Business & Development

News about business and development in downtown Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

The company, Plastic Services and Products, will initially hire 80 employees to restart production.
The market has new hours this year, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays and Saturdays. For the time being, there won't be any events, tastings or children's activities.
Movie theaters and fitness centers may open June 1, followed by campgrounds on June 11. The state is looking at some child care with reduced capacity mid-June.
Owners Heather and Jason Lowery installed a small pass-through window to serve customers as a precaution against spreading the coronavirus.
If granted, the lawmakers’ request would allow payday lenders offering annual interest rates as high as 469% to tap into forgivable loans with a 1% interest rate.
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Face masks have been recommended by the CDC but no grocery stores in the Hopkinsville area have required customers to wear them yet.
Stores will also floor markers to guide customers one-way through aisles.
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The effort came together after Heather Dawson asked Jennie Stuart's CEO, Eric Lee, what she and others could do to help.
Gracious Me! owner Sherry Calhoun made the announcement in a Facebook post for her store.
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The order does not apply to grocery and drug stores.