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New Beef Line Stays Close to Home Kentucky Cattlemen’s Ground Beef available in Kroger stores beginning this spring PAGE 9

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BusinessBriefs News to know from around the region PAGE 5

EconomicAnalysis A monthly look at economic indicators compiled by the Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) at the University of Kentucky PAGE 6

GrammarGourmet

ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES

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The latest statistics on local residential and commercial properties, compiled by the office of the Fayette County Property Valuation Administrator

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IndependentBusiness The Community That Cooks Together: FoodChain’s teaching and processing kitchen fulfills a vital link in the nonprofit’s mission PAGE 8

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Who’sWho Employment news and awards from around the Bluegrass PAGE 22

New Beef Line Stays Close to Home Kentucky Cattlemen’s Ground Beef available in Kroger stores beginning this spring

The Leading Edge New Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky president Susan Elkington looks to prepare the Georgetown plant and its workforce for the future of auto manufacturing — whatever that future may hold PAGE 13

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PVAStatistics The latest statistics on local residential and commercial property compiled by the office of the Fayette County Property Valuation Administrator. The data reflects the most up-to-date information available at the time of printing for this publication, but monthly figures may be revised as additional public records of property transactions are submitted and become available.

Top Commercial Transactions for January 2018 SALE DATE

ADDRESS

PRICE

PURCHASED BY

1/30/2018

3900-3903 Crosby Dr.

$51,500,000

Strata Racquet LLC

1/31/2018

2241 Elkhorn Rd.

$3,650,000

Dharmaguru Hotels LLC

1/2/2018

1010 Monarch St.

$2,750,000

Morton, Lawrence W.

1/31/2018

130 Winslow St.

$2,100,000

Commonwealth Of Ky. FBO UK

1/31/2018

232 Waller Ave.

$1,550,000

232 Waller LLC

1/19/2018

120, 128-140 W. Short St.

$1,200,000

Rice, W. Brent and Brenda L.

1/2/2018

2637 Richmond Rd.

$1,160,000

Erop LLC & Turner, Kelly S.

1/12/2018

111-113 Cheapside

$910,000

Dos Eles LLC

1/2/2018

421 United Ct.

$900,000 *

Williams, Jim L. and Frances L.

1/26/2018

890 Russell Cave Rd.

$725,000

Mt. Melrose LLC

1/10/2018

234 E. Main St.

$695,000

BGHD Holdings LLC

1/24/2018

114 Pasadena Dr.

$600,000

Iron Monkey Enterprises LLC

1/26/2018

153 Trade St

$365,000

TOC Properties LLC

1/10/2018

1401 Nicholasville Rd.

$350,000

Dillingham, Gary W. TTEE

1/5/2018

125 Church St.

$306,000

Winmore Holdings LLC

1/25/2018

1010 Cramer Ave.

$295,000

Willis, Conine LLC

1/5/2018

1006 Delaware Ave.

$278,000

BGHD Holdings LLC

1/5/2018

1401 Nicholasville Rd.

$270,000

CBRM Properties LLC

1/19/2018

275-277 Lexington Ave.

$199,000

Hughes, Tyler J.

1/29/2018

360 Bucoto Ct.

$125,000

Wayne Michael Properties LLC

1/3/2018

1081 Dove Run Rd. Unit 106

$100,000

Greene, Kathrine B.

Residential Sales Data for January 2018 The chart below shows the monthly residential sales activity in Fayette County for the previous 24 months. The data for the most recent month reflect a projected estimate from the office of the Fayette County Property Valuation Administrator and are subject to change.

2016 RESIDENTIAL SALES

2017 RESIDENTIAL SALES

2018 RESIDENTIAL SALES

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4.5% -15.9% -21.3%

MONTHLY PERCENTAGE CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS YEAR

For more local residential and commercial real estate information, check the website of Fayette County Property Valuation Administrator at www.fayettepva.com.

* Sale price based on a multiple parcel transaction

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University of Kentucky Inks New 15-year Lease with Rupp Arena

Gorda, Florida; as well as Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and Savannah, Georgia/Hilton Head, South Carolina.

The University of Kentucky men’s basketball team has signed a new 15-year lease at Rupp Arena, keeping them there through the 2033 season.

Valvoline Rolls Out New Motor Oil for Modern Engines

The new agreement, announced on Feb. 8, stipulates that UK Athletics will pay the Lexington Center Corporation (LCC), which manages Rupp Arena and the adjacent Lexington Convention Center, a yearly rent of $1.9 million for hosting 28 events, including men’s regular season games, Big Blue Madness, Blue/White games, some women’s basketball games, and UK’s winter and spring commencement ceremonies.

Lexington-based Valvoline Inc. has released a new full synthetic motor oil aimed at combating problematic carbon build-up in newer engines.

UK will receive revenues from the creation of four clubs and club spaces within the arena.

In turn, Lexington Center Corporation will add chair backs to some upper arena seating.

In early February, LCC officials asked the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council for as much as $20 million in additional funding to support a proposed $230-million upgrade of the 41-year-old convention center. In 2016, the city had approved $10 million for a proposed expansion that would add more than 100,000 square feet of exhibition space and a new, roughly 25,000-square-foot ballroom to the convention center.

Downtown advocates anticipate that the upgrades will allow Lexington to attract increased convention bookings and recoup higher downtown hotel rates and taxes.

Valvoline’s Modern Engine Full Synthetic Motor Oil is formulated specifically for cars manufactured since 2012. The engines in those newer vehicles, and particularly Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) and turbo engines, are smaller and more efficient than the engines of the past, but they also run hotter, which can cause carbon waste to build up more rapidly on components such as fuel intake valves.

“With this innovative new product, we are seeing a significant reduction of carbon build-up,” said Fran Lockwood, Valvoline chief technology officer. “Our research indicates that Modern Engine provides 30 percent better protection against carbon build-up than industry standards.”

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BGCF On the Table Event Scheduled for March 28

Allegiant Adds New Nonstop Flights from Lexington

Blue Grass Community Foundation will present On the Table 2018, a one-day community conversation about Lexington and surrounding counties’ futures, on March 28. Participants are invited to gather around tables throughout the city to share a meal and have an open conversation about ways to make their community a better place for everyone.

Allegiant Air and Blue Grass Airport announced Feb. 13 that the carrier will introduce nonstop service between Lexington and Destin/Fort Walton Beach, Florida, beginning June 7.

In 2017, more 11,000 people from every residential zip code in Lexington participated in an On the Table discussion. Those conversations helped guide city planning efforts and the work of community leaders.

The seasonal flights will operate twice weekly from Blue Grass Airport (LEX) to Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS). With this addition, Allegiant now offers nonstop service to eight cities from Lexington, including to Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Fort Myers/Punta

In addition to Lexington, conversations will also be held in Frankfort, Woodford County, Clark County and surrounding communities.

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But we know expansion means expenses. Whether you’re investing in a new location, additional staff, equipment, or marketing, we can help.

For more information, visit bgcf.org/ onthetable. BL

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A monthly look at economic indicators compiled by the Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) at the University of Kentucky. For more on CBER, visit www.cber.uky.edu.

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Payroll Employment MSA**** Manufacturing Payroll Employment MSA**** Unemployment Rate MSA****

Most Recent Data as of Feb. 2018

1-Month Change

1-Year Change

Spelling Foods: A Matter of Taste

$279,600 Dec. $163,700 Dec. 3.40% Dec.

-0.57% -0.43% -5.56%

0.25% 1.42% 0.10%

Do you hate “brussels sprouts”? Or is it “Brussels sprouts” that you despise?

I happen to love the bitter little greenies (when sautéed with garlic and almonds), but I do get confused about whether they — and other foods named after cities or nations — should begin with a capital letter.

Payroll Employment, US

Manufacturing Payroll Employment US Unemployment Rate, US

$147,810,000 Jan. $12,555,000 Jan. 4.10% Jan.

0.14% 0.12% 0.00%

1.45% 1.50% -1.00%

Consumer Price Index, Southern Region Consumer Price Index, US Producer Price Index, US

238.512 Dec. 247.936 Dec. 114.3 Dec.

-0.15% 0.51% -0.09%

1.84% 2.69% 2.70%

Index of Leading Indicators** Fed’s Index of Industrial Production**

107.0 Dec. 107.5 Dec.

0.60% 0.94%

NA 3.46%

3-Month Treasury Yield*** 10-Year Treasury Yield***

1.55% Feb. 7, 2018 2.84% Feb. 7, 2018

0.16% 0.35%

1.02% 0.44%

1-Month Change 01.22%

1-Year Change 4.41%

4th qtr.

2017 Real GDP (billion $)

$19,739

MSA: Lexington-Fayette Metropolitan Statistical Area; (p)=preliminary; NA=not available * Source: http://www.conference-board.org ** Source: Federal Reserve Statistical Release — http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/G17/ *** Source: Federal Reserve Statistical Release — http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/H15/data.htm **** Source: St. Louis Federal Reserve — https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/ Note: In some cases 1 mo. and 1 yr. changes are based on revised data from previous mo./yr. GDP is reported in Current Dollars.

Take French fries. And Swiss cheese. And German chocolate cake. All of these — like Brussels sprouts — begin with a capital letter. So do Brazil nuts, Boston baked beans and Buffalo wings, the latter being named after a city in New York, not one of several wild oxen of the bovine family.

Given this, why do we still eat lima beans? They’re named for Lima, Peru.

And what about the sandwich, which got its name from a little town in southeast England? We don’t eat a club Sandwich, do we?

go either way — dijon or Dijon — as can Polish (or polish) sausage.

If it’s not a Polish sausage, perhaps it’s a frankfurter instead. If that’s the case, there’s no capitalization — even though frankfurter is named for Frankfurt, Germany. And a hamburger is lowercase even though Hamburg is its origin. Same with bialy, a bread roll named after the city of Bialystok.

With all the muddle, here’s where I come down: Deciding whether to capitalize a food item named after a place is often just a matter of taste. BL

Neil Chethik, aka the Grammar Gourmet, is executive director of the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning (www.carnegiecenterlex.org) and author of “FatherLoss” and “VoiceMale.” The Carnegie Center offers writing classes and seminars for businesses and individuals. Contact Chethik at neil@ carnegiecenterlex.org or 859-254-4175.

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The Principles of Business Success

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or the past 52 years, Bob Bethel has helped owners revive and reorganize their struggling businesses. The most recent tally of companies he has strengthened is officially 77 and counting.

In his work with so many different companies, Bethel discovered and developed universal principles of business. These principles apply regardless of the type or size of business.

All business, no matter the status, can apply the same basic principles, according to Bethel.

