Maintaining and improving Kentucky’s infrastructure is critical to the state’s success in attracting and keeping businesses, particularly given its central location. And public-private partnerships should be part of the solution to help keep Kentucky competitive, according to a report released Wednesday by the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.
President Trump’s infrastructure plan will be out in a few weeks. Funding for big federal projects could need “creative financing,” according to Kentucky Transportation Sec. Greg Thomas.
Kentucky is getting some well-deserved attention for its P3 laws during National Infrastructure Week, which started Monday.
Tennessee and Nissan have joined forces to open a Tennessee College of Applied Technology campus in Smyrna. The campus will train workers on automotive technology.
Launched by the state’s Environmental Protection Agency, the Ohio Materials Marketplace allows Ohio businesses, not-for-profits and government organizations to list available or needed scrap and byproduct materials such as wood pallets or used bricks.
One of Kentucky’s tallest buildings could be coming down this summer, if a private developer can be found to take on the task.
With the steady loss of coal jobs over the years, leaders in Eastern Kentucky are striving to build the workforce of tomorrow to bring good-paying jobs to the region. SOAR (Shaping Our Appalachian Region) is a bipartisan effort, launched in 2013 with a mission to create jobs and growth opportunities, as well as improve the quality of life in the 54-county region.
From smart phones to programmable thermostats to digital assistants like Amazon’s Echo, individuals embrace technology that helps them run their homes and lives more efficiently. Local governments are beginning to do the same with smart-city initiatives, using technology to integrate management of traffic flow, public transit, utilities, government buildings and more.
The newly launched Statewide Emergency Repair Program aims to help homeowners who live in unsafe or unhealthy dwellings, but who can’t afford the costly repairs.
The Solar Foundation recently ranked Virginia second in the Southeast and tied at ninth with Utah for job growth in the solar sector. The commonwealth’s secretary of commerce and trade credits public-private partnerships for the economic growth. A P3 made up of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Dominion Energy Inc. and Microsoft is responsible for a 20-megawatt facility.
