Collaborative Efforts. Exponential Results.
The Appalachian Development Alliance (ADA) helps make success a reality for many businesses in eastern Kentucky.
Click on one of following businesses to learn more:
Five D. Enterprises, Inc.
P.O. Box 727
Harlan, KY 40381
Phone: 606-573-4502
fivedenterprises.com
Superior Printing and Publishing of Cromona
73 Community Drive
Cromona, KY 41810
Phone: 606-855-4541
If you would like to learn more about our collective results or have an interest in securing additional resources for your business, feel free to contact us.
Five D. Enterprises, Inc., an electrical contracting company based in Harlan, KY, is recognized as a specialist in airfield lighting and navigational systems. Their experienced technicians have installed fiber systems for metropolitan airports, Air Force Bases, and banks. Experienced with both aerial and underground installations, they are able to provide faster and longer-lasting emergency repairs than most other providers. Five D Enterprises also offers an innovative financing plan that allows eligible airport boards to purchase and install improved lighting and navigational systems with little or no money down.
The ADA has provided Five D with working capital to fund larger contracts and expand their presence at larger airports. Their loan proceeds have allowed them to increase good job opportunities within Southeastern Kentucky and outside of the area. Employees almost universally have benefited from an increased quality of life, home ownership, vehicles and etc. Five D Enterprises contributes all of their success to perseverance. And, thank ADA for their commitment to helping businesses’ invest for the long-term while solving short-term problems.
For 52 years, Superior Printing and Publishing of Cromona (Letcher County), KY has served the region with its one-color printing press. The family-owned business publishes a weekly newspaper paper and prints for retail and wholesale customers within a five county area. Working with Southeast Community and Technical College Small Business Development Department, Mike Whitaker, President and CEO, was introduced to the ADA by Paul Pratt, Director of the Pine Mountain Community Development Corporation.
Superior used development loan proceeds to purchase a four-color, large-format Komori printing press and a booklet maker—that prints and binds a booklet in one step. Whitaker says that the loan has given his family business “the potential and capability for unprecedented growth.” Within the first few weeks of installation and training, Superior Printing received seven color-printing jobs that they had not had the capability to produce before. Whitaker says the ADA has helped the company take steps in the right direction to become competitive with printing companies throughout the tri-state region. He says that with the new equipment and management training, “The future looks very promising.”