The Lincoln Trail Area Development District, part of Kentucky's Area Development Districts,
   is unique as an organizational structure and unique in its historic and current mission.

Sept. 11, 2008 - A Draft Update of the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for 2008 is available for review and comment on the Downloads page. Comments are due by Sept. 29, 2008.Click for more information.

June 16, 2008 - TV as we've know it is about to change. By February 17, 2009, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is requiring all TV broadcasters to turn off their analog transmitters and broadcast only in digital.
For more information, click here to download the document ( 630kb PDF) or visit the KET website.

May 15, 2008 - The Lincoln Trail Area Development District (LTADD) administrative entity for the Lincoln Trail Workforce Investment Board seeks proposals from an organization(s) to assist the Board in establishing an entrepreneurial pipeline initiative in the eight counties of the Lincoln Trail Workforce Investment Area.
For more information, click here to download the RFP document ( 431kb PDF) or visit the 'Request For Proposals' section on the Downloads page.

April 2, 2008 - The Lincoln Trail Area Development District (LTADD), administrative entity for the Lincoln Trail Workforce Investment Area, seeks proposals from an organization(s) to assist the Lincoln Trail Workforce Investment Board to develop an effective older youth project that will provide career exploration, career mapping, career counseling, entrepreneurship, work readiness, mentoring, leadership and work experience opportunities in high-demand occupational clusters and/or STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields for a period of one year - July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009.
For more information, click here to download the RFP document ( 410kb PDF) or visit the 'Request For Proposals' section on the Downloads page.


The concept of Area Development Districts (ADDs) originated in Kentucky in the early 1960's with the establishment of Area Development Councils. These Councils were organized in all counties and ultimately became the model for Area Development authorization in landmark federal acts such as the Appalachian Regional Development Act and the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965. The fifteen Area Development Districts were formed during the period that followed, from 1966 to 1972.
The ADDs are designed to be the focal point of a necessary Federal-State-Local partnership for improvement of the quality of life in the Commonwealth.

The mission of the ADDs is basic:
To bring local civic and governmental leaders together to accomplish major objectives and take advantage of opportunities which cannot be achieved or realized by those governments acting alone.

Organizationally, the Kentucky Area Development Districts are truly a federal/state/local partnership, a council of governments, a sub-state regional planning district, a regional clearinghouse for coordination of public/private investments, a regional technical assistance center to the public and private sectors, and a local/regional/statewide programming and services organizer and implementer.

Each ADD is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of elected officials from the counties and communities within the District, as well as non-elected citizen members representing a cross-section of the region's social and economic institutions.
The ADD network has been in operation for over three decades. The network serves as a model of accountability, through annual, independent financial audits and the regular submission of reports covering various activities and programs.

Two organizations grew out of the ADD network and have enhanced their role in the development of the Commonwealth. The Kentucky Council of Area Development Districts (KCADD) is an organization representing all ADD Board members throughout the state. The Kentucky Association of District Directors is an organization of the fifteen ADD Executive Directors. The KCADD employs a full-time Information Director in Frankfort to coordinate network information flow in the state capital.
   
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