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Sherri chappell, transportation engineering Supervisor with the Kytc dis-
trict 11 Office in Manchester, talks to Tommy Black (left) and Sean Dizney
at February’s Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce membership
luncheon in Corbin. She spoke about major road projects in and around
the city of Corbin.

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road projects, enrollment at University of the Cumberlands, and Whitley County’s bicentennial all on the agenda

t was an eventful three months at the stretch, which travels through Laurel and of the founding of Whitley County, includ-
Southern Kentucky Chamber of Com- Knox counties, has between 18,000 to ing the dedication of a historical marker
merce monthly membership lunch- 24,000 cars travel along it daily. the pur- for the city’s founder Samuel Cox. Harri-
ieons. pose of the changes — including recon- son also touched on plans to expand the
in February, Sherri Chappell trans- figuration of intersections, access roads, Kentucky Splash Waterpark, and how to
portation engineering Supervisor with and the addition of new side roads — is tap into tourism as an engine to grow the
the Kentucky transportation Cabinet to improve safety, access and traffic flow. local economy.
District 11 Office in Manchester, spoke at At the March chamber luncheon, dr. Jerry Jackson, Vice-President of
the chamber luncheon about area road held in Williamsburg, Williamsburg May- enrollment and Communications at the
projects. the biggest, and most immedi- or roddy Harrison discussed a range University of the Cumberlands, spoke at
ate of those, are major changes on US of topics regarding the town. He noted April’s luncheon about the institution’s
25e (Cumberland Gap Parkway) from KY the long list of activities Williamsburg growth in tough times for colleges. UofC
770 to the Corbin bypass. the four mile planned to celebrate the 200 anniversary currently has an enrollment of 11,821.