His new book, “Strengthen Your Business: Fail-proof Strategies from the Man who has Rescued 77 Businesses,” explains how.

Principle one is simple: “Don’t Complicate Matters.” Business owners learn the most when they ditch textbooks and talk about business principles based on their own experiences.

That may mean not even discussing financials initially, Bethel says.

“Oftentimes, a business owner is compelled to introduce unnecessary complexity into his business,” he says. “I’ve learned that a person’s greatest strength is often their greatest weakness.”

Frequently, in both large and small companies, a business owner wants to validate his own intelligence, Bethel says.

Principle two is to “Leverage Your Greatest Asset—People.” Too often, employees are underutilized and disconnected. This creates

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a culture of poor communication and distrust.

“By keeping team members in the dark and allowing them to fill in the blanks you make things worse for everyone,” Bethel says.

“When people are invested in something, they’ll do whatever they can to help steer it away from failure and toward success,” Bethel says. “A good plan tells you who’s doing what to whom [job duties], when [timing], and for how much [cost].

Principle three is “Make a Plan.” Turning around an underperforming business is a journey filled with exciting possibilities and new challenges, Bethel promises. “Your plan is like a roadmap to help you navigate the ups and down.”

Unlike many plans, one devised by Bethel includes breaking the standard 90-day plan.

Instead, he plan is divided into 30-day plans

“Oftentimes, a business owner is compelled to introduce unnecessary complexity into his business. I’ve learned that a person’s greatest strength is often their greatest weakness.”

AUTHOR BOB BETHEL

and, finally, weekly increments.

Principle four, “Turn on your Headlights,” explores how traditional accounting methods may be holding your company back. Reports in business are usually P&L, balance sheets and cash flow statements. Bethel calls this “taillight accounting.” They allow for reading financial reports that are 30 to 60 days apart and outdated before they are read.

If you don’t know where you are or where you’re going, how will you keep from going off the cliff, Bethel says. You need to turn on your headlights he advises.

Principle five is “Cut Expenses to Prosper.”

He frames it as a universal truth: Profit determines success or failure. If the revenue doesn’t exceed expenses, your company will eventually fail. It’s so basic that many businesses fail to keep it the spotlight.

Principle six, “Think and Act Like A Leader,” is the most eloquently and insightfully written. The challenge of leadership is that none of us is born with the skills needed to lead a business,” Bethel says. “When you adopt the right behavior and have a heart for people, leadership will come easily. People will want to follow you.” He describes how innate leadership skills can be developed and includes numerous examples sharing how an average worker can become a true leader.

Take for example the co-founder of Hewlett–Packard. Hewlett with his background in engineering initially thought he was unprepared to lead the company.

He quickly proved himself wrong. He then deliberately set out to become not just an effec-

tive CEO, but also the most effective leader he could. He focused on intentionally developing his leadership skills as the company grew.

Bethel doesn’t work only with established companies but also with small and mediumsized organizations.

He believes these are the lifeblood of the economy of every country, not just the United States. By adopting the right mindset, the right approach and the right leadership, businesses will prosper. BL

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FoodChain’s staff includes,from left to right, Leandra Forman, Jimmy Earley, Becca Self, Reena Martin, Shelby Wheeler and Jerry Edmonds.

The Community That Cooks Together FoodChain’s new teaching and processing kitchen fulfills a vital link in the nonprofit’s mission

BY KATHIE STAMPS COLUMNIST: INDEPENDENT BUSINESS

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hen Becca Self founded FoodChain in October 2011, she put her science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to good use in creating an indoor aquaponics farm. She envisioned FoodChain as developing in three distinct yet interrelated phases: an urban farm, a kitchen for preparation and processing, and a store to sell local food.

As a former science teacher, her passion for education is a central, connecting tenet of the nonprofit organization’s mission.

In October 2017, FoodChain took a major step in continuing that mission when it opened a 3,500-square-foot teaching and processing kitchen in its headquarters on West Sixth Street. Half of the open space is a commercialized processing area, while the other half is a community-focused teaching space.

FoodChain sources produce and products from different farms and organizations.

GleanKY, for one, collects surplus and seconds

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from area farmers and processes those foods into storable forms.

“In Kentucky we’re richly blessed with agrarian land,” Self said. “But it’s hard to flatten out the peaks and valleys of harvest. Processing is the industry’s answer to flatten that out.”

When winter squash comes, for example, in it’s all over the place and even the feeding agencies can’t handle the volume, Self said.

“If we can puree and freeze it, that’s a way of extending their resources, too.”

FoodChain’s blast freezer can hold 400 pounds of food at a time, which is a lot, but it will take “far more processing to change the local food system,” Self said.

The kitchen is designed to be flexible.

There are three stations of equipment, each including a stove, dishwasher, refrigerator and sink. Stainless steel tables on casters can be arranged in multiple configurations.

“To be able to have the kitchen open is joyful for us and a little intimidating because there’s so much we want to do,” Self said.

An eight-week after-school program for fourth- and fifth-graders from Booker T.

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Fourth- and fifth-grade students from neighborhood schools participate in an eight-week after-school program called “Cook. Eat. Grow.”

Washington, Harrison and William Wells Brown elementary schools called “Cook. Eat. Grow.” focuses on kitchen skills and cooking with seasonal, local ingredients. A high school session will be added over spring break. FoodChain also has a more informal snack program in partnership with the Tweens Coalition’s “Better Bites” program for students at the local school bus stop from Harrison Elementary.

FoodChain employs three full-time and three part-time employees, and Self is also interested in partnering with like-minded organizations so the teaching and processing kitchen can be “an asset for this neighborhood and a source of fresh food for Central Kentucky,” she said.

Top contributors in getting the teaching

and processing kitchen up and running include the Kenan Charitable Trust, the Knight Foundation, Governor’s Office of Agriculture Development Funds and the E.E. Murry Family Foundation. FoodChain has also received support from the city’s Extended Social Resource and Workforce Development programs as well the USDA’s Local Food Promotion Program.

“We also have a dedicated group of over 200 individuals who, through small donations, really help support the growth of our programming,” Self said. “The kitchen is the heart of the home.

We hope as FoodChain continues to grow that our kitchen can be the heart of the community.”

For more information on FoodChain, including a wish list of kitchen donations, visit foodchainlex.org. BL

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New Beef Line Stays Close to Home Kentucky Cattlemen’s Ground Beef available in Kroger stores beginning this spring

BY SARA SPROULL CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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hopping local just got more convenient for meat-lovers.

This spring, 85 Kroger locations throughout Kentucky will roll out a new line of locally sourced, harvested, packaged and produced ground beef.

Kentucky Cattlemen’s Ground Beef is an 80 percent-lean product, available in both one-pound packages of ground beef and two-pound packages of four half-pound beef patties. Inspected by the USDA and certified by the Global Food Safety Initiative, it’s fresh, natural and minimally processed, with no additives or preservatives. And the secret ingredient? Kentucky pride.

“You don’t have to drive very far outside the city limits to get to the rural, green, wideopen spaces of Kentucky … and cows out in those pastures,” said Becky Thompson, director of the Kentucky Beef Network, an outlet of the Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association (KCA).

“So they [consumers] can relate and they feel a lot more pride and a part of that process.”

The product’s packaging is designed to keep beef fresher longer in your refrigerator, as opposed to traditional shrink-wrapped Styrofoam trays.

“But what we’re most proud of,” said Thompson, “is that we have been able to connect the dots to create a local, Kentucky supply chain.”

That chain starts with farm families across the Bluegrass. Participating beef producers must meet a Gold Standard of Care, which ensures that the animals are Kentucky-raised with proper access to water, feed and care. According to the team behind the project, transparency is vital to bridging the gap between producers and consumers.

“Our cattlemen and women take a great pride in providing a wholesome product to feed other people’s families, because they take great pride in feeding their own families,” said Katelyn Hawkins, director of product marketing at

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Nathan and Wanda Lawson and their four children are among the 38,000 beef producers supplying the Kentucky Cattlemen’s line. The Lawsons raise cattle, corn and soybeans on their 900-acre farm in Spencer and Northern Nelson counties.

the Kentucky Beef Council, also part of KCA. Meat processing is the next step in the chain. Cattle are harvested at The Chop Shop in Wolfe County. From there, the meat is packaged at Creation Gardens in Louisville.

From providing new marketing opportunities for cattlemen, to creating jobs in eastern Kentucky, to adopting advanced technology in the state’s beef industry, the entire enterprise is centered on the Commonwealth.

“It is a Kentucky product through and through,” said Hawkins.

Although Kentucky is the top cattle state east of the Mississippi, such a product has never been available on a large-scale before,

“What we’re most proud of is that we have been able to connect the dots to create a local, Kentucky supply chain.”

BECKY THOMPSON, KENTUCKY BEEF NETWORK DIRECTOR

although the idea has long been in the works.

“When I came to work for the Cattlemen’s Association 18 years ago, this document was on the shelf,” said Dave Maples, executive vice president, while holding a similar proposal from 1997. “Everything’s about timing,” he added.

When Kroger approached the association in 2016 about creating an all-Kentucky beef product, the partnership was “a natural fit,” said Greg Osborn, the meat and seafood merchandiser for Kroger’s Louisville division stores. KCA connects 38,000 beef producers through its extensive trade association, which includes 99 county associations.

“Kroger has been around for 134 years,” said Osborn. “Some of our farms are three or four generations. For more than 17 years, folks have been working on both sides of the ‘gate’ to find ways to keep Kentucky beef in Kentucky.”

Because Kroger wanted to deal with a single entity, Beef Solutions, LLC, was created to shepherd the product from farmers’ hands to the meat case.

For KCA, this product is about giving

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consumers what they’ve been asking to have: a beef option that supports Kentucky farms, communities and companies.

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Monsi Sarranto, a lab assistant at MosquitoMate, separates the male mosquito larvae from the female larvae through the company’s filtering process.

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The Pest Defense MosquitoMate launches in Lexington with novel, chemical-free solution to a biting problem

BY REGGIE BEEHNER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

T

ired of bloodthirsty mosquitoes invading your backyard fun?

A new Lexington company, MosquitoMate, has an unorthodox solution: Flood your yard with thousands of additional mosquitoes.

It’s no joke.

In fact, MosquitoMate’s technology has captured worldwide interest, offering a potential solution to curbing disease-carrying mosquito populations without the use of

sprays or chemicals. The technology employs something called the Sterile Insect Technique, which in the past has worked well for controlling other insects, such as fruit flies and moths, but struggled with mosquitoes.

That is, until Stephen Dobson made a breakthrough a decade ago.

