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July 29, 2011

Anonymous TheTimesTribune.com, Corbin, KY The Times-Tribune Fri Jul 29, 2011, 08:26 AM EDT

CORBIN — By Michele Baker / Staff Writer

More than 100 regional leaders in economic development, business and politics attended a meeting Thursday conducted by the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development at the Corbin Center for Technology and Community Activities.

This was the fourth in a series of strategic planning sessions held across the state to obtain input in the development of a comprehensive economic strategy titled “Kentucky’s Unbridled Future,” according to Larry Hayes, Secretary of the Cabinet for Economic Development.

“It’s part of our planning process on how to allocate our efforts and our resources over the next five years,” Hayes said. “Today we are listening to what the needs are, what the dreams are, what the hopes are in the region.”

Hayes added, “It’s important for us to be able to look ahead and we certainly know we can improve and that’s what this meeting is all about.”

Bruce Carpenter, Corbin Economic Development Agency executive director, said he was glad to host the session.

“It’s a great opportunity for our region to have the cabinet down from Frankfort. We are fortunate they asked us to host this and I think it gives our region a great opportunity to talk to the cabinet about issues and also to hear what the cabinet has to say,” Carpenter said. “We look forward to the plan as it’s developed and presented later on in the year.”

Regional leaders from the Tri-County as well as from Middlesboro and Somerset shared their ideas and desires for economic development. They answered questions such as what is the one thing that makes Kentucky special, what are the biggest issues facing economic development in the state today and what must happen to secure Kentucky’s future for high wage, high value jobs in the 21st century.

“Kentucky’s Unbridled Future” is expected to be finished by late October and will be used to position the Commonwealth for economic development success.

“We are a poor state per capita but we are rich in other ways. We should play to our strengths and we know we have room to improve,” Hayes said. “We are limited in resources to be all things for all people, but we can certainly target some things and some efforts so we can all be very successful.”

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