To call attention to the partnerships that have enabled Kentucky’s communities to both survive the recession and come out of it poised to grow, Gov. Steve Beshear has released a “snapshot” of state investments in each of Kentucky’s counties over the last eight years.
The snapshots, available on the Office of the Governor’s website, present a separate, detailed list for each of Kentucky’s 120 counties in areas such as transportation, health care and job creation.
* In Boone County, investments include more than $223 million in transportation projects and $1.6 million in community development projects.
* In Campbell County, investments include more than $230 million in transportation projects and $4.5 million in community development projects.
* In Kenton County, investments include more than $196 million in transportation projects and more than $192 million in economic development projects.
Those partnerships – in areas such as road planning and building, agriculture, education and job development – were particularly important, the governor said, because the recession was so devastating to Kentucky and many other states.
For each county, the news releases discuss projects and initiatives such as:
· Major road projects, both finished and in the works
· Job creation numbers
· Projects designed to diversify Kentucky’s agriculture industry
· Grants that increase energy efficiency of government buildings
· The innovative Work Ready Community program, which assures prospective businesses of the quality of local workforces
· Community development investments, such as for sewers, senior centers and housing
· Access to health care
· Grants for local law enforcement
· Tourism
Altogether, Kentucky’s counties have seen billions of dollars in construction of roads and other infrastructure, billions in new economic investments and huge decreases in unemployment rates and numbers of people who don’t have health insurance, the governor’s office reported.
From Office of the Governor