Dobson, a professor of entomology at the University of Kentucky who started MosquitoMate with his wife, Karen, made the technique work for mosquitoes by employing a common type of bacteria known as Wolbachia. When male mosquitoes carrying the Wolbachia mate with females that don’t have it, the females’

eggs don’t hatch. Mosquito populations dwindle over time as a result.

And this strategy has played out in MosquitoMate’s field trials for the Environmental Protection Agency, where the application reduced mosquito numbers by some 80 percent.

Still, that doesn’t make the sales pitch any easier, Dobson acknowledged.

“When you tell people you want to introduce mosquitoes into their backyard, their eyes get really large,” he said. “But once they understand how it works and what we’re doing, it’s surprising how many are supportive. And people have been very happy with the results.”

MosquitoMate was authorized by the EPA in late 2017 to begin selling its technology in 20 U.S. states — and the company chose Lexington as the first city in which it would be offered to homeowners.

The service, which typically begins in early spring, costs about $1,500 a year for the average-sized yard and includes two releases every week of about 1,000 male mosquitoes,

said Karen Dobson, MosquitoMate’s production manager.

“We’re proving out our business model,” she said. “We want to be able to understand the market and to see if homeowners are interested in this product.”

One misunderstood fact: All those new mosquitoes that customers pay MosquitoMate to unleash on their property, surprisingly, don’t translate to more mosquito bites.

That’s because the company releases only male mosquitoes, dubbed ZAP mosquitoes. And male mosquitoes don’t bite but rather feed solely on nectar and water. Only female mosquitoes bite, as they need blood to produce their eggs.

The ZAP mosquitoes don’t harm other insects or wildlife either. They target only the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus), an invasive mosquito that has thrived in urban areas since its arrival in the United States in the mid-1980s. If you’re bitten during the day or early evening in Lexington, chances are the culprit is an Asian tiger mosquito.

Left: Will Bacon, MosquitoMate’s operations manager, inspects a recent batch of male ZAP mosquitoes at the company’s facility on Malabu Drive. Right: Lab assistant Matthew Moore separates the male mosquito larvae from the female larvae.

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Karen Dobson, MosquitoMate’s production manager, inspects trays of mosquito larvae. The company grows tens of thousands of mosquitoes every week for its mosquito-curbing services.

While sprays or other chemical approaches may temporarily wipe out mosquitoes in a yard, offering a short-term fix, they often fall short of finding the source of the mosquito infestations: the eggs, which stay shielded in small pockets of standing water and hatch reinforcements just a few weeks later.

MosquitoMate’s ZAP mosquitoes experience no such problem.

“That’s a nice advantage of a self-delivering technology,” Stephen Dobson said. “These males have wings. They’re essentially little drones that have evolved over millions of years that are going to be constantly searching yards for the female mosquito.”

And as egg numbers decrease and mosquito numbers drop, those benefits roll over into the next season as well, creating a buffer zone around a yard, Dobson added.

“We’re having an effect on the next generation,” he said.

MosquitoMate maintains an office on Malabu Drive, where it grows tens of thousands of mosquitoes each week and separates the males from the females by hand, employing a filtering technique that exploits the fact that female larvae are larger than their male counterparts.

The company recently partnered with Verily, the science arm of Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc., to help find a way to automate the separation process, which could boost Verily’s global efforts to combat another invasive mosquito, the yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti), which spreads dengue fever, chikungunya and the Zika virus.

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“When you tell people you want to introduce mosquitoes into their backyard, their eyes get really large. But once they understand how it works and what we’re doing, it’s surprising how many are supportive. And people have been very happy with the results.”

STEPHEN DOBSON, UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY PROFESSOR OF ENTYMOLOGY AND MOSQUITOMATE CO-FOUNDER

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Susan Elkington began her tenure in January as president of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, Inc.

The Leading Edge New Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky president Susan Elkington looks to prepare the Georgetown plant and its workforce for the future of auto manufacturing — whatever that future may hold

BY SUSAN BANIAK BUSINESS LEXINGTON

E

ven when Susan Elkington takes a moment to sit down in her office for an interview, it still feels like life in her world is always moving forward.

But that comes with the job for the new president of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, Inc. (TMMK), Toyota’s largest manufacturing facility in the world. Elkington’s appointment is one of many recent transitions at the 1,300-acre campus of the Georgetownbased facility as it looks to press ahead in an automotive manufacturing industry full of potentially transformative unknowns.

In addition to Elkington’s leadership, the company added an $80 million North American production engineering headquarters in Georgetown last year and announced a $1.3 billion investment to retool and upgrade the plant, which was launched three decades ago as Toyota’s first wholly owned manufacturing plant in the United States.

Elkington, an engineer by trade with a penchant for stepping up to meet new challenges in

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her career, has her sights set on tapping the energy and the ingenuity of the plant’s next-generation workforce to be ready for whatever the swiftly transforming auto industry sends their way.

When discussing the company’s future, Elkington is engaging and confident, although she won’t speculate too far ahead about what the future will hold for TMMK or what she sees rolling off the lines in Georgetown. Her plan, instead, is to make sure the facility and its workforce will be ready and capable for anything.

A history of firsts Stepping out of her comfort zone — and being a female first — has become a recurrent theme for Elkington throughout her career.

In her first engineering job, she worked in design for a contract electronics firm in her home state of Indiana. Most of her days were spent staring at a computer screen, she said, but her real interest had always been in seeing things come together — and taking them apart.

She kept finding reasons to wander down to the company’s prototype lab. After a couple of years, Elkington and one of her coworkers on the manufacturing side went to management to ask

if they could swap positions, and the boss agreed.

When Toyota announced it was building a new manufacturing plant in Indiana, Elkington was one of the first 200 people to sign on, as an assembly production engineer. She had the opportunity to see the new plant come together, and 18 months later, she was promoted to supervisor of maintenance, even though the field was new terrain for her. The job gave her great

“I know that the quality of our product will be based on the feeling that the person who’s building it has about that product, and about the company.”

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hands-on experience with the equipment, she said, and soon she stepped up again to become an assistant production manager, overseeing a team of 100. For Elkington, a self-proclaimed introvert with an appreciation for technical detail, it was a leap of faith but one that paid off.

She thrived on the interaction, she said, and the improvements and added efficiencies that could be achieved through collaboration.

“I absolutely loved it,” she said. “I didn’t ever make a request to go back to the technical side again.”

Prior to joining TMMK a year ago, Elkington worked at Toyota’s global headquarters in Japan and was the first female to serve as general manager of the company’s production control division, in support of the company’s more than 50 manufacturing plants worldwide.

Elkington is also one of three females appointed to head major Toyota manufacturing plants in the United States in the past year, along with Millie Marshall at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana, Inc., and Leah Curry at Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia, Inc. “I have worked with Leah and Millie for years,” said Elkington, adding that it’s not unusual for the three to have a little good-natured side competition on their daily vehicle production totals in the works. “For all three of us to be presidents at the same time, that’s a big achievement for us.”

Elkington said she also takes her responsibility to lead by example as a role model very seriously, challenging all young girls with a bent for math, science or technology to follow her lead.

“Do something that makes you excited,” Elkington tells them. “And try something different. If I had never gone into production, I would not be doing what I’m doing today, and I love what I’m doing.”

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In 2017, Toyota announced a $1.3-billion investment to upgrade and retool the Georgetown facility, its largest vehicle manufacturing plant in the world.

Working globally, locally These days, Elkington’s mission is gearing up the Georgetown plant and its workforce to deliver on Toyota’s investments in its New Global Architecture (TNGA) platform. The objective for TNGA is essentially to make better-performing cars in more nimble and efficient production facilities, in the face of a rapidly changing marketplace. New technologies have been incorporated, such as laser screw welding, which uses low-heat lasers to make welds that are stronger, closer together and completed faster than conventional spot welding can manage, resulting in a more rigid structure for a better driving experience.

The system uses many shared components for vehicles, making it possible for multiple models to be assembled on the same line. The production areas are also made to be smaller, more environmentally friendly and more efficient overall, resulting in estimated plant cost savings in some instances of up to 40 percent.

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Elkington, once again, has been at the front of Toyota’s adoption of TNGA. She was in Japan in 2016 during the production changeover and the launch of the first vehicle ever built under the TNGA system, a Prius. Now she is leading the charge on the other side of the globe at TMMK with the 2018 Camry, the first TNGA-based vehicle to be assembled in North America. Starting this spring, the plant is scheduled to start production of Toyota’s 2019 TNGA-inspired Avalon, which was unveiled in January at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

But Toyota’s $1.3 billion investment in Georgetown, including a new paint shop currently under construction, is about more than gearing up for TNGA, Elkington said.

“We’ve been here for 30 years,” Elkington said of the TMMK plant. “The investment we made is really about making us capable of producing for the next 30 years. … It will allow

us to continue to look at what our options are for the future.”

The heart of an engineer Elkington’s stint in Japan gave her the opportunity to travel the world and experience Toyota’s facilities around the globe, but when it was time to return to the United States, her passion was still firmly entrenched on the production line. She requested an assignment at a production facility, with the flagship Kentucky location as her first choice, she said. Elkington’s favorite days on the job are still the ones that she gets to spend on the production floor, digging into the process and bouncing around ideas with others to engineer a better way.

“I am not one who likes to stand up in front of a large group, but I love to talk to people one-onone, to be able to work in small groups,” she said.

Having a vision for the company is important, Elkington said, but leading for her means

relating — transferring that vision of what can be achieved in meaningful and motivating ways to others, so they can move it forward. And that connection to the final finished product is made more through the heart than through the hands.

“I know that the quality of our product will be based on the feeling that the person who’s building it has about that product and about the company,” Elkington said.

That’s why Elkington focuses a lot of her attention on building pride — in the workplace, the workforce and the products — in the face of an increasingly fluid industry. It’s also important, Elkington said, for team members to understand the current business conditions in which they operate.

“We are in a market that is changing,” Elkington said. “This facility had been at full capacity for a long time, producing Camrys, Avalons and, in the past years, the ES [Lexus ES 350] — and we are not at full capacity.”

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Employing more than 8,000 team members, TMMK has the capacity to produce 550,000 vehicles and more than 600,000 engines annually.

Getting back up to full steam will require a team that’s empowered and ready to take those leaps.

“We have to be flexible,” Elkington said.

“We’re not going to be able to produce the same Camry over and over again.”

Next-generation workforce But employee engagement has always been a key ingredient in the Toyota Production System, or TPS, and Elkington said her team is up to the task.

“When I talk about TPS, many people think that’s about how we improve our efficiency, but it’s not just about efficiency,” Elkington said.

