By: Charles Romans
Carter County Times
The Northeast Kentucky Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Mi De Con at its location at East Park last week. The business, and the ribbon cutting, was the culmination of efforts by not only the business itself, but by area government officials to bring much needed jobs to the area. Greenup County Judge Executive Bobby Hall spoke at the ribbon cutting, welcoming the new business, and acknowledging the group effort required to bring new business and much needed jobs to the area.
“We started this journey back in 2023 when Ben Collier (Business Manager for UA Local 248) approached me and Judge Chaney, talking about Mathew Floyd,” Hall said. “We had no idea who Matthew Floyd was, but thirty days later, Elliot County Judge Executive Myron Lewis met us out here to discuss the future of Mi De Con.”
Mathew Floyd, they learned, was the president of Mi De Con, an Ironton, Ohio based company with an interest in establishing a business in Kentucky.
Hall told the crowd present for the event that what followed were numerous discussions between the parties involved. This, he said, impacted all five counties in the FIVCO District. The logistics of bringing together five judge executives, five fiscal courts, and fourteen cities – with fourteen mayors and their individual city councils – might seem daunting, but everyone worked together to make that happen.
“It took the entire group to get on the same page,” Hall said. “And everyone did.”
When all the cards were laid on the table, so to speak, Hall said that the attitude could best be summed up by what Carter County Judge Executive Brandon Burton said, which was simply, “Let’s do it.”
“When these five counties work together for the same purpose, you will see the true definition of progress,” Hall said of the results the ribbon cutting symbolized. “Regional economic development is on display today.”
President Mathew Floyd spoke at the event and said that he saw it as a positive step forward for not only his company but the region as well.
“When we approached this project, all the counties, Local 248, and us came together to form something that was a win for everyone,” Floyd said. “We’re putting local workers to work to serve customers in this area. And we think we can offer a really great service from this location,” Floyd continued. “So we are really excited to get started here.”
Boyd County Judge Executive Eric Chaney said that he has had the pleasure of working with Mi De Con at his other job at Marathon and looked forward to all the good things to come in the future. “This is what happens when you put politics aside,” Chaney said. “You do what’s right for the people. You work across county lines and city lines, and you do what needs to be done for your community. And all I have to say to Mi De Con is welcome home.”
Mi De Con is an industrial contractor that offers a wide array of services to support the millwright industry. The East Park location is primarily a pipe and fab shop, but has the capacity to grow into other services as well. President Floyd said that the location has the potential to generate over two dozen highly skilled jobs and impact numerous businesses in the area.
Contact the writer at charles@cartercountytimes.com
