EDC reports local wins, asks Boone County for $175,000 in support

Andrea Kern, the chief executive of the Boone County Economic Development Corporation, presented the EDCs annual report and a seven‑month activity summary. Kern highlighted two major economic wins she said the EDC helped secure: Willoughby Industriesannounced a headquarters move to Zensville that will create about 100 jobs at an average wage of $34 per hour, and an expansion tied to Bristol Myers ("Raise Bio") with a capital investment Kern said she believes is at least $150 million and average wages near $137,000.