“You have to make sure that you are following the Toyota way and the Toyota values, which value the input of everyone in the process. You can’t make those improvements unless everyone is engaged.”

Bringing everyone on board becomes

particularly challenging in light of the natural turnover experienced by the TMMK plant in recent years, as the first generation of employees at the 30-year-old plant has transitioned over the past decade into retirement.

“Forty percent of our workforce has been hired in the past five years,” Elkington said. “We have this large group of new team members who need to learn deeply about what it means to work for Toyota and what those values are, and how to care for the product in the way that we work together to make things better.”

But Elkington also sees a positive side to the transition.

“It’s a great opportunity for many of our members who have been here many years to be teachers, not just about building cars but also about how you go about making your process better,” Elkington said.

And in the meantime, Elkington has a little personal experience of her own to draw on in

passing on the Toyota traditions. In January, her daughter, a graduate of the University of Louisville’s school of engineering, joined the quality engineering team at Toyota’s Indiana plant.

The future of car manufacturing When it comes to the future of the industry, Elkington is not interested in getting ahead of herself, but Toyota’s early concepts and ideas about the possible future of mobility have been pretty amazing.

That vision has included a host of wild new ideas lately, including Concept-i mobility vehicles with artificial intelligence to gauge a rider’s mood, learn their preferences and engage them in conversation to suggest a new hobby, or maybe a good restaurant nearby. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January, in partnership with Pizza Hut, the company unveiled a new customizable e-Palette concept that may someday cook your pizza on the way to

delivering it, sans driver, to your door.

The possibilities are intriguing, and if the general industry trend of a decreasing sedan market continues, Elkington agreed the facility will potentially be looking to expand its product line someday. But she is not looking to pinpoint what the next big thing will be. Whatever new advances the future brings, her mission is to have TMMK ready to bring its production to Kentucky, when the time is right.

“Five years from now? I expect we are going to be building cars,” Elkington said. “Right now our big focus is just trying to improve our plant and make the best cars that we can, so that as decisions are made, we are always considered.

“We don’t know what we might be producing 30 years from now, but we want to make sure we are capable of being able to do it right here at this site,” Elkington continued. “We’re trying to make those improvements one step at a time, in order for us to get there.” BL With 40 percent of the Georgetown plant’s workforce having been hired in the past five years, imparting Toyota’s company values to the new team members is one of Elkington’s priorities.

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may look like with higher degrees of confidence.

This also gives us the ability to stress test various events, goals and assumptions with the client.”

And, from the advisors’ standpoint, researching the soundness of potential investments has become immeasurably easier thanks to the depth of financial information that’s available online, said Mike Johnson, an investment advisor representative at Dupree Financial Group.

“We can go online to Yahoo Finance or onto the company’s website and access all their quarterly filings. All that information that you once would have had to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for is now readily available,” Johnson said.

Similarly, making adjustments in client portfolios in order to best capitalize on movement in markets is now seamless and can involve just a few taps at the keyboard, streamlining a process that in an earlier generation would have required backJOHNSON and-forth phone calls and inherent lag, Musgrave said.

The added tech capacity also allows advisors to easily analyze their clients’ portfolios to see exactly what they’re holding at any given moment, Johnson said. As a result, financial advisors can offer heightened, value-added guidance — a selling point that helps them differentiate and market their services to clients who otherwise might have considered more passive-investment, “auto-pilot” options such as ETFs and index funds.

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Making Sense of Your Financial Future Technological innovations coupled with personalized service help planners provide a more detailed financial picture for their clients

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generation ago, the relationship between a financial broker and client was expected to be essentially transactional — centered squarely on the buying and selling of assets. Today, many clients prefer a more relational approach, seeking out wealth advisors and financial planners who are able to provide long-term, active guidance on their financial accounts.

The evolution of the financial-planning industry has been spurred on by advancements in technology that allow advisors to offer realtime, robust insights into the health of their clients’ accounts that would have been impossible just 15 years ago.

“When I first got into financial planning 17 years ago, the expectation was that you’d meet with your financial planner maybe once a year and leave with a binder full of recommendations,” said John Boardman, founder and CEO of Ballast, Inc. “But the problem with that was it was so static. And inevitably, after a few days or months, something in the client’s life would change, and those numbers would become obsolete.”

Today, Boardman encourages his clients to view financial planning as an ongoing process

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— one that’s reactive to dozens of variables that are themselves constantly changing. And thanks to advances in financial-planning technology, they can.

Boardman can now sit with clients and show them, via robust computer-generated projections, how slight changes in savings per month, or a few extra years of work before retirement, will likely alter the trajectory of their retirement savings.

“They are able to see the impact of that input variable on their long-term financial picture, immediately. It’s the visual display of seeing that line move that’s so effective,” he said. “This so-called ‘gamification’ of planning advice is the idea that we’re BOARDMAN not providing clients a single number or result on a sheet of paper, but instead we’re imputing 5,000 iterations into a computer, doing the Monte Carlo analysis, and seeing what the likely, or median, result of their financial picture will be. The more input we’re able to enter, the better able we are to provide a customized result for our clients.”

Offering Better Guidance, More Quickly With the Merrill Lynch app, clients can get

real-time updates on all aspects of their financial lives, from the value of their assets and accounts to the remaining balance on their car or mortgage loans, wherever those accounts are held.

The ability to monitor their financial health on a day-to-day basis with a single tap has been especially appealing for millennial investors, said Travis Musgrave, managing director of wealth management at Musgrave & Associates/Merrill Lynch in Lexington.

“Many of my millennial clients are extraordinarily bright and extraordinarily driven,” Musgrave said. “They work hard and expect very high levels of service. They’re high demand and want instant gratification. They expect high deliverables.”

Those high expectations often translate into expectations of a broader approach to financial management, including guidance not just on which stocks to buy but also insights on tax and estate planning, drafting wills, and even which life insurance policy to buy, Musgrave said.

And, like Boardman, Musgrave says computing advances in the past decade MUSGRAVE have allowed advisors to offer clients a higher quality deliverable — a more robust, realistic look at their financial health.

“When I started in this business, our industry would offer clients a straight-line assumption of return. We’d say ‘we think you’ll earn 7 percent’ and extrapolate that out,” Musgrave said. “But our computing capacity now allows us to input data and look at returns that are more geometric in nature or that are more randomized, which offers us a more realistic feel for what the client’s future

Optimizing the Client-Advisor Relationship Advances in technology have also expanded advisors’ geographical reach. Thanks to Skype calls and video/webinar technology such as GoToMeeting, financial planners can advise faraway clients over the phone, with both parties viewing the same computer-generated screens, nearly as effectively as in person.

“I had a meeting with a client in Georgia this morning, and we were able to look at the same things as if we were in the same conference room together,” said Boardman, who has clients in more than a dozen states. “Faceto-face meetings are important in terms of building that trust relationship — and I don’t think you can ever completely replace the faceto-face meeting — but with technology we’re getting close.”

Along with all the benefits it’s ushered in, the tech boom has also lowered barriers to entry in the financial planning market, meaning that “it’s easier today to get advice, whether that’s good or bad or indifferent advice, it’s all out there,” Musgrave said.

That makes it even more essential for clients to do due diligence and careful research in order to find an advisor who’s trustworthy and a good fit. Musgrave suggests clients ask advisors about how they’re paid — are their services fee-based or commission-based? — and also seek out someone who’s willing to listen.

“If that first meeting goes something like, ‘Here’s our team. Here’s our model. Here’s what we are going to do for you,’ that’s probably not a good fit,” Musgrave said. “As a client, I would want someone who’s going to engage with me about my life, who asks about my kids and my goals for them, my feelings about risk, and what I want my money to do.”

Boardman agrees: “Clients want to know you have a deep understanding of them personally and their financial history and what they’re trying to accomplish in their financial lives,” he said.

Thus, even as financial-planning technology continues to improve and evolve, advisors feel certain that the human-to-human, relationship-building aspect of the industry will remain vital. BL

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David C. Bundy (President & CEO)

1979/ 3/ Lexington, Ky.

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Gregory C. Mullins (Director-in-Charge)

1918/ 13/ Carmel, Ind.

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Lyman Hager, Jr. (Managing Partner)

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Steve Jennings (Partner)

1951/ 41/ Chicago, Ill.

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Shane Satterly (Partner & Location Leader)

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70%

10%

John Huston (Managing Partner)

1973/ 1/ Lexington, Ky.

7

Radwan, Brown & Company, PSC P.O. Box 1485 Lexington, KY 40588 (859) 233-4146 www.radwanbrown.com

12/ 12

60%

15%

NA

20%

5%

30%

65%

5%

Troy Mulligan, Randy Hatfield, Leah Christopher, Stephen Horn (Partners)

1987/ 1/ Lexington, Ky.

8

Fister, Williams & Oberlander, PLLC 401 Lewis Hargart Cir., Ste. 11 Lexington, KY 40503 (859) 219-0098 www.fwpllc.com

11/ 9

61%

21%

15%

3%

0%

30%

60%

10%

Louis E. Fister, Jr. (Managing Partner)

2000/ 1/ Lexington, Ky.

9

Cloyd & Associates, PSC 2410 Greatstone Pt. Lexington, KY 40504 (859) 223-3318 www.cloydcpa.com

9/ 9

50%

25%

15%

5%

5%

40%

55%

5%

M. Bruce Lane (Shareholder), Madgel Miller (Shareholder)

2016/ 3/ London, Ky.

10

Hisle and Company 277 E. High St. Lexington, KY 40507 (859) 259-3403 www.hisle-cpa.com

8/ 8

45%

15%

15%

13%

12%

30%

60%

10%

Kent Hisle (Managing Partner)

1975/ 1/ Lexington, Ky.

10

Besten & Dieruf, PLLC 190 Market St. Lexington, KY 40507 (859) 254-4428 www.BandDcpa.com

5/ 5

60%

10%

20%

10%

0%

20%

70%

10%

Chris Besten and Andrew Dierup (Partners)

2011/ 1/ Lexington, Ky.

12

Duncan, Smith & Stilz, PSC 824 Euclid Ave., Ste. 200 Lexington, KY 40502 (859) 268-2221 www.dssky.com

5/ 5

50%

25%

20%

0%

5%

70%

25%

5%

Stewart A. Smith (President)

1978/ 1/ Lexington, Ky.

13

Switzer McGaughey & King, PSC 811 Corporate Dr., Ste. 300 Lexington, KY 40503 (859) 223-5353 www.smkcpa.com

4/ 4

65%

20%

10%

5%

0%

57%

37%

6%

Ron Switzer (Shareholder)

1964/ 1/ Lexington, Ky.

