@article{Robbins:206433, recid = {206433}, author = {Robbins, Lynn W. and Allen, James E. IV}, title = {Economic Gardening and the Grow Kentucky Program}, address = {2015-06}, number = {1639-2016-135164}, series = {Staff Paper}, pages = {5}, year = {2015}, abstract = {In 2014, the Community and Economic Development Initiative of Kentucky (CEDIK) and the Kentucky Small Business Development Center (KSBDC), launched Grow Kentucky, Kentucky’s only certified Economic Gardening program. The program helps second-stage entrepreneurial growth companies penetrate existing markets, identify new markets, monitor competitors, track industry trends, locate customer clusters, use search engine optimization/social media for marketing and various other customized research. All of which grows employment and revenue for the Commonwealth.}, url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/206433}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.206433}, }