The City of Owingsville, KY held a groundbreaking ceremony August 2, 2011 to mark the beginning of the KY 111 and US 60 Sanitary Sewer Extensions project which will bring sanitary sewer service to 104 households that currently rely on failing septic systems to handle raw sewage.
The project is being funded by a $1,040,000 grant from KIA and a $666,000 RD loan and grant package. Dignitaries in attendance at the event included Mayor Gary Hunt, City of Owingsville; Councilmembers Mary Ellen Johnson and Nancy Purvis, City of Owingsville; Tom Fern, Rural Development State Director; Vernon Brown, Rural Utilities Service Program Director; Elwood Howell, Rural Utilities Service Area Specialist; John Covington, KIA Executive Director; Heather O’Banion, Administrator – Ridgeway Manor Nursing Home and several representatives from the Gateway ADD.