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TIE

TIE

TIE

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Key: CPA=Certified Public Accountant, WND= Would Not Disclose, NA= Not Available.

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Banks Fayette County Institutions Ranked by Total Deposits Inside of Market as of June 30, 2017

Rank

Bank Name Address, Phone Website

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Deposits (Inside of Market) as of 6/30/2017

Market Share Percentage

Branches In MSA

Branches Outside of MSA

Outside Market Deposits

Bank Charter Class

Charter Type

Top Local Official

1

Chase Bank 201 E. Main St. Lexington, KY 40507 (859) 231-2122 www.jpmorganchase.com www.chase.com

$1,469,199

20.95

16

5,268

$1,268,647,798

N

Federal

Donald Hellmann (President of Central Kentucky)

2

Central Bank & Trust Company 300 W. Vine St. Lexington, KY 40507 (859) 253-6013 www.centralbank.com

$1,303,421

18.59

12

14

$639,238

NM

State

Luther Deaton, Jr. (Chairman, President & CEO)

3

Fifth Third Bank 250 W. Main St. Lexington, KY 40507 (859) 455-5353 www.53.com

$948,474

13.53

10

1,164

$103,860,583

SM

State

Mike Ash (City President)

4

PNC Bank 301 E. Main St. Lexington, KY 40507 (859) 281-5383 www.pnc.com

$625,693

8.92

10

2,551

$257,050,020

N

Federal

John Gohmann (Regional President of Central & Southeast Kentucky)

5

Traditional Bank 3720 Palomar Centre Dr. Lexington, KY 40513 (859) 296-0000 www.traditionalbank.com

$541,870

7.73

5

8

$591,760

NM

State

Bill Alverson (President)

6

Branch Banking & Trust Company 360 W. Vine St. Lexington, KY 40507 (859) 281-2120 www.bbt.com

$341,961

4.88

6

2,180

$162,751,039

NM

State

Heath Campbell (Regional President)

7

Community Trust Bank, Inc. 100 E. Vine St. Lexington, KY 40507 (859) 389-5350 www.ctbi.com

$215,097

3.07

6

74

$2,903,433

SM

State

Larry Jones (Central Region President)

8

Bank of Lexington 761 Corporate Dr. Lexington, KY 40503 (859) 219-2900 www.bankoflexingtonky.net

$204,385

2.92

3

0

$0

NM

State

Craig Dunn (President)

9

Republic Bank & Trust Company 641 E. Euclid Ave. Lexington, KY 40502 (859) 255-6267 www.republicbank.com

$200,422

2.86

5

40

$3,030,250

NM

State

Todd Ziegler (Market President)

10

Bank of the Bluegrass & Trust Co. 101 E. High St. Lexington, KY 40507 (859) 233-4500 www.bankofthebluegrass.com

$198,972

2.84

2

0

$0

NM

State

Mark Herren (CEO), Bill Allen (President)

11

U.S. Bank National Association 2020 Nicholasville Rd. Lexington, KY 40503 (859) 232-8181 www.usbank.com

$162,322

2.32

6

3,167

$329,305,931

N

Federal

Perry Allen (Regional President)

12

Citizen Commerce National Bank 534 Marsailles Rd. Versailles, KY 40583 (859) 879-9455 www.citizencommerce.com

$158,956

1.6

3

1

20,149

N

Federal

Michelle Oxley (President & CEO)

Whitaker Bank 2001 Pleasant Ridge Dr. Lexington, KY 40509 (800) 650-0099 www.whitakerbank.com

$144,716

2.06

5

30

$940,992

SM

State

Tom Hinkebein (President & COO), Elmer Keith Whitaker (CEO)

14

City National Bank of West Virginia 318 E. Main St. Lexington, KY 40507 (859) 367-3700 www.bankatcity.com

$124,851

1.78

3

82

$315,297

N

Federal

Bill Craycraft (President)

15

Guardian Savings Bank 501 Southland Dr. Lexington, KY 40503 (859) 263-3335 www.guardiansavingsbank.com

$105,887

1.51

2

9

$703,411

SB

Federal

Rick Burkhart (President)

16

Winchester Federal Bank 67 S. Main St. Winchester, KY 40301 (859) 744-1900 www.winchesterfederal.com

$96,589

13.8

2

0

$0

SB

Federal

David Shadbourne (President & CEO)

17

Forcht Bank 2404 Sir Barton Way Lexington, KY 40409 (866) 523-1445 www.forchtbankky.com

$93,976

1.34

4

22

$735,530

N

Federal

Tucker Ballinger (President & CEO, Lexington Area)

18

PBI Bank 2424 Harrodsburg Rd., Ste. 100 Lexington, KY 40503 (859) 296-4822 www.pbibank.com

$65,487

0.93

1

15

$810,855

NM

State

John T. Taylor (President & CEO)

19

First Southern National Bank 3060 Harrodsburg Rd. Lexington, KY 40503 (859) 223-3743 www.fsnb.net

$45,599

0.65

1

15

$726,222

N

Federal

Rockie Mason (Community President)

13

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Banks Fayette County Institutions Ranked by Total Deposits Inside of Market as of June 30, 2017 Bank Name Address, Phone Website

Rank

Deposits (Inside of Market) as of 6/30/2017

Market Share Percentage

Branches In MSA

Branches Outside of MSA

Outside Market Deposits

Bank Charter Class

Charter Type

Top Local Official

20

First State Financial, Inc. 3620 Walden Dr., Ste. 100 Lexington, KY 40517 (859) 278-5858 www.firststatefinancial.net

$36,666

0.52

2

8

$254,034

NM

State

Katherine Reese Capps (President & CEO)

21

First Security Bank 2352 Sir Barton Way Lexington, KY 40509 (859) 899-8880 www.firstsecurity.net

$28,959

0.41

2

10

$46,823

NM

State

Lance Lawrence, Sr. (Vice President, Market Executive)

22

Peoples Exchange Bank 901 Richmond Rd. Lexington, KY 40502 (859) 255-8193 www.pebank.com

$26,948

0.38

2

8

$267,047

NM

State

Charles Beach, Jr. (Chairman)

23

Wes Banco 110 W. Vine St. Lexington, KY 40507 (859) 253-2605, www.wesbanco.com

$26,561

0.38

3

172

$7,046,762

NM

State

Jeff Koonce (WesBanco, President Lexington Market)

24

Citizen Bank of Kentucky, Inc. 695 Bullion Blvd.

Winchester, KY 40301 (859) 744-7655 www.wercitizens.bank

$23,610

3.37

1

12

$452,718

SM

State

Leisha Maynard (President & CEO)

25

Kentucky Bank 339 Main St. Paris, KY 40361 (859) 467-1939 www.kybank.com

$18,706

0.27

1

17

$767,558

NM

State

Louis Prichard (President & CEO)

26

United Bank and Trust Co. 2509 Sir Barton Way Lexington, KY 40509 (859) 264-0468 www.unitedbankky.com

$18,474

0.26

2

32

$1,359,027

SM

State

Allison Burkholder (Executive VP & COO)

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30,000 people expected.

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Commercial Building Permits Hap Property Owner LP, commercial remodel, 1937 Star Shoot Parkway.

Hap Property Owner LP, commercial remodel, 2308 Sir Barton Way Ste 160.

Lexington Financial Center LLC, commercial remodel, 250 W. Main Street.

Stonecest Investments KY LLC, commercial remodel, 1795 Alysheba Way. Hgabbard Properties III LLC, commercial remodel, 110 W. Vine Street Ste 100.

Hgabbard Properties III LLC, commercial remodel, 110 W. Vine Street Ste 600.

Nicholasville Road LLC, commercial remodel, 2108 Nicholasville Road.

J & M Dabit Properties LLC, commercial remodel, 1975 Harrodsburg Road.

KY Mon O War LLC, commercial remodel, 2845 Paulmbo Drive 6A. Mister D Corp, commercial remodel, 1203 E. New Circle Road.

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Commercial Loans Mt Melrose Ii LLC from Edgington Enterprises Ltd for $23,000.

Legatum Capital Holdings LLC from Peoples Exchange Bank for $31,200.

Ted Kessinger Constr Co Inc from Traditional Bank for $32,800.

Mt Melrose LLC from Mischner, S James for $40,000.

Lakes Edge Dev LLC from Citizens Commerce Natl Bank for $43,000.

Gw Inv LLC from Mischner, S James for $44,000.

New Look Prop Inc from Bank Of Lex for $44,400.

Eckman Prop LLC from Bank Of Hindman for $50,000.

Tak LLC from Community Tr Bank Inc for $56,000.

P C F Inv Inc from Traditional Bank for $56,600.

Brolite Homes LLC from First State Bank Of The Southeast for $58,400.

Dynamo Inv LLC from Bp Funding Group LLC for $60,000.

Frm Lawson LLC from Farmers Natl Bank Of Danville for $60,000.

Lady Veterans Connect Inc from Traditional Bank for $62,400.

Sjm Homes LLC from Central Bank & Tr Co for $63,375.

Eckman Mgt LLC from Mischner, S James for $64,873.

Lincoln Real Est Inc from Mischner, S James for $65,000.

Matthews Prop LLC from Bp Funding Group LLC for $65,000.

Benezet Rentals LLC from Traditional Bank for $65,600.

Rjjc Inv LLC from Peoples Exchange Bank for $69,275.

Dynamo Inv LLC from Bp Funding Group LLC for $70,000.

Kingtree Prop LLC from Citizens Commerce Natl Bank for $70,000.

Benezet Rentals LLC from Traditional Bank for $70,400.

Miller Stone Constr LLC from Bank Of Lex for $72,800.

Legatum Capital Holdings LLC from Peoples Exchange Bank for $73,500.

Mt Melrose Ii LLC from Bp Funding Group LLC for $75,000.

Mt Melrose LLC from Bp Funding Group LLC for $75,000.

Miller Stone Constr LLC from Bank Of Lex for $76,000.

Benezet Rentals LLC from Kentucky Bank for $78,200.

Phase Iv Prop LLC from Community Tr Bank Inc for $80,000.

Sisu Prop LLC from Mischner, S James for $80,000.

Lincoln Real Est Inc from Mischner, S James for $81,000.

Mac 3 LLC from Bank Of Hindman for $83,000.

Benezet Rentals LLC from Kentucky Bank for $83,470.

Kjlma LLC from Mmlk Inc for $84,808.

Gdp Holdings LLC from Mischner, S James for $85,000.

Rlg Inv LLC from Peoples Exchange Bank for $85,000.

