Henry Snorton III leads the Small Business and Entrepreneurial Development Resource Center, and at Tuesday’s Hopkinsville Rotary Club meeting, he spotlighted how the organization supports small business development in Christian County.
The resource center, formerly known as Minority Economic Development Initiative, was launched in 1988 and was a part of the South Western Kentucky Economic Development Council. The organization later joined the Christian County Chamber of Commerce, before becoming an independent nonprofit in 2009.
The resource center provides financial and educational assistance to support new and existing local small businesses. Since 1988, Snorton says the resource center has helped create over 650 jobs and leverage over $6.5 million in capital investments. The resource center receives funding from the City of Hopkinsville, Christian County Government and the Tennessee Valley Authority…