Princeton got two doses of good economic news on Thursday. During the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new Porter Road Butcher Meats facility on Masonic Drive, Mayor Kota Young announced the Nashville-based business was adding a third facility in the city.
Porter Road began working at its Hopkinsville Road location nearly six years ago. On Thursday, they introduced a 28,000 square foot facility that will assist with their mail-order and internet-based business. Young said the city entered into a lease agreement with Porter Road to add a third facility in the former Princeton Finishing location on Washington Street.
click to download audioPorter Road co-founder and Chief Operating Officer James Peisker said details about the new site, including the number of new jobs, is still in the initial phase.
click to download audioAmanda Davenport, executive director of the Lake Barkley Partnership of Economic Development, said the economic climate of Princeton makes it a desirable place to start, expand, and sustain a business.
click to download audioThe Washington Street facility housed the former Princeton Finishing business until it closed in July 2019.
Porter Road’s economic footprint in Princeton will include over 110 jobs before the new facility opens. They went online in 2017 and provide meat products to more than 70 restaurants in Kentucky and Tennessee.
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