Transcentre Ii LLC from PBI Bank Inc for $85,000.

Swiss Dog Prop LLC from Town & Country Bank & Tr Co for $86,030.

Eckman Mgt LLC from Mischner, S James for $86,310.

Scioto Prop Sp 17 LLC from First Merchants Bank for $86,800.

Benezet Inv LLC from Traditional Bank for $88,000.

J C W Enterprises LLC from City Natl Bank Of West Virginia for $92,000.

Warstefitz Prop LLC from Traditional Bank for $93,600.

All Purpose Serv LLC from Peoples Exchange Bank for $94,400.

L Anderson Prop LLC from United Bank & Capital Tr Co for $94,457.

Lost Trail Prop LLC from Traditional Bank for $94,900.

Lakes Edge Dev LLC from Bp Fund-

ing Group LLC for $95,000.

Rlg Inv LLC from Peoples Exchange Bank for $95,000.

Samson Prop LLC from Peoples Exchange Bank for $96,400.

Eckman Prop LLC from Mischner, S James for $100,000.

Grace Free Will Baptist Ch Inc from Central Bank & Tr Co for $100,000.

Manor Prop LLC from Bank Of Lex for $100,000.

Shields Prop LLC from Central Bank & Tr Co for $100,000.

Waller Prop Mgt LLC from Bank Of The Bluegrass for $100,000.

Kenwick Rental Homes LLC from Mischner, S James for $102,000.

Prominent Prop LLC from Bank Of Lex for $102,000.

Genesis Prop Of Ky LLC from Central Bank & Tr Co for $104,000.

Infinity Capital Holdings LLC from Peoples Exchange Bank for $104,000.

Samson Prop LLC from Peoples Exchange Bank for $104,000.

H2 Constr LLC from 1st Tr Bank Inc for $105,000.

Niespodziany Prop LLC from Central Bank & Tr Co for $105,000.

Lincoln Real Est Inc from Mischner, S James for $110,000.

Dnk Prop LLC from Peoples Exchange Bank for $110,500.

Eckman Prop LLC from Mischner, S James for $115,000.

Rlg Inv LLC from Peoples Exchange Bank for $119,800.

Hopewell Prop LLC from Bank Of The Bluegrass for $120,000.

Marlou LLC from Mischner, S James for $120,000.

Mbr Enterprises LLC from Traditional Bank for $120,000.

Commonwealth Designs Inc from Community Tr Bank Inc for $120,750.

Prominent Prop LLC from Bank Of Lex for $122,400.

Wayne Michael Prop LLC from Traditional Bank for $122,840.

Albransco LLC from Peoples Exchange Bank for $123,750.

Jjh Prop LLC from Goldsmith, Gus for $125,000.

A&A Rental Prop LLC from Traditional Bank for $126,000.

Southern & Jones Prop LLC from Traditional Bank for $127,311.

Jcb Inv LLC from Bank Of Hindman for $127,500.

Briggs Prop LLC from Citizens Commerce Natl Bank for $132,000.

Brownstone Prop LLC from Bank Of Lex for $134,000.

Underwood Inv Prop LLC from Peoples Exchange Bank for $135,500.

Briggs Co from Bank Of Hindman for $137,600.

Prominent Prop LLC from Bank Of Lex for $142,800.

Ted Kessinger Constr Co Inc from Traditional Bank for $143,150.

Briggs Prop LLC from Citizens Commerce Natl Bank for $144,000.

Jht Prop LLC from Citizens Commerce Natl Bank for $145,796.

Mclellan Co LLC from Traditional Bank for $146,000.

Briggs Co from Bank Of Hindman for $148,000.

Prominent Prop LLC from Bank Of Lex for $148,750.

Andover Enterprises LLC from Branch Banking & Tr Co for $152,000.

Lakes Edge Dev LLC from Cumberland Valley Natl Bank & Tr Co for $152,800.

Ted Kessinger Constr Co Inc from Traditional Bank for $154,800.

Commonwealth Designs Inc from Salyersville Natl Bank for $156,000.

Nextblue Real Est LLC from Bradley, Dennis A Tr for $157,500.

Eckman Prop LLC from Community Tr Bank Inc for $164,000.

Eckman Prop LLC from University Of Ky Fed Cr Un for $171,090.

Citation Dev Co LLC from Traditional Bank for $174,460.

Whitesburg Re Dev Co Ltd from Traditional Bank for $174,460.

Melloan Prop LLC from Central Bank & Tr Co for $176,000.

Millay Prop LLC from Republic Bank & Tr Co for $178,200.

Db Homes LLC from Community Tr Bank Inc for $181,858.

Briggs Prop LLC from Bank Of Hindman for $183,058.

Prominent Prop LLC from Bank Of Lex for $187,000.

Harpe Prop LLC from Bank Of Lex for $190,000.

Prominent Prop LLC from Bank Of Lex for $190,000.

Briggs Prop LLC from Bank Of Hindman for $191,117.

Lakes Edge Dev LLC from Mischner, S James for $195,000.

Phase Iv Prop LLC from Community Tr Bank Inc for $195,000.

Jht Prop LLC from Citizens Commerce Natl Bank for $196,000.

Robust Real Est LLC from Traditional Bank for $200,000.

Briggs Co from Bank Of Hindman for $208,000.

Commonwealth Designs Inc from Community Tr Bank Inc for $210,000.

Emerge Dev LLC from Lexington Faye Urban Co Govn for $212,000.

Norvell Prop LLC from Bank Of The Bluegrass for $212,856.

Anderson Homes for Rent LLC from United Bank & Capital Tr Co for $215,748.

Db Homes LLC from South Central Bank Inc for $219,955.

Mt Melrose LLC from Bp Funding Group LLC for $220,000.

Kentucky Prop Mgt LLC from Winchester Fed Bank for $225,000.

Goulsons Green Acres LLC from Central Bank & Tr Co for $240,000.

Eckman Prop LLC from Community Tr Bank Inc for $252,000.

Webb Beatty Homes LLC from Cumberland Valley Natl Bank & Tr Co for $252,000.

Savannah Lane Homes LLC from Traditional Bank for $255,900.

Db Homes LLC from Citizens Bank Of Ky for $262,233.

Wright Home Designs LLC from Community Tr Bank Inc for $265,000.

Cbrm Prop LLC from United Bank & Capital Tr Co for $279,500.

Your Home Solutions LLC from Henschel, Karey S for $295,000.

Rcs Realty LLC from Traditional Bank for $301,500.

Toc Prop LLC from Forcht Bank Na for $316,455.

Premier Land Mgt LLC from Cumberland Valley Natl Bank & Tr Co for $325,000.

Miller Stone Constr LLC from Bank Of Lex for $340,000.

Atkins Homes LLC from Century Bank Of Ky Inc for $344,250.

P Anderson Prop LLC from United Bank & Capital Tr Co for $349,810.

Waterfront Villas LLC from Bank Of Lex for $355,000.

Howard Homes LLC from Traditional Bank for $364,445.

Petrey Somerset Prop LLC from First & Farmers Natl Bank Inc for $376,430.

Bryant Prop LLC from Central Bank & Tr Co for $400,000.

207 East Ptnr LLC from U S Bank Na for $413,076.

Condo Holdings LLC from Bank Of Lex for $416,000.

Db Homes LLC from Citizens Bank Of Ky for $441,922.

Au Assoc Inc from Central Bank & Tr Co for $450,000.

Commella Cottages LLC from Traditional Bank for $480,400.

Arlington Lofts LLC from Office Of Affordable Housing for $500,000.

Robust Real Est LLC from Traditional Bank for $504,000.

Eckman Prop LLC from University Of Ky Fed Cr Un for $506,846.

Kentucky Prop Mgt LLC from Winchester Fed Bank for $515,200.

Fbh Spectrum LLC from Bank Of Lex for $520,000.

Cervantes & Assoc LLC from Bank Of Lex for $550,000.

Doheny LLC from Central Ky Fed Sav Bank for $555,000.

Jcm LLC from Bank Of Lex for $560,000.

Esi Holdings LLC from Mainsource Bank for $572,417.

Maple Holdings LLC from Traditional Bank for $580,000.

Sable Holdings LLC from Traditional Bank for $580,000.

Northeast Christian Ch Inc from Fifth Third Bank for $650,000.

Agw Prop LLC from Bank Of Lex for $653,000.

100 Mercer Ct LLC from Branch Banking & Tr Co for $680,000.

Bennett Clark Prop LLC from Traditional Bank for $680,200.

Bghd Holdings LLC from Traditional Bank for $695,000.

Arlington Lofts LLC from Lexington Faye Urban Co Govn for $700,000.

Iron Monkey Enterprises LLC from Traditional Bank for $744,000.

Dos Eles LLC from Traditional Bank for $773,000.

Bluegrass Prop Ii LLC from Newtek Small Business Fin LLC for $775,000.

Esi Holdings LLC from Mainsource Bank for $932,280.

Peppermill LLC from Bank Of The Bluegrass for $940,484.

Vineyard Comm Ch Inc from Community Tr Bank Inc for $990,000.

Limehouse LLC from Traditional Bank for $1,050,000.

Northyard LLC from Traditional Bank for $1,050,000.

Sfw Prop LLC from Winchester Fed Bank for $1,066,750.

780 Winchester Rd LLC from First Sec Bank Inc for $1,232,500.

232 Waller LLC from Kentucky Bank for $1,317,500.

Conboy Enterprises LLC from Central Ky Agric Cr Assn-Agent for $2,000,000.

Scw Mall Rd LLC from U S Bank Na for $2,000,000.

Lb Holdings LLC from Bank Of The Bluegrass for $2,148,052.

Ggg & M LLC from Bank Of Lex for $2,395,123.

Melrose Land Co I LLC from Bank Of Lex for $2,395,123.

Ashland Apt Group LLC from Inland Mtg Lending LLC for $2,500,000.

Warehouse Ky LLC from Citizens Commerce Natl Bank for $2,650,000.

Easley & Faust Prop LLC from Central Bank & Tr Co for $2,922,500.

Dharmaguru Hotels LLC from Commonwealth Business Bank for $3,200,000.

Ck & W Ptnr LLC from Mcreif Subreit LLC for $3,375,000.

Kjf Faris LLC from Farmers & Merchants Bank Of Long Beach for $3,500,000.

Spy Coast Farm Ky Ii LLC from Penn, William Samuel for $4,808,640.

Arlington Lofts LLC from U S Bank Na-Agent for $6,000,000.

Hannah Todd Assoc LLC from Traditional Bank for $7,500,000.

Summit Chevy Chase Ii LLC from Keybank Na for $12,530,000.

