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Former Central Kentucky Community Action Council Executive Director Hal Goode says the organization’s new headquarters at 708 Westport Road in Elizabethtown is more than just a brick and mortar building.
“It’s a symbol of investment in our people,” Goode said. “It’s a symbol of investment to our children. It is an investment for the future of this area.”
The organization held a ribbon cutting on the building Friday morning in a ceremony that featured multiple local and state officials.
The facility will be home to the multiple organizations that are operated under the Community Action umbrella including Elizabethtown Head Start, Kentucky Works, and Community Collaboration for Children.
Goode said housing the organizations under one roof makes sense when their focus is on improving the community.
“These programs, they build stronger families,” Goode said. “They build communities. When I first came on board as executive director, folks would ask me, ‘well, I’ve heard about Community Action. What do you guys do? You know, I’ve always heard you all were just big charity folks.’ I go, “We are, but we’re not there to give handouts. We’re there to give hand-ups.’”
Among the speakers Friday was Kentucky Lieutenant Governor Jacquline Coleman. She said with Hardin County the epicenter of economic development in the commonwealth, supporting area youth is key to keeping the forward momentum going.
“The most important thing that you are doing in this community to ensure that we just don’t get to announce these things, but we get to see them for generations to come, is to invest in your littlest learners,” Coleman said. “That is going to be the tie that binds for this community and that guarantees the success for generations to come.”
Learn more about the Central Kentucky Community Action Council at www.ckcac.org.
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