KHIC's Annual Board Tour Highlights Jackson County

Wednesday April 20, 2005

In April, 2005 several Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation's board members, staff and invited guests boarded a bus and headed to Jackson County. The purpose of this trip was to visit companies in which Kentucky Highlands had made an investment. We wanted to see how our little pieces of the puzzle fit into the big picture.

We began the day by visiting the Horizon Adult Day Center in McKee. The center allows people to continue working while their loved ones receive daytime care. The center also provides the services found in a typical nursing home, during daytime hours only, such as physical, occupational and speech therapy, case management services, recreation activities coordinated by professionals and nutritious meals and snacks. Horizon Adult Day Center is managed by American Health Management Inc. Kentucky Highlands has provided funding, technical assistance and management assistance to this company since its inception in 1997.

The group left the adult day care center and traveled across the street to Opal's Restaurant for lunch. During lunch, Mary Purkey, Jackson County EZ Director welcomed the group to Jackson County and informed the group of the improvements in Jackson County since the Empowerment Zone came about. She mentioned several things such as the unemployment rate dropping from more than 23% in the mid 80's to 2.8% (December 2004). The rate is well below the state and national average.

After lunch, the tour headed up Education Mountain Drive where we toured the new vocational school which opened in 2002. Scholl Board Superintendent Ralph Hoskins and Principal Lonzo Moore welcomed us to the school. We then received a tour of the Community Theater in the vocational school.

The group then headed to Tyner and toured Flat Rock Furniture. Flat Rock Furniture is the world's leading maker of hand crafted furniture made of solid hickory. The furniture is made in Waldron, Indiana and Tyner, Kentucky by skilled craftsmen and sold through the nation's finest designers and retail stores. The company employs about 50 people today.

We left Flat Rock Furniture and traveled to the Jackson County Regional Industrial Park where we visited Phillips Diversified and Mid-South Electronics. After visiting these companies we traveled back to London for the April Board Meeting.

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	Investment Programs News & Communications About KHIC Member Login Energy Boot Camp Contact Us KHIC's Annual Board Tour Highlights Jackson County Wednesday April 20, 2005 In April, 2005 several Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation's board members, staff and invited guests boarded a bus and headed to Jackson County. The purpose of this trip was to visit companies in which Kentucky Highlands had made an investment. We wanted to see how our little pieces of the puzzle fit into the big picture. We began the day by visiting the Horizon Adult Day Center in McKee. The center allows people to continue working while their loved ones receive daytime care. The center also provides the services found in a typical nursing home, during daytime hours only, such as physical, occupational and speech therapy, case management services, recreation activities coordinated by professionals and nutritious meals and snacks. Horizon Adult Day Center is managed by American Health Management Inc. Kentucky Highlands has provided funding, technical assistance and management assistance to this company since its inception in 1997. The group left the adult day care center and traveled across the street to Opal's Restaurant for lunch. During lunch, Mary Purkey, Jackson County EZ Director welcomed the group to Jackson County and informed the group of the improvements in Jackson County since the Empowerment Zone came about. She mentioned several things such as the unemployment rate dropping from more than 23% in the mid 80's to 2.8% (December 2004). The rate is well below the state and national average. After lunch, the tour headed up Education Mountain Drive where we toured the new vocational school which opened in 2002. Scholl Board Superintendent Ralph Hoskins and Principal Lonzo Moore welcomed us to the school. We then received a tour of the Community Theater in the vocational school. The group then headed to Tyner and toured Flat Rock Furniture. Flat Rock Furniture is the world's leading maker of hand crafted furniture made of solid hickory. The furniture is made in Waldron, Indiana and Tyner, Kentucky by skilled craftsmen and sold through the nation's finest designers and retail stores. The company employs about 50 people today. We left Flat Rock Furniture and traveled to the Jackson County Regional Industrial Park where we visited Phillips Diversified and Mid-South Electronics. After visiting these companies we traveled back to London for the April Board Meeting. Back To News Releases © Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation 606-864-5175 \| 606-864-5194 Fax Privacy Policy \| Terms of Use \| XHTML \| CSS