Helmsdale 2 LLC from City Natl Bank Of West Virginia for $17,500,000.

Rhino Energy LLC from Cortland Capital Market Serv Llc-Agent for $80,000,000.

Delta T LLC from Credit Suisse Ag Cayman Island-Agent for $600,000,000.

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Addiction Treatment | Cherished Care LLC, owned by Ashwini Anard Md, 606-330-0050.

Administrative Services | First Cash Inc, 817-335-1100.

Adv/Mgt | Mcaj Advertising LLC, owned by Michael Day, 2517 Sir Barton Way #200.

Adv/Mgt | R&E Eclipse Advertising owned by Rodney Jackson, 2517 Sir Barton Way #200.

Advertising | J&C Advertising LLC, owned by Morgan Dillow, 2517 Sir Barton Way #200.

Air Bnb Rental | Owned by Barry Kevin Stewart, 543 N Broadway Apt 1 Lex. Audio Repair | Thiel Service LLC, owned by Robin Gillum, 763 Newtown Pike Ste 130, 859-402-7696.

Auto Hauling | Owned by Waleed Mohammad, 100 Lakeshore Dr #157, 859-230-9220.

Automation Consulting Ser | Graysolutions LLC, owned by Gray Inc, 333 E Short St Ste 120 Lex, 859474-8666.

Bakery | Dv8 Kitchen Vocational owned by Rob Perez, 867 S Broadway # 140, 859-321-5600.

Bakery | Mill Bakery The LLC, owned

by Hamza Mesmar, 341 Southland Drive Lex Ky. Barbershop | Gossip Barbershop LLC, owned by Marqee Faulkner, 1301 Winchester Road Ste 45, 800432-5412.

Blacksmith | Owned by James S Ballard, 859-983-2178.

Bld/Rpr Guitars | Mendel Guitars, 859-227-7013.

Boutique | Ginger Lee Boutique LLC, owned by April Smith, 3809 Wyndsong Trail, 859-276-9961.

Business Consulting | Maximizer Consulting & owned by Thomas Odonnell, 4176 Needlerush Dr Lex, 425-443-4725.

Business Talent Scout | Hometown Recruiting owned by Charles P Nivens Jr, 3012 Waco Rd Lex, 606271-3953.

Chiropractic | Elevate Chiropractice, owned by Christian Rosevear, 4250 Saron Dr Ste 175 Lex, 859-6293131.

Cleaning | Owned by Randle W Bush Sr, 764 Dawson Springs Way Lex, 859-971-9341.

Communications | Azur Group LLC, owned by Gary I York Jr, 859-6080026.

Congressional Staff | Owned by Christina Baker, 2719 Old Rosebud Road #100.

Congressional Staff | Owned by Matthew Ryan Bradford, 2709 Old Rosebud Road # 100.

Congressional Staff | Owned by Carol Rogers, 2709 Oldrosebud Road # 100.

Congressional Staff | Owned by Leslie Small, 2709 Old Rosebud Road # 100.

Consltg Svc | Envista LLC, owned by Jim Barnes, 317-208-9100.

Construction | Big Blue Contracting owned by Julie Dotson, 859-3126210.

Construction | Cincy Cuts LLC, owned by Joshua Feldkamp, 513347-4514.

Construction | Duffy Construction Co owned by Aaron Benson, 913381-1668.

Construction | Owned by Levi Eicher, 859-707-0526.

Construction | International Inc owned by Samy Herman, 734-2315131.

Construction | Kentucky Barn Wood LLC, owned by Jim Young, 168 E Reynolds Rd # 220, 859-983-3795.

Construction | Silman Venture Corporati owned by Rick Silva, 510347-4800.

Consultant | Owned by Marshall S Peace, 859-227-6080.

Consulting | Absaroka Energy & owned by Randolph Moses, 855684-5891.

Consulting | Conneely Consulting

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Consulting | Dac LLC, owned by Debborah Crosby, 181 N Peters Road #245, 865-470-2122.

Consulting | Delta 2 LLC, owned

by James Carey Smith Ceo, 110 W Vine St 3rd Fl, 859-351-2820.

Consulting | Elwood & Winston Consult owned by Kenneth R Woodruff, 859-552-5122.

Consulting | Mother Clutter Lex LLC, owned by Sharessa BentlyCrovo, 843-267-0129.

Consulting | Workplace Surveys & owned by Meredith W Lepley, 859223-5353.

Contractor | Owned by Heberto H Hernandez, 1027 Oak Hill Dr Lex, 859-312-6390.

Convenient Store | Cs Convenient LLC, owned by Charles Saylor, 1511 Russell Cave Road, 859-536-8520.

Convenient Store | Nepmart Grocery LLC, owned by Prakash Pandey, 2350 Woodhill Dr Ste 172 Lex, 859-223-0516.

Corp Subsidiary | Kastle Systems owned by Piyush Sogha, 2661 Idlewood Drive, 703-284-0328.

Cpa | Enderle & Romans PLLC, owned by Scotty L Romans, 318 E Main St 2nd Floor Lex, 859-2544428.

Dev Svc | Dealmaker LLC, owned

by Timothy L Haymaker, 859-2969696.

Diagnostic Medical Physic | Associates In Medical owned by Daniel F Kane Pres, 365 Waller Ave #200 Lex, 216-663-7000.

Drug Testing | Comprehensive Drug owned by Carole Hamilton, 1500 Leestown Rd Ste 316, 859-3689859.

Elec Contr | Bates Electric Inc owned by Christopher Bates, 636464-3939.

Electric Contractor | Owned by Roger L Bailey, 853 Apache Trl Lex, 859-983-9090.

Electrical Contractor | Leger Electric LLC, owned by Gerald Leger, 5682 Harmons Lick Rd Paint L, 859-3141502.

Electrical Contractors | Pike Electric LLC, owned by J Eric Pike, 100 Pikeway, 336-719-4257.

Embroidery | Elite Embroidery And owned by Innessa Savchuk, 3301 Keithshire Way # 133, 859-2198354.

Env Eng | Cornerstone Environmenta owned by Richad A Lemmon Vp, 626-470-2504.

Epoxy Application | Epoxy Systems owned by Steve Ferneding, 5640 Morgan Road Cleves Oh, 513-9241800.

Farming | Locust Hill Farm owned

by C V Ethington Jr, 859-223-1119.

Fast Food Restaurant | Mtrg 1231 LLC, owned by Opv 2 LLC, 2483 Nicholasville Rd, 606-864-0414.

Fast Food Restaurant | Mtrg 4819 LLC, owned by Opv 2 LLC, 357 S Limestone, 606-864-0414.

Fast Food Restaurant | Mtrg 989

LLC, owned by Opv 2 LLC, 2321 Versailles Rd, 606-864-0414.

Fencing Construction | A&W Fence Company owned by Jason Carl Estepp, 1253 Ascot Park Lex Ky, 859-595-3710.

Financial Advisor |, 859-552-8902.

Financial Services | Templin Asset owned by James S Templin, 537 Wellington Way Ste225, 859-4202640.

Fitness Studio | Cadence Fitness LLC, owned by Jarod Buchanan, 163 Old Todds Road # 115, 814397-1272.

Fitness Studio | Lex Fit LLC, owned

by Royce Pulliam, 148 Malabu Dr #160, 859-608-6452.

Floor Installation | Floorcraft owned

by Bruce Cox, 859-625-2516.

Foundation | Ee Murry Family Foundati owned by Wesley Murry, 360 E Vine St # 120, 859-940-5674.

Gen Contractor Residentia | B And G Fencing LLC, owned by George Day, 859-983-5612.

General Contractor | Hunterbilt Inc owned by Mike Hunter, 502-5235722.

General Contractor | Intersteel Group LLC, owned by Scott Robertson, 819 Porter Pl Lexington, 502-254-9144.

General Contractor | Thoman Holding owned by Timothy P Thoman, 317-713-1750.

General Contractor |, 270-4012445.

General Contractor | Wells & Wells Construct owned by Daniel Wells, 217-356-7030.

Hair Salon | Owned by Kelsey Benns, 200 Lexington Green Cir, 859-433-2954.

Handyman Services | Owned by Kelli Herrera, 3241 Hunting Hills Dr Lex, 859-494-2628.

Heart Monitoring Co | Medi Lynx Cardiac owned by Medi Lynx Cardiac Mon In, C, 469-304-1844.

Home Assistant | Owned by Elizabeth C Baker, 1724 Cold Ahrbor Drive, 859-338-9572.

Home Furnishings/ Retail | Sugarboo Designs Inc owned by Richard Puig, 113 Marion Ste 160 Lex, 859469-8403.

Home Manufacturers | Trading Post Homes owned by Chris Richter, 502-955-5622.

Home Services | Spot On Home Services owned by Mark Pendleton, 476 Lemon Drop Lane Lex, 859629-0062.

Horse Racing | Gemstone Racing Stable owned by David P Burnett, 431 Village Dr Frank Ky, 502-3194801.

Horse Trainer | Richard Caastillo Racing owned by Richard Catillo, 1101 Beaumont Centre Lane, 484942-9936.

Hospital | Mercy Health Partners, 250 Federal Plaza East 3rd, 330884-7108.

Hospital Maintenance | S And S Construction owned by Clinton A Steele, 502-680-0880.

Hotel | Elkhorn Lexington Lllp

owned by Kal Patel, 2211 Elkhorn Rd Lex, 513-442-3454.

Hotel Management | Aimbridge Employee Svc owned by Vince Cuce, 775 Newtown Court, 214550-5531.

Household Employer | Ashwin Prabhu, 407-283-7382.

Hvac | Max Heating & Air Corp owned by Tim Key, 502-873-5825.

Hvac | Owned by Daryl Seybold, 3374 Poor Ridge Pike Lanc Ky, 859304-1555.

Hvac | Teegarden Hvac owned by Randy Teegarden, 859-635-1658.

In Home Care | Conundrum Inc owned by James Bernoski, 333 W Vine Street, 502-542-0014.

Info Tech | Unified Industry LLC, owned by Kyle Wilson, 210 Eagle Drive Nich Ky, 859-559-3366.

Ins Agent | Owned by Micahel Cayse, 3620 Walden Dr # 211, 859433-4805.

Insur Administr | Ffva-Aim Inc owned by Fl Frt/Veg Assoc, 321214-5200.

Insurance Agency | Logan Lavelle Hunt owned by Shepherd Holdings LLC, , 317-846-5554.

Insurance Premium Tax | Union Insurance Company, 515-345-2788.

Interior Design Serv | Deaton, Benjamin Design owned by Benjamin A Deaton, 148 Jefferson St Ste B Lex, 859-447-4225.

