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Garrard County Community Impact

Arts & Culture

2006-07 Arts Education Programs
Paint Lick Elementary School- Kentucky Chautaugua Presentation (Rosie the Riveter), 100 students in attendance.

2007-08 Arts Education Programs
Lancaster Elementary School – Lexington Children’s Theatre (Pecos Bill and Sluefoot Sue), 200 students in attendance

2009 Arts Education Programs
Paint Lick Elementary School – Kentucky Chautauqua Presentation (Abraham Lincoln), 104 students in attendance

Public Safety

11 Mobile Data Computers installed
Total Dollars invested- $591,734

Leadership

C-Train
6 grants totaling $80,557 were awarded to the following companies:
Central Record
Christian Appalachian Project
Progressive Machine & Tool

Excellence in Entrepreneurship Awards (EIEA) program

2005 Award Recipient
For-Profit Small Business
Julian Moss Jr. – Moss Flowers, Lancaster, KY

2013 Award Recipient
Start-Up Business
Scott L. Shinn – Sustainment Solutions, Inc., Lancaster, KY

2014 Award Recipient
For-Profit Small Business
Mark Gumbert, CEO/principal biologist
Copperhead Environmental Consulting Inc., Paint Lick, KY

Rogers Scholars

1999 – Melody Austin
2000 – Michael McQuerry
2002 – Lindsay Sebastian
2003 – Jacob Denny
2005 – Clay Clark
2006 – Jordan Denny, John Rucker
2007 – Sarah Simpson
2008 – Brandee Skaggs
2009 – Amber Billingsley
2010 – Bailey Lake
2011 – Katherine Simpson
2012 – Anna Leigh Morrow
2013 – Emily Major
2014 – Shawna Morrow
2015 – Mary Katherine Oberman
2016 – Rebekah Lake, Dillyn Twisdale
2017 – Brynne Galloway
2018 – Kennedy Bruner
2019 – Abby Isaacs
2020 – Carrie Bruce

Rogers Explorers

2007 – Parker Young
2013- Jayden Norris, Jenna Ward
2014 – Elliot “Elle” Montgomery, Rebekah Lake, Dillyn Twisdale
2015 – Macie White, Annalee Wilson, Jordan Young, Brynne Galloway
2016 – Kennedy Bruner, Dylan Driskell, Madeline Jordan, Emma Warren
2017 – Macy Abney, Abigail Isaacs, Rebekah Keith
2018 – Sarah Flynn, Kelsey Beedy, Kyrin Norris, Amber Denton, Karli Kirkpatrick, Carrie Bruce, Timberlie Cook Leslie
2019 – Aislinn Ellis, Mason Reynolds, Sydney Travis, Abby Keith
2020 – James Burkhead, Alexis Lewis, Jaydon Noe, Logan Speake

Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute

2010 – Kelsey Arnold
2019 – Kennedy Bruner, Kyrin Norris
2020 – Sydney Travis