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Showing posts with label economic development. Show all posts
Showing posts with label economic development. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 11, 2020

EDA board lines up sales of four large Midway Station lots that are supposed to produce 70 new jobs

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Lots 24, 25, 26 and 27 were prepared for sale by EDA at its meeting Tuesday. (For a larger image, click on it.) Seventy more jobs would come...
Monday, August 3, 2020

Council discusses school, OKs short-term economic developer, hears fire department has its first ladder truck

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Northside Elementary School is scheduled to welcome students Aug, 26. (File photo by Megan Parsons, 2019) This story has been updated. ...
Wednesday, July 29, 2020

EDA sells two Midway Station lots to Creech Services, which bales and ships muck from horse stalls

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By Aaron Gershon University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Media The Woodford County Economic Development Authority voted unanim...
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Mayor, EDA chair check out firm that bales horse-stall muck and decide to welcome it to Midway Station

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By Aaron Gershon University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Media Midway Mayor Grayson Vandegrift and Woodford County Economic Developm...
Sunday, July 12, 2020

Mayor announces distillery, RV resort park planned for Mitchell farm at northwest corner of I-64 interchange

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City limits in pink;  urban service boundary is line above “Proj A.” UPDATE, July 15: The conditional-use permit process for the RV res...
Saturday, June 27, 2020

The John Soper era ends at EDA and Midway Station; mayor calls the last six years 'an incredible turnaround'

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Economic Development Authority Chair John Soper discussed Midway Station at a Midway City Council meeting in October. By Al Cross Univ...
Monday, June 1, 2020

Council passes resolution saying it will confront racial issues in city; deadline to file for council is 4 p.m. Tues.

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By Aaron Gershon and Al Cross University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Media The Midway City Council committed itself Monday to c...
Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Firm that bales horse-stall muck has an eye on Midway Station, but is discouraged by prospect of court action

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By Al Cross and Aaron Gershon University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Media A Lexington firm that services horse farms says it m...

EDA confident about partner, talks transition from Soper, hires agent and starts transfer of greenspace to city

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This map was published in March 2019, when the city annexed the property that EDA had an option to buy. By Aaron Gershon University of...
Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Mayor's update: Stay vigilant, act safely as reopenings begin; vouchers are 'a dividend created by our surplus'

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By Grayson Vandegrift Mayor, City of Midway This Friday will mark eight weeks since we started social distancing and then soon after...
Monday, February 3, 2020

Council endorses $59-per-lot fee to fund 9-1-1; mayor says he will try 6 months without late fees on water bills

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Jeremy Emerson, Doris Leigh, Sharon Turner and Jimmie Murphy received "certificates of excellence" from the city Monday night f...
Tuesday, November 19, 2019

City Council votes to make Midway debt-free

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Midway, call Dave Ramsey. You're about to be debt-free, just like those happy callers to his financial-advice radio show. The City Co...
Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Vandegrift asks state to widen Georgetown Road; City Council discusses residential rental issues

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By Garrett Burton University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Media Midway Mayor Grayson Vandegrift wants the state to widen Georget...
Thursday, October 10, 2019

Katie Vandegrift takes job at CommerceLex; moves up

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UPDATE, Aug. 3, 2020: Vandegrift was promoted to director of marketing and research for Commerce Lexington's economic-development tea...
Monday, October 7, 2019

Annexed land zoned industrial; dissenter says it has to stop at some point; Stephens St. traffic concerns voiced

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The tract annexed in March, effectively two tracts joined by a small strip, is now zoned industrial. Click on map to enlarge. Issues of...
Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Lakeshore Learning Materials will expand Midway distribution center, add 100 jobs, for a total of 340

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By Megan Parsons, Garrett Burton, Kennedy Sabharwal, Grant Wheeler and Dalton Stokes University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Media...
Friday, July 12, 2019

Vandegrift announces for state representative

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Grayson Vandegrift Midway Mayor Grayson Vandegrift announced today that he is running for the state House seat held by Rep. Joe Graviss...
Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Message from the mayor: Asphalt firm buys new lot in Midway Station, absolving city of interest due this year

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Map projection at March EDA meeting showed lot sold this week.   By Grayson Vandegrift Mayor, City of Midway     I’m excited to welc...