It Staffing | Digital Intelligence owned by Mahfuz Amed, 3474 Castleton Hill Lex, 703-962-7277.

Janitorial Svc | Restorative Cleaning Svc owned by Jason Jackson, 859270-4353.

Labor/Fabrication | Perkins, Rick Drapery owned by Rick Perkins, 145 Burt Rd #18 Lex, 859-373-8011.

Land Trust | Versailles Road Trust owned by John C Depp Ii, 5493 Versailles Road, 818-716-1120.

Landscaping | Taylor, Ryan & Christoph owned by Ryan Taylor, 2365 Harrodsburg Rd # A205, 859230-7879.

Laser Hair Removal | Milan Laser Lexington Ll owned by Shikhar Saxena, 2359 Nichoalsville Rd #120, 859-309-6366.

Laundromat | Mrs Suds LLC, owned

by Bret Melrose, 372 Longview Palza, 859-277-8611.

Law |, 1316 New Ridge Court, 859309-1691.

Law Firm | Smith Rolfes & owned

by Brian P Henry, 2333 Alexandria Drive, 513-579-0080.

Lawn Care | D & M Mowing And owned by Daniel Parks, 859-9836312.

Liquor Store | Mgm Mart LLC, owned by Courtney Bell, 349 W Short St Lx, 281-691-5548.

Management Co | Jackson Enterprises owned by C Brandon Watson, 3657 Winding Wood Lane.

Management Consulting | Hb3 Consultants LLC, owned by Herbert Ratliff, 201 Cottage Grv Midway Ky. Management Consulting | Weilage Consultants LLC, owned by Christy Weilage, 1038 Gainesway Dr Lex,

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Manufacture/Paper Product | Georgia Pacific Consumer owned by Gary L Price, 451 Harbison Rd Lex, 404-652-2147.

Manufacturer | Marietta Drapery &, P O Box 569, 770-427-0587.

Massage | Qiu, Xuan owned by Xuan Qiu, 709 Allendale Dr Lex, 312-383-8036.

Medical Coding | Revcycle+ Inc owned by John R Davis, 972-5038899.

Mgmt Co For Mcdonalds | Opv 2 LLC, owned by Gist Heinrich, 157 Chenault Rd, 606-864-0414.

Mgr Consultant | Realcraft Associates LLC, owned by Asheesh K Gupta, 859-400-0123.

Mgt | Infiniti Management LLC, owned by Rodney Jackson, 2517 Sir Barton Way # 200.

Mgt | Kal Management LLC, owned

by Amy Goodlet, 2517 Sir Barton Way # 200.

Mgt | Mcaj Management LLC, owned by Michael Day, 2517 Sir Barton Way # 200.

Mgt | Mgd Management LLC, owned by Morgan Dillow, 2517 Sir Barton Way # 200.

Mgt Consulting | Solarity Partners LLC, owned by Bud Ratliff, 961 Beasley Street # 140.

Mobile Detailing | Owned by David Asberry, 3369 Hibernia Pass Lex, 859-967-3824.

Music/Performance | Artica LLC, owned by Garion Birchell, 859556-9562.

Nail Salon | Av Nail Spa Lexington owned by Thanh Lan Do, 122 Marion Ste 120 Lex, 513-882-2352.

Nail Salon | Varnish LLC, owned by Candace Reichbach, 706 N Limestone, 859-457-9902.

Nail Supply | Owned by Binh Tran, 2350 Woodhill Dr Ste 178, 859335-2493.

Online Charter School | Ecot owned by Michele Smith, 888-3268395.

Painting Contractor | Preston Painting & owned by David W Preston, 3829 Muirfield Pl Lex, 859-2301257.

Pam Jury | Jury Group, The Inc owned by Pam Jury, 108 Dennis Dr Lex, 859-402-1010.

Payroll For Restaurants | Srg Management Co LLC, owned by Schulte Restaurant Group, 502-882-8288.

Payroll Only | Covenant Eyes Inc owned by Ronald J Dehaas, 1054 Merrick Dr Apt 234a Lex, 989-7208059.

Payroll Only | Mark Andy Inc owned

by Philip Reinkemeyer, 636-6819008.

Personal Care | Just Like Family owned by Rhonda Whaley, 859509-4536.

Pet Groomer | Marshas Pet Grooming LLC, owned by Marsha Cornett, 4786 Mooss Creek Drive, 859-5524175.

Pharma Dist | Miami Luken Inc, 265 S Springboro Blvd, 937-743-7775.

Physical Therapy | Osptky LLC,,

1868 Plaudit Pl Ste B, 502-4427697.

Plumbing | R And B Plumbing Repair owned by Richard C Strange, 1470 Saddle Club Way. Pool Repair | Owned by Porfirio Avila, 240 S Richardson Drive, 859576-4269.

Printing & Signage | Clark & Riggs Printing owned by Robert Riggs, 502-493-9651.

Private Nutrition Club | Healthy Way Lex owned by Cravens, Adam, 460 Southland Dr Lex. Professional Services | Owned by Erica Cecil, 606-454-0092.

Professional Services | L & F Management LLC, owned by Aric Andrew, 620 Euclid Ave Ste 207 Lex, 502-585-4181.

Property Management | Blackburn Property owned by Tracy Clinkinbeard Mem, 621 Summershade Cir, 859-321-5569.

Publishing | Jeffares Anointed Press owned by David Wayne Jeffares, 859-552-7808.

Publishing Services | Gannett Publishing owned by Robert J Dickey, 232 Spring Valley Lane, 414-2235397.

Real Est | Jacobson Holdings LLC, owned by Jason Jacobson, 859226-1904.

Real Estate | Bellman, Brenda Realtor owned by Brenda Bellman, 216 Whitfield Dr Lex, 859-621-9690.

Real Estate | Dilly Advising LLC, owned by Nathan Dilly, 859-4205492.

Real Estate Management | Bluegrass Management LLC, owned by Paul D Walsh, 249 E Reynolds Rd Lex, 607-345-8824.

Real Estate Mgmt & Sales | Eckman Management LLC, owned by Shane Eckman, 240 E Third Street, 859475-1010.

Real Estate Rentals | Vereen Real Estate owned by Kenneth Vereen Sr, 957 Tanbark Rd Lex, 859-533-9927.

Residential Cleaning | Owned by Gladys Palma Pineda, 859-6841324.

Restaurant | L & L Craft LLC, owned

by Eric Farber, 3600 Palomar Centre Dr Lex, 859-221-5500.

Retail | Lexington Skill Zone LLC, owned by Hirankumrar Patel, 3120 Pimlico Parkwy#170 Lex. Retail Apparel Sales | New Rue21 LLC, owned by Todd Lenhart, 3801 Mall Rd Ste 130 Lex, 724-776-9780.

Retail Appliances | Mako Appliances owned by Ryan Sledge, 501 E New Circle Rd Ste 110, 615-939-0570.

Retail Clothing | Urban Outfitters Inc owned by Richard Hayne, 110 Summit #115 Lexington, 215-4544160.

Retail Vapor Shop | Magic Vapor Shop LLC, owned by Jerry Scrivner Ceo, 3094 Richmond Rd Ste 150 Lex, 859-687-9549.

Sales & Distribution | Foundation Building owned by John Gorey, 1115 Delaware Avenue, 714-3803127.

Sales & Service | Camso Usa Inc

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Sec Monitoring | Wm Security Services owned by Russell Robinson Pres, 800-882-3149.

Security Services | Arm Security Services owned by Nicholas K Baker, 950 Contract St Ste 100, 859-3889595.

Serv Provider | Dungarvin Kentucky LLC, owned by Tim Madden, 1104 Mountain Laurel Way, 651-6990206.

Service | Medassist Holding LLC, owned by Arjun Mitra, 1661 Lyndon Farm Court Louis.

Sign & Light Repair | Lightsout LLC, owned by Brian R Harlow, 909 E Main Street, 502-966-7200.

Sign Install | Sign Station owned by Duane Hathaway, 4504 Langley Cir Lex, 941-545-8560.

Social Worker | Sarah Chapman Lcsw LLC, owned by Sarah Chapman, 3382 Buckhorn Drive, 859576-8050.

Software | Hcl America Inc owned

by Raghu Raman Lakshmanan, 330 Potrero Avenue, 408-523-8441.

Software | Ptc Inc owned by James Heppelmann, 1013 Star Shoot Parkway, 781-370-5251.

Software | Wolfram Research Inc owned by Rebecca Porth, 217-3980700.

Software Consulting | Azend Inc owned by Jeff Camozzi, 855-4629363.

Software Engineering | Intelliboard Inc owned by Anatoliy Kochnev, 866-897-3767.

Solicitor | Decatur Diamond LLC, owned by Dennis Maude Cfo, 260547-4150.

Speaking & Awareness | Anti Bully Police Of Ky owned by Joseph A Saunier, 859-396-9176.

Supplement Retail Store | Nuhealth Supplements LLC, owned by Henry Doyle Mills, 2330 Sir Barton Way #155, 859-263-8637.

Tea Room | Gift Box Tea Room Inc owned by Jamie Wilson, 3330 Partner Pl # 122.

Temporary Staffing | Aquent LLC, owned by John Chuang, 501 Boylston St 3rd Fl, 617-535-4593.

Temporary Staffing | Bg Personnel Lp owned by Allen Baker Pres, 972692-2450.

Title | Absolute Title LLC, owned by Craig L Mccloud, 859-281-5641.

Towing Service | Non Stop Towing & owned by David Mcintosh, 859229-7411.

Truck Repair | Onsite Truck & Trailer owned by Floerntin Servan, 502636-1434.

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Vac Rental |, 303-220-0183.

Web Design Consulting | Palantir.

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Gov. Matt Bevin has appointed Elizabeth Green Messer, of Lexington, as circuit judge to serve in the Family Court for Kentucky’s 22nd Judicial Circuit, Division 1; and John Edward Reynolds, of Lexington, as circuit judge for Kentucky’s 22nd Judicial Circuit, Division 3.

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Mayor Jim Gray has appointed Lawrence Weathers, a former assistant chief of the Lexington Police Department, as Lexington’s next police chief. Weathers is currently director of law enforcement for Fayette County Public Schools. He retired from the Lexington Police Department in 2016, after 27 years of service to the city.

Lexington-based construction and design firm Denham-Blythe Company has announced the appointment of Adam Jones and Marty Trimble to its board of directors.

Churchill McGee Construction and C3 Concrete, a division of Churchill McGee, have announced the promotion of Jorge Rivera to operations manager of C3 construction.

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