Rockcastle County Industrial Development Authority - KY

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[0:01] [Music]
[0:02] yeah i just think that um you know the
[0:04] the small communities uh you know it's
[0:07] just like small business they're the
[0:08] backbone of this country and uh just the
[0:11] work ethic and things that have come out
[0:13] of that raising the people that are here
[0:16] it's a quality that you're not going to
[0:17] find in a lot of other places you know
[0:19] it's unique to kentucky unique to
[0:22] this area and i think that we have one
[0:24] of the hardest working groups of
[0:27] individuals you know in the united
[0:28] states and i think when people will come
[0:30] here and they've actually like hired
[0:32] that's one of the things the comments
[0:33] would get back is that the work ethic is
[0:36] completely different than other places
[0:37] that they've been
[0:44] matter of fact i doubt anywhere east of
[0:46] the mississippi you'll find a community
[0:49] like ours the size of ours that has such
[0:51] a high
[0:52] quality
[0:53] healthcare provider located right here i
[0:56] mean we've got i believe now it's the
[0:58] largest ventilator center in the country
[1:01] and to have that here in rock castle
[1:03] county and mount vernon is a huge huge
[1:05] asset because they're able to provide
[1:08] health care services that no other small
[1:11] town in the country has access to a
[1:13] location i mean we within six hour drive
[1:16] uh you know 600 miles of uh 75 percent
[1:19] of the population in the united states
[1:21] you know we've got i-75 we've got 461
[1:25] and it's just a skip and a hop i mean
[1:27] you got 150 that i mean we've just got a
[1:30] great transportation network here in our
[1:33] our community
[1:35] the school system here is a huge huge
[1:37] asset if you look at the ability for
[1:40] them with the vocational school the
[1:42] technology center to produce future
[1:45] employees whether that's through the
[1:47] electric program here the welding
[1:49] program the technology center
[1:51] they can provide a pipeline of educated
[1:55] qualified skilled workers for any kind
[1:58] of manufacturing needs in the future
[2:00] i mean you know we've done a lot of
[2:02] joint projects together
[2:04] it's been good working with the city i
[2:06] mean you know i think we've got a really
[2:08] good working relationship we've got a
[2:10] lot of projects going on together so i
[2:13] mean
[2:13] i think it's just a great thing for our
[2:15] community to have going well you know if
[2:18] you want collaboration and somebody to
[2:20] work for you then rock castle is the
[2:22] place to be
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