The Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce’s January 9th Power in Partnership Breakfast will feature the annual "State of the City and County" with Paducah Mayor George Bray and McCracken County Judge-Executive Craig Clymer as the featured speakers. The breakfast is sponsored by the Paducah-McCracken County Joint Sewer Agency.

The breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m. at the Paducah-McCracken County Convention Center. Pre-registration is required by Monday, January 6 at noon at paducahchamber.org or by calling 270-443-1746. Power Card holders do not have to pre-register.  The cost is $25.  

Mayor George Bray is Paducah’s 40th Mayor and was just re-elected to his 2^nd term, the first time a Paducah Mayor has been re-elected since 2008. He has re-committed himself and the commission to economic development and job growth for Paducah and McCracken County. He is the current Chairman of the Paducah/McCracken County Metropolitan Planning Organization, incoming chairman of the Paducah/McCracken County Industrial Development Authority, serves on the Paducah Area Community Reuse Organization Board, and the Greater Paducah Economic Development. He was recently appointed by Governor Andy Beshear to the statewide Nuclear Economic Development Authority (NEDA).

Judge Clymer is in his second term as McCracken County Judge-Executive.  He serves as Chair of the Paducah/McCracken County Industrial Development Authority and the Paducah Area Community Reuse Organization Board and on the board of Greater Paducah Economic Development.  He previously served as McCracken Circuit Judge from 1998 to 2017. When he retired as Circuit Judge, he joined the law firm of Boehl Stopher & Graves, LLP. He also served as McCracken District Judge from 1993 to 1997 and as a staff attorney for the United States District Court from 1988 to 1993.