Letcher County, Kentucky

LETCHER COUNTY , KENTUCKY Industrial Park is working with economic development agencies to attract and recruit new businesses. What we’re in right now is a kind of rebirth stage.” Federal funds, like those available through the Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Reclamation Program, have been key to local economic recovery efforts. “We’re developing a composting project and are currently seeking AML funding to put that into operation,” offers Terry Adams, County Judge Executive. “Waste would go into a digestor that would process all of the compostable matter, cleaning up our environment some and decreasing the volume of garbage going into our landfill. It’s going to cost around $6 million to get it up and going. We’re also working on several water projects here in the county, to provide water for residents and future business. We have plans for a federal prison, which is in the development stage, as well as a general aviation airport.”