2021
Governor praises Heaven Hill’s new visitor experience, bottles bourbon
BBCo opens new bottling facility
2020
National release for new book focusing on bourbon boom in historic Bardstown, Kentucky
2019
Ten years later, Streetscape has revived downtown
The Best Small Town in Every State
55 Best Christmas Towns That You Need to Visit This Holiday Season
Log Still Distilling coming to Nelson County
Southern hospitality helps Japanese firm find Kentucky home
Bardstown Ranks High in Study of Small City Economic Metrics
2018 Economic Development Highlights
2018
The 25 Coolest Towns in America
Bardstown Breaks Ground on New Hotel
Kentucky Owl Unveils $150 Million Vision
Heaven Hill Announces $17.5 Million Bourbon Heritage Center Expansion
Heaven Hill Planning Visitors Center Expansion, Rebranding
2017 Economic Development Highlights
Bardstown Again Among US Top Ten Micropolitans
Preservation Opens with Links to the Past
National Bourbon Day Press Release
2017
2017 Economic Development Highlights and Indicators for Nelson County
Preparation Needed as Bourbon Boom Rolls
Kentucky Owl Coming to Bardstown
Council Approves Bonds for Potential New Distillery
Signs Point to Bardstown Getting Another Distillery
2016 Economic Development Highlights for Bardstown and Nelson County
Bardstown Honored By Magazine For Economic Success
Bardstown Named a Top Ten Micropolitan for Economic Development
2016
Luxco Distillery Breaks Ground in Bardstown
Thai Summit America Corp Coming to Bardstown
Bardstown Named a Top Micropolitan
2015 Economic Development Highlights and Indicators
2015
Bardstown, KY Chosen by Magazine “Best of Economic Development” in Kentucky
Bardstown Recognized by National Publication for Job and Business Growth
NCEDA Named One of the Top 20 in U.S.
Itsuwa KY, LLC officially coming to Bardstown
NCEDA named one of the Top 20 Micropolitan Economic Development Groups in the United States
Nelson County Economic Development Partners for Progress Economic Development Highlights – 2014
2014
New Distillery Bringing More Than Bourbon to Town
New distillery Planned for NC Industrial Park
NCEDA lists expansions, hirings, recognitions as 2013 highlights
Beam Inc. to be acquired by Japan’s Suntory in deal worth $16 billion
Bardstown named Cultural District Label recently bestowed by Kentucky Arts Council
2013
Economic Development Update, 2nd Quarter, June 2013
Bardstown named one of the ‘Best Business Districts in the South’
Unemployment Rate Continues Steady Decline, The Kentucky Standard
Study to Determine Need for Convention Center, The Kentucky Standard
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