​The Kentucky Office of Homeland Security has announced the recipients of funding under the 2017 Kentucky Homeland Security Grant Program. Applications were scored, ranked and funded based on the application score and relativeness of the project. The Kentucky Homeland Security Grant Program is a yearly grant cycle that is open to all local government agencies. Pennyrile ADD staff assists numerous ...  Read More

​The Delta Regional Authority and Governor Matt Bevin, together with their federal and local-based partners, awarded funds to three projects in the Pennyrile Area Development District.  The City of Greenville received funding for wastewater infrastructure improvements in the amount of $400,000.  This project will provide upgrades to the Paradise Lift Station in Greenville needed to provide adequat...  Read More

Pennyrile Allied Community Services, Inc. will be holding State Health Insurance Prgram (SHIP) Medicare Part D Open Enrollment Events in the nine counties of the Pennyrile region.  See the flyer below for more details on each event....  Read More

​Participants enjoyed a beautiful day at the 29th Annual Pride of the Pennyrile Industry Appreciation Event held at Lake Barkley State Resort Park on Thursday, September 28, 2017. The Pennyrile Area Development District and Economic Development professionals and volunteers from each county host the Industry Appreciation event annual to say "thank you" to the major employers of the Pennyrile region...  Read More

​The 2017 Pennyrile Walk to End Alzheimer’s Disease was held Saturday, September 23rd at the Justice Center in Hopkinsville. Held annually in more than 600 communities nationwide, Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. Over four hundred people turned out on a warm morning and walked around the Justice Center and...  Read More

​The Pennyrile Area Development District serves as a sponsor agency for the Child and Adult Care Food Program ( CACFP). The annual training for Family Day Care Home providers was held at the PADD office on Saturday, September 23, 2017. Elaine Jeff from the Department of Education was the guest speaker and provided program updates which will be effective October 1, 2017. If you are a registered, ...  Read More

​The office of Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, the Kentucky Council of Area Development Districts and the Kentucky Association of Food Banks have joined forces to create a friendly food and fund drive competition among Kentucky’s Area Development Districts to support hunger relief efforts in Kentucky. The competition is October 16 - 20, 2017.Cheri Farmer, Team Leader for Penny...  Read More

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T​he USDA Children and Adult Care Food Program annual training is scheduled for Saturday, September 23 at 9:30 am (CDT). For additional information, please contact Jill Collins or Amanda Stokes at 270-886-9484 or via email at [email protected] or [email protected]. Click the image below to enlarge the flyer....  Read More

​The PADD Board of Directors held their monthly meeting on Monday, August 14, 2017 at the PADD Office in Hopkinsville. Federal, state and staff reports were provided. Guest speaker Holly Hopkins Scoville, Ledcor Group, gave a slide presentation overview of the Middle Mile Project, securing easements for Kentucky Wired Fiber Network. This is the first P3 telecom project in the United States and KY ...  Read More

​The Pennyrile Area Development District has been awarded a $1,699,067 grant ($2.2 M total project) from the Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA), the Department of Defense’s field organization responsible for supporting state and local governments to respond to major defense program changes.  The community adjustment assistance grant has been given in response to previously announced force reducti...  Read More

​We are pleased to announce the Pennyrile Area Development District is an official host agency for AmeriCorps. We are partnering with Green River Area Development District to expand the AmeriCorps program into the Pennyrile Counties. We are currently looking for a qualified individual to serve as a member (volunteer)  to be placed in our agency. They will receive a living allowance of $12,630, edu...  Read More