delta Regional Authority.
Jackson Purchase Distillery is making an additional investment of around $18 million on top of its original investment in the Hickman facility to put toward land acquisition, new equipment and additional staffing.
The rickhouse, part of a nearly $2 million expansion, will store up to 3,000 barrels of bourbon and other spirits stacked seven stories high.
whiskey barrels
Voting ends Oct. 9 for the Christian County 4-H competition.
brewery hay bale
Elevate Windows and Doors will create a manufacturing and distribution hub in a spec building at Hopkinsville's Commerce Park I.
The bridge was closed Wednesday after city officials were made aware of cracks in the bridge’s retaining wall.
There are six apartment buildings plus garden homes and condos for senior citizens in the city but many have long waiting lists for new tenants.
Five years after the world beat a path to Eclipseville, how does downtown Hopkinsville shape up in the view of locals?