Last week, Caldwell County Judge-Executive Kota Young sought support from the Princeton Rotary Club for a resolution to transform and renovate the Butler Building into a new Judicial Center. In addition to discussing this initiative, Judge Young provided updates on three other significant projects in the county.
Judge Young stated that one of these projects involves constructing a new industrial building on a Build-Ready site in the Industrial Park. He noted a Kentucky Product Initiative Grant supports this endeavor and is being undertaken in partnership with Crittenden County, which increased the grant allocation to $4 million.
click to download audioFurthermore, he mentioned that they designed the building to be able to expand to 200,000 square feet in the future.
He also shared that the most recent spec building built in the community was in 1998, which is the core of Hydro-Gear’s operation with 550 employees.
Judge Young said he’s excited about the industrial building project, which has an estimated total cost of $8 million.
click to download audioAccording to Judge Young, the second project is the expansion of the George Coon Public Library, funded through a Community Development Block Grant.
click to download audioJudge Young stated that the third project involves constructing a shared-use path along US 62 West. He noted that, due to cost considerations, the path will be built on only one side of the road.
click to download audioHe highlighted that one of the exciting aspects of this $5.3 million project is that the state has established a new $200 million fund, which provides the local match for federal projects.
click to download audioYoung mentioned that they aim to have the grant application for this project ready for submission by the end of this month, and he’s hopeful it will be approved.
