The Lincoln Trail Area Development District looked back and looked forward during their January board meeting and annual meeting at the State Theater Wednesday.
During the board meeting, the board approved their officer slate for 2025, as read by nominating committee member LaRue County Judge/Executive Blake Durrett:
- Chair, Marion County Judge/Executive David Daugherty
- First Vice Chair, Washington County Judge/Executive Timothy Graves
- Second Vice Chair, Hodgenville Mayor Jim Phelps
- Secretary, Becky Miller of Grayson County
- Treasurer, Elizabethtown Mayor Jeff Gregory
LTADD Executive Director Daniel London said during the annual meeting that during this past fiscal year nearly $184 million in grant or direct funding requests were made for district members, the Workforce program served 12,403 clients, and the Aging program served 195,000 meals. London said LTADDs annual budget expanded from $15 million in 2023 to $24 million in 2025, and the expanded funding means expanded offerings.
“We’re no longer the sleepy little AD that no one knows about,” London said. “We’re making big waves. We’re trailblazing, and if people in this region don’t know about us now, it’s because they’re under a rock. Thank you from the bottom of my heart on behalf of the staff, the board of directors, and the taxpayers for the funding and resources you provided to us, because we’re going to keep killing it for you each and every day.”
The Dorothy M. Dolle Memorial Award was presented to Patsy Allen, and the Palmer A. “Pete” Peterson Memorial Award was presented to Elizabethtown Mayor Jeff Gregory, who said one of the best values of LTADD is the people it brings together.
“I appreciate everybody in this room,” Gregory said. “I appreciate the friendships and the working relationships, and I think this is a special, special place, and it doesn’t matter if you’re Republican or Democrat. If you need something and the others have got it, then it’s available for everybody, and we’ve got to keep working that way because that’s how victory happens, so thank you all very much.”
Learn more about LTADD’s services and projects at www.ltadd.org.
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