The Woodford County Board is evaluating its economic development options for next year. The County could use existing staff for the job, or create a new part-time position for about $50,000. Mike Hinrichsen, chairs the Woodford County finance committee. He says the County needs a separate economic development effort:
“The time between when a question happens and there’s an answer, is the period whether you’re successful or not. And we don’t have an individual in this county that if someone has a question, that we can go to,” Hinrichsen says.
The idea of a Woodford County economic development program comes in tandem with the regional effort called Focus Forward C-I. Hinrichsen says having a program specific to Woodford County is aligned with the larger effort. He says any Woodford County economic development program would also include working with other counties.