Interview with Jack Conner, December 30, 2019
Project: Scott County (Kentucky) Public Library: Scott County Treasures Oral History Project
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Jack Conner, Executive Director of the Georgetown/Scott County Chamber of Commerce discusses leaving Columbus, Indiana for Georgetown in 1979 to eventually become Chamber Executive Director in 1990. He details the challenges for Scott County to preserve traditional community rural values amidst needed development.Interview Accession
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San Antonio, Texas Lackland Air Force Base Columbus, Indiana Athens of the Prairie Cummins Engines Corporation Community benchmarks Westminster College Fulton, Missouri Winston Churchill Iron Curtain speech Christopher Wren Franklin College Purdue University 19th century European history degree Economic diversity Country Boy Brewery Echo Fiber Black Hemp Project Workforce development Toyota Industrial Hemp Laboratory Cooperation between Scott County United and Georgetown/Scott County Chamber of Commerce Vision 2020 Planned growth Chamber committees Relationship-building Skullbusters water reservoir Public transportation GTRAN Infrastructure improvements Parking structures Legacy and accomplishments Chamber of Commerce website Georgetown-Scott County Chamber of Commerce Economic diversificationInterview LC Subject
Georgetown (Ky.) Scott County (Ky.) Community development Columbus (Ind.) Economic development--KentuckyInterview Rights
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Conner, Jack Interview by Mike Key. 30 Dec. 2019. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Conner, J. (2019, December 30). Interview by M. Key. Scott County (Kentucky) Public Library: Scott County Treasures Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Conner, Jack, interview by Mike Key. December 30, 2019, Scott County (Kentucky) Public Library: Scott County Treasures Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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