Hundreds of eastern Kentucky officials are participating in the annual Shaping Our Appalachian Region Summit. The leaders represent government, business, tourism, and education fields, as well as community advocates. Darryl Billings is with Tanner Chrysler Products in Powell County. He’s been involved with SOAR for many years. He admits there has been some impatience when it comes to furthering economic development in the region.
“I just think that we need to be a little more patient with what’s going on. Again, those things don’t happen overnight. But, there still needs to be awareness of it on a day-to-day basis and I think sometimes we put that aside and don’t really bring it up until it’s time for the next conference,” said Billings.
