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The Kentucky Summit on Economic Development Strategies to Leverage Kentucky Riverports and Freight Network, hosted online by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet March 24-26, is the second of three conferences planned by the state to help its riverports grow. The state began its Kentucky Riverports, Highway and Rail Freight Study in early 2020, and the conferences are the next step for using the information gathered in the study to create a strategic map for the future. During the opening session March 24, Chandler Duncan, project manager with contractor Metro Analytics, explained that following a first round of visits to Kentucky's public ports along with the initial summit in November, analysts had gathered information about each port's infrastructure and capabilities and presented information to port representatives to help them bet- ter understand potential markets. "This one is about understanding the economic development process and how it's going to be developing over time," Duncan said. |