Business & Development

News about business and development in downtown Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

One fuel distributor said that higher costs mean stations hit their credit limit sooner and can't buy as much gas from him.
Rotarians raised $143,822 on Monday and presented the club's first Rotary Foundation grant to Men 2 Be.
Possible factors include the pandemic, cost of living, options for remote work and political division.
Envision AESC, a Japanese company, will employ 2,000 workers at the Bowling Green plant.
The award was presented Monday during a celebration for members of the John C. Latham Leadership Giving Society.
April 15 is the deadline for submitting a Compass Award nomination.
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Tessa Duvall, who previously reported on Hopkinsville and Christian County for the Kentucky New Era and now works for the Courier Journal, recently wrote about what it has been like for the sole reporter at the Mayfield Messenger.
The Office of Rural Prosperity would coordinate rural economic development across government and would be led by a presidential appointee.
In the last decade, Hopkinsville’s downtown has experienced a resurgence. It has mostly been driven by women-led businesses.
The tourism offices in Hopkinsville and Oak Grove will receive a combine $61,744.
The privately held Texas company operates huge convenience stores with gas stations at 41 locations in the South. An Oak Grove location would be the third in Kentucky.
Republican Rep. James Comer, of Kentucky, is a co-sponsor of the legislation, which would continue the legal guarantee of six-day delivery, an important point for rural USPS customers.