Professional development program aims to help teachers understand the community’s workforce needs Educators at Meece Middle and Somerset High School returned to the classroom this week with a greater read more
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SPEDA donates $5K UNITE funding award to inmate re-entry program
Pulaski County Detention Center will use funds to purchase presentation equipment for training center The Somerset-Pulaski Economic Development Authority (SPEDA) has received $5,000 in special read more
Pulaski jail takes ownership of warehouse that serves as inmate re-entry training center
SPEDA purchased and leased property to the jail to expand re-entry program If hard work is the key to success, there is no better symbol than the physical key that changed hands Tuesday read more
Fifth round of SPEDA mini-grants leans in to entrepreneurship
Winners’ proposals offer innovative solutions to expanding home-grown businesses The Somerset-Pulaski Economic Development Authority (SPEDA) returned another $10,000 in savings realized by sound read more
No better way to celebrate Earth Day: Join SPEDA’s Triple Bag Challenge
Bi-annual event rewards students for keeping the community clean To quote Bill Nye the Science Guy, to leave the world better than you found it, sometimes you have to pick up other people’s read more
Officials break ground for Valley Oak child care facility
Public-private partnership will bring much-needed service to families in eastern Pulaski County Local leaders and members of the industrial community in eastern Pulaski County tossed the first shovel read more