Marion County Economic Development

Exciting news! 🎉 We just broke ground on Marion County’s new multipurpose sports facility, a game-changer for our rural community! This state-of-the-art center will boost local and regional sports, community events, bring families together, and drive economic growth. MCIF donated 4.25 acres of land for this project within Crossroads Industrial Park on KY 2154 Veterans Memorial Hwy. Stay tuned for updates on this incredible journey! 🏀🏐🏓⚾️⚽️ Huge thanks to Murphy Construction Group and Marion County Fiscal Court #CommunityGrowth #EconomicDevelopment

We love to see our local industries continue to invest in Marion County and help our economy thrive! EPC-Columbia Inc., an industry leading plastic injection molding company, will be expanding the company's manufacturing operation in Lebanon with a $3.6 million investment adding 40,000 square feet and creating 21 additional full-time jobs! This expansion will bring the total operating space to nearly 300,000 square feet and bring Kentucky employment to 430 jobs. Thank you for your continued commitment to Marion County! 🔗: https://lnkd.in/gHkRA-uX

Job opening at Jefferson's Distillery! Find out more at the link provided below.

Jefferson's Bourbon has released a new Community Newsletter! Check out their construction progress on the Lebanon, KY distillery and learn about visits from the Chairman/CEO of Pernod Ricard and Chairman/CEO of Pernod Ricard USA.

Catch a glimpse of the “Secret Sauce for a Site Visit in your Community” panel of economic development all-stars (Vance Mitchell, Robert Campbell, Jody Lassiter, JD, MEDP, and Brittany Cox) moderated by Executive Director Brooklyn Hesterberg Leep at the Kentucky County Judge/Executive Association’s Winter Conference in Lexington! #economicdevelopment #electricity #rail #engineering #kcjea

Executive Director Brooklyn Hesterberg Leep was proud to moderate a panel of economic development all-stars (Jody Lassiter, JD, MEDP of CSX Transportation, Inc.; Brittany Cox of Economic Development by Kentucky's Touchstone Energy Cooperatives; Vance Mitchell of Solid Ground Consulting Engineers, PLLC; and Robert Campbell of Qk4, Inc.) to discuss the “Secret Sauce for a Site Visit in your Community” at the Kentucky County Judge/Executive Association’s Winter Conference in Lexington, with judge executives and representatives from over 110 counties!

Thanks to Southern Business & Development magazine for recognizing Brooklyn Hesterberg Leep as one of Kentucky’s Economic Development Rockstars 1993 - 2023 in their current issue! SB&D has a long history of visiting and working with economic developers throughout the South. The capture of significant projects in the last 30 years is the primary criteria for being named an Economic Development Rockstar. Brooklyn joins a long list of past and present mentors, colleagues, and friends. We are so grateful to have her talent here in Marion County! #economicdevelopment #rockstar #progress #kentucky

Don't miss the Live2Lead Conference October 18th! Learn more and register today at https://lnkd.in/gZhhFiUi

We couldn’t have said it any better! We are so lucky to have Executive Director Brooklyn Hesterberg Leep leading the way for economic development in Marion County. Can’t wait to listen to her panel in Laurel, Mississippi next week at the Stand Up Rural America Summit!

Exciting changes have been happening in the office of Economic Development! Within the last two and a half years there has been a new Executive Director, new Board President, new Director of Operations, new Board members, expanding industries, land acquisition, new partnerships, transparency and open communication. Our Board has collectively decided that our office will step back from the title of Industrial Foundation and move forward as Marion County Economic Development. We had a new logo designed to help us tell the story of Marion County. It combines agriculture, heavy industry, ample water supply, bourbon, and continued growth. We hope you love it as much as we do!!