SPEDA nominates city leadership for its success in revitalizing downtown For its efforts to breathe new life into downtown Somerset and once again make it the heartbeat of the community, the City of read more
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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
Somerset named Top 40 Micropolitan Community in America by Site Selection Magazine
City is one of six Kentucky communities to make the publication’s Top 100 list It’s official: Somerset is a Top 40 Micropolitan Community in America. The ranking — designated by Site Selection read more
Valley Oak site listed on National Register of Historic Places
2-acre area called Pin Oak appears to have been a small village occupied 1,500 years ago Nearly 30 years after archaeologists first discovered prehistoric artifacts on 35 acres within Valley Oak read more
SPEDA approved for second round of Kentucky Product Development Initiative funding
$500,000 grant will be used for SPEDA Commerce Park entrance The Somerset-Pulaski Economic Development Authority (SPEDA) announced today it has been approved for a second round of Kentucky Product read more
SPEDA President and CEO featured on KET
Chris Girdler shares SPEDA’s mission and the value of KET programming in KET’s Visions Magazine and Making a Difference series As the son of a public school teacher, Chris Girdler, president and CEO read more