Henderson will be a part of a large Kentucky booth at Vegas retail convention
Local officials will be a part of a booth featuring 11 Kentucky cities at a retail trade networking convention in Las Vegas in May.
It’s hosted by the International Council of Shopping Centers, and the event, called ICSC Las Vegas, is the group’s largest commercial real estate event of the year, according to its website.
Also according to the ICSC website, more than 25,000 decision makers will be at the three-day event.
HED is currently pursuing both restaurant and shopping retailers to locate in Henderson.
“A lot has happened behind the scenes,” said HED Executive Director Missy Vanderpool.
Vanderpool will be joined by Henderson Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Clay Gillham in Las Vegas.
The Henderson City Commission Tuesday approved $5,000 in funding so that Henderson can be a part of the booth, which according to Madisonville Deputy City Administrator Brad Long, will be the biggest booth at the convention.
Long, along with Madisonville Mayor Kevin Cotton, spoke to the Henderson City Commission Tuesday.
Long has been a part of a regional and now statewide recruitment effort to bring retailers to Madisonville and other areas in the state. He said “Kentucky is now on the map” for retailers to locate here.
In other news:
- Residents interested in being involved in this year’s Inner City Improvement Plan can attend a kickoff meeting at 6 p.m. Feb. 5 at the Municipal Services Center at 1449 Corporate Court.
- The city recognized Finance Director Chelsea Mills as part of the Community Spotlight award. Mills was recognized for her work in the city’s “unqualified, clean audit” and the city being award a Government Finance Officers Association’s Triple Crown Award. The city also recognized Hickerson Honey and Flowers, owned by Edward Hickerson and Keith Sutton. The business recently placed second overall at the North American Honey and Beeswax Competition in Louisville.
County government looks to rehab Baskett Park
County Engineer Nick Stallings said at Tuesday’s Henderson County Fiscal Court meeting he will soon put together bid language for a rehabilitation project at Baskett Park.
The project will include putting a septic tank on the park’s land so that toilets in a building can be used again, Stallings said. People who visited the park last year, including those participating in the Baskett Recreational League, had to use porta-potties there, said Stallings.
Also, the pavilion next to the ball field must be fixed, Stallings said. That work will include eight new posts, new girders and new trusses, he said.
In other news, the Henderson County Fiscal Court:
- Heard a first reading on an ordinance that will allow ‘small farm winery farmstays’ to be a conditional use on agriculture zoned land and voted unanimously to approve it.
- Heard a first reading to cut the county’s insurance premium tax from 9.75% to 4.875% and voted unanimously to approve it. Secon readings and final votes for both will occur at the next fiscal court meeting.
