Elizabethtown approves industrial development incentives for KWH Ventures LLC tied to 50 new jobs

Elizabethtown City Council on Jan. 21, 2025, approved Municipal Order No. 5, 2025, extending industrial development incentives to KWH Ventures LLC (referred to in the meeting as Kentucky Whiskey House) for a manufacturing facility on Pritchard Parkway. The order states the company will create 50 new jobs and authorizes a partial refund of the Elizabethtown occupational license fee equal to 1% annually for 10 years for new jobs created, subject to approval by the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority. The actual reimbursement each year will be based on the number of new jobs created.

The municipal order was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote. The order also authorizes the mayor or his designee to take the steps necessary to implement the order.

The order notes the city's intent to support job creation in the community and ties the incentive payment to a state authority's approval and a job‑creation metric, which the city said will determine the annual reimbursement amount. The council did not detail dollar totals at the meeting; the order as read ties the incentive to the number of new jobs and to subsequent approval from the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority.

Why it matters: The incentives are structured to support a private manufacturing operation that the city says will create 50 jobs. The measure conditions reimbursement on state approval and annual job counts rather than specifying a fixed city cost at the time of the vote.