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The participants for the Youth LEAD class for 2020-21 have been selected. Leadership Paducah Alumni Association (LPAA) and Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce are pleased to announce 32 area youth were selected to participate in Class #10. Class members take part in a five-month educational course that began with orientation and the first class in April and

The Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce April 1 Virtual Power in Partnership Breakfast will feature Dr. Aaron Thompson, President of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education. The live broadcast will start at 7:30 a.m. and West Kentucky Community & Technical College is the sponsor. Register to attend the event via Zoom at paducahchamber.org. The

Sprocket, Codefi and the area schools’ Youth Coding League are the topics for discussion at a webinar coordinated by the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce’s Business Education Partnership (BEP) and Small Business Committee at noon on Tuesday, March 16. The event is sponsored by the McCracken County Public Library. It is open to the public for

For businesses who want to learn more about offering summer employment and internships for college students, the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting a webinar in partnership with the West Kentucky Workforce Board and Four Rivers SHRM on Thursday, March 11 at 9 a.m. This webinar will cover details about how to find students, what to offer, pay

The Paducah Chamber is hosting a webinar to introduce the new Business Coach for the Kentucky Small Business Development Center (SBDC), Aaron Harned, on Wednesday, March 10 at 9 a.m. For small businesses needing assistance or anyone interested in starting a business, this webinar could answer many questions. Harned will be joined on the webinar by Chris

The Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce March Power in Partnership Virtual Breakfast will feature Matthew Tackett, President and CEO of the Kentucky Association for Economic Development (KAED), as the featured speaker. The Chamber’s event is March 4 at 7:30 a.m. with a virtual broadcast. The March Breakfast Sponsor is Lundberg Medical Imaging. Register

The Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce February Power in Partnership Breakfast will celebrate Black History Month with featured speaker Brent Leggs, an African American architectural historian and preservationist and Paducah native. He currently serves as Executive Director of the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund with the National Trust for

The Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce will host its annual Frankfort event as a virtual Forum on February 11 sponsored by Bacon Farmer Workman Engineering & Testing, Inc./Marcum Engineering, LLC. Due to travel and group restrictions with COVID-19, the one-day virtual event will be based in Paducah and feature speakers from Frankfort from the cabinets and

The Paducah Young Professionals (PYP) organization has selected Rhiannon Jenkins of U.S. Bank and Cullen Pope of Baird Housman Financial Group as the 2021 Co-Chairs of the PYP Steering Committee. PYP, a division of the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce, was established to provide social and professional opportunities for emerging leaders, age 21-40. The

Newly elected Paducah Mayor George Bray and McCracken County Judge-Executive Craig Clymer will be the featured speakers for the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce January Power in Partnership Virtual Breakfast. The annual "State of the City and County" event will be held at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, January 7 with a virtual broadcast. The Paducah-McCracken County