STRATEGIC PARNERS

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Site Information
Purchase Regional Industrial Park is one of the largest sites located in the southeast and offers a skilled labor pool, access to several technical and higher education institutions and a great quality of life that is affordable.

Site Features
2200 acres owned and controlled by an eight county industrial authority

  • Two sites of 1200 acres and 1000 acres
  • Minimum parcel size is 1000 acres
  • Property is under 100% control and ownership

Located between St Louis, MO and Nashville, TN

  • 2/3 of the U.S population is within a one day drive

Premier transportation and logistics support

  • Site is served by 5 Class I railroads
  • Site is 10 miles from I-24 and I-69 designated route via four-lane highways
  • Western Kentucky is known as the hub of inland waterways. Ports on the Tennessee, Mississippi and Ohio rivers provide numerous opportunities for low-cost, eco-friendly transportation

Skilled Workforce and Access to Quality Technical Education

  • Universities and colleges with accredited professional programs, and state-of-the-art vocational training facilities are present in the Region
  • Labor shed area has a household population of approximately 850,600 and a civilian labor force of approximately 433,800

Industrial-Grade Infrastructure

  • Two power providers serve the site, West Kentucky Rural Electric Cooperative - TVA and Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation - Big Rivers. These companies provide some of the lowest industrial power rates in the nation while maintaining a strong focus on the quality and reliability of their service

Local, State and Federal Support

  • Active State and Federal financial support in development of the site

Property is owned by a regional authority which represents the eight (8) counties in the Purchase Area

  • Ballard
  • Calloway
  • Carlisle
  • Fulton
  • Graves
  • Hickman
  • Marshall
  • McCracken

2008-2009 Annual Report

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Mega Site Announcement

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STRATEGIC PARTNERS

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MISSION & GOALS

To create more and higher quality jobs for Western Kentucky citizens and build an expanding economy to improve the quality of life for all people in our region.

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