Business View Magazine | March 2020

369 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE MARCH 2020 draw those high profile companies in. The other recruitment tool we have here is SKYCTC (South Central Kentucky Community & Technical College), which is right off the interstate. That’s another partnership where the city and the county, Kentucky Downs, Franklin Bank & Trust, and the Industrial authority come together and earmark $50,000 towards tuition at the two- year technical college. Any student that attends Franklin-Simpson High School is eligible.” The South Central Kentucky Workforce Development Group toured the technical college facility and realized that it’s a huge recruiting tool for industry – having a base of skilled individuals they can pull from that technical facility and employ directly into their workforce. On the healthcare front, the Graves Gilbert Clinic has built a state-of-the-art healthcare facility in Franklin, so local residents can now have kidney dialysis, CAT scans, and MRIs done in the community without having to travel to Bowling Green or Nashville. Also notable, the S IMPSON COUNTY , KENTUCKY