Friday, August 13, 2010
Kentucky Identified As Prosperity-Challenged
KENTUCKY...
The new chairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission says encouraging economic growth throughout its 13-state region remains a priority.
Earl Gohl was in Mississippi for a tour of counties to determine the effectiveness of effort by the ARC to improve the general quality of life in the region.
Gohl had earlier presented a $350,000 grant for infrastructure partnership to a local Mississippi industry. He says Mississippi and Kentucky remain the most prosperity-challenged states in ARC. The commission was founded in 1965 during the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson to improve conditions in the high-poverty Appalachian region.
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