Providing
new job growth.
Expanding
existing employment opportunities.
Enhancing
workforce education and skills.
Crittenden County Economic
Development Corporation
200 Industrial Drive, Marion, KY 42064
Our Economic Future
Roads/Transportation
Development
Technology
Development (EdTech Training Center)
Workforce
Training/Post Secondary Education
Industrial
Recruitment
General
Services & Business Expansion
Key Projects and Future Goals
EdTech
Training Center (Madisonville Community College Partnership)
Upgrading
U.S. Hwy. 641 to a Four Lane Highway
Five County Industrial Mega Park
Marion/Crittenden
County Airport Improvements
Par
4 Plastics Expansion
Trail
of Tears Tourism Development
New Industrial Park
Board of Directors
Gareth Hardin, Chairman Ricky Brown, Vice-Chairman Stan Hoover, Secretary Dwight Sherer
Chris Sutton
Mayor Mickey Alexander
Judge Executive Fred Brown
Alan Stout
Glenn Underdown
Joe Myers
Dr. Johnny Newcom
Jim Christensen
Staff
Crittenden
County native Dr. Stan Hoover, CPA, began
his tenure as the Executive Director of the Crittenden
County Economic Development Corporation on January
2, 2007.
Dr. Hoover has an outstanding
academic history: a B.S. in accounting and a Master
of Business Administration degree from Murray State
University. He received a doctorate from Patriot
University and is working toward his doctorate in
theology. Mr. Hoover has also been a CPA since 1979.
Dr. Hoover has collected a vast
amount of work experience. He has worked in accounting,
corporate planning, and dealing with state, federal
and local regulatory agencies. He has also served
as a tax, business and expansion advisor as well
as a college instructor.
According to Dr. Hoover, "The
most important attribute that I bring to the job
is a love and affection for Crittenden County and
a strong desire to see it grow and prosper."
Dulcie
Hardin, a graduate of Murray State University,
served thirty years in the Crittenden County School
District as school librarian, instructional supervisor,
and district technology coordinator. After retiring
from the school district, she started working part-time
for the West Kentucky Education Cooperative as a
vocational project director.
As
education director, Mrs. Hardin is responsible for
bringing post-secondary courses to the community.
The CCEDC partners with Madisonville Community College
and Murray State University in this venture. Business
and industry training is a component of the job
and focuses on specific needs of a business or generalized
training. Community education schedules are released
three times a year and focus on computer skills,
leisure-time activities and topics of special interest
to members of the business community.
Jeanne
Hodge
is a native of Crittenden County and obtained her
degree in business leadership from Mid-Continent
University. She served as executive director of
the Crittenden County Chamber of Commerce from 1999
- 2004, and worked to establish the first City of
Marion Tourism Commission presence in downtown Marion,
Kentucky.
Along with being the administrative
assistant for the Crittenden County Economic Development
Corporation, Mrs. Hodge serves as the web liaison
with the CCEDC web developer, publishes a quarterly
newsletter, designs flyers and brochures, and handles
the bookkeeping for the organization.
