​Initially, National Nutrition Week started in 1973, but was expanded to National Nutrition Month® in 1980.  National Nutrition Month® is a nutrition education and information campaign created by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and celebrated each March.  This year’s theme is “Savor the Flavor of Eating Right”.  It aims to focus attention on the importance of making informed food choices an...  Read More

​​The PADD Board of Directors held their monthly meeting today, January 11th at 12:00 pm at the PADD Office in Hopkinsville. The FY 2015 Audit Report was presented by Brian Demps, CPA, Thurman Campbell Group, and was approved by the Board. Staff reports were provided by Jill Collins, Director Pennyrile AAIL, Ashley Johnson, Community Development Specialist, and Sheila Clark, WKWB Director. Jason V...  Read More

​​WASHINGTON, DC – The Pennyrile Area Development District, based in Hopkinsville, Kentucky received a 2015 Innovation Award from the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) Research Foundation for the Pennyrile Entrepreneur Network. The Pennyrile Entrepreneur Network is an organized effort to recognize and promote entrepreneurial success in order to develop an entrepreneurial cu...  Read More