eed rail that delivers right to your back door AND an interstate for Just In Time deliveries? Is fiber crucial to your operation? Don't want trucks thundering by your headquarters? Paducah has several industrial and business parks tailored to fit your specific needs.
      The Information Age Park is a premier business park located less than 5 miles from Interstate 24 and 3 miles from Barkley Regional Airport. This master planned park, over 260 acres, was designed like a university campus environment. Fully served by all utilities, including a redundant fiber loop, the park provides an excellent location for a headquarters or service operation, offering sites from one to 14 acres.
      Growing companies located in the Park include a medical software design company – Ulrich Medical Concepts; a customer service call center for auto glass claims management – Lynx PPG; and a national call center for medical billing and collections – Credit Bureau Systems.
      Computer Services, Inc. is the anchor tenant in the 42-acre Technology Center park. Also located on Interstate 24, the park has a campus environment with 25 percent set aside for green space. Seven lots are available from 1.5 acres to 3.5 acres.
      For heavier industry, Industrial Park West offers Paducah's premier industrial sites, up to 100 acres. The Park is served by all utilities including gas, offers rail-served sites, and is located less than 3/4 mile from Interstate 24 with excellent 4-lane access. An expandable 60,000 sf shell building with 34' ceiling height is available for immediate occupancy. Infiniti Media recently located their manufacturing operations in a fully automated 100,000 sf injection molding facility complete with dual line rail spur. Infiniti manufactures DVD cases for the music video and gaming industry and ships nationwide from their Paducah facility.
      Couple all of these park options with a middle America location that accesses 65 percent of the nation's consumers in one day's drive: 6 hours east to Atlanta, 7 hours north to Chicago and 8 hours west to Kansas City. Situated on Interstate 24, Paducah's west Kentucky location offers access to 6 interstates within 120 miles. From a rail perspective, Paducah is served by Canadian National, which connects with all Class I rail lines. The Paducah & Louisville Railway, a regional line, offers rail – barge – rail services on the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers and services both of Paducah's industrial parks.
      Kentucky ranks as one of the five lowest-cost states for electricity every year since 1990 and the lowest electric rates for 6 consecutive years. Kentucky ranks #4 in state business cost comparisons (15 percent lower than the national average) and is working hard to further improve that ranking, including a lowering of the corporate income tax for two years in a row.
      Paducah and McCracken County work with the Commonwealth of Kentucky to customize incentive packages that positively impact the bottom line of companies seeking to relocate or expand.
      For more information about how your company can be successful in Paducah, contact George Harben at 270-575-6633 or george@gpedc.com, www.gpedc.com.