Gateway Area Development District

10/11/2026

In observance of Columbus Day, all GADD-operated sites and programs will be closed tomorrow, Monday, October 12, 2026. Normal operations will resume on Tuesday!

10/01/2026

Check out what's for lunch at our senior center sites this October! For details on meals and programming, contact us at 855.882.5307 or visit: https://gwadd.org/senior-centers/

09/30/2026

Help shape the future of the Gateway region!

Gateway Area Development District is updating its Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS), and we want to hear from you!

Share your priorities, needs, and ideas for Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, and Rowan Counties. Your input will help guide regional planning and identify projects, opportunities, and priorities throughout the Gateway region.

📝 Take the survey and make your voice heard: https://arcg.is/1CzW9u6

09/28/2026

📣 The CEATS Coalition is seeking input from child care providers across the Gateway region!

If you operate or work for a child care center, family child care home, or other child care program in Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, or Rowan County, we encourage you to complete our Child Care Provider Survey.

Your feedback matters! Your responses will help us better understand the challenges, needs, and opportunities facing child care providers, including:

👥 Staffing
💰 Operating costs
🏫 Capacity
📈 Barriers to expansion
🛠️ Needed resources and support

The information collected will help guide regional planning and identify strategies to strengthen child care services for providers, families, and employers throughout the Gateway region.

🔗 Complete the survey here: https://arcg.is/1HTCbi1

09/24/2026

📢 Schedule Update!

The Morgan County Senior Center will be closed on Friday, September 25, 2026.

The center will reopen on its regular schedule on Monday, September 28. We hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable Sorghum Festival Weekend! 🎉🍁

09/23/2026

📢 Schedule Update!

The Rowan County Senior Center will be closed on Thursday, September 24, 2026.

The center will reopen for normal operations on Friday, September 25. We look forward to seeing everyone then! 💙

09/08/2026

🐾 Celebrating the impact of partnership! 🐾

GADD is proud to be part of the incredible work made possible through the generous support of the Joanie Bernard Foundation.

For the past three years, this partnership has helped bring valuable resources, expertise, and support to animal welfare efforts throughout the Gateway region and beyond. We’re grateful for the Foundation’s investment in Kentucky communities and for the opportunity to be part of a statewide effort making a real difference for animals and the people who care for them. ❤️

Read the full post and learn more about the incredible impact happening across Kentucky below! 👇

Scooter The Neutered Cat Team Shelter USA

Now that our most recent Kentucky visits, generously sponsored by the Joanie Bernard Foundation, are completed in the Barren River Area Development District, Cumberland Valley Area Development District and Kentucky River Area Development District, I wanted to take a moment and celebrate the amazing impact of the foundation. The Joanie Bernard Foundation focuses funding programs around cats (but my consults and visits are all inclusive -dogs, public policy recommendations, shelter design,etc.) and has historically concentrated within 100 miles of Cincinnati. That includes parts of Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana. But we also acknowledge that helping in parts outside the circle, helps inside the circle too. We began funding cat spay/neuter 10 years ago in Northern Kentucky Area Development District, 8 years ago Bluegrass Area Development District and 3 years ago in Gateway Area Development District and DRUMROLL please....So far that has resulted in more than 50,000 surgeries through 26 counties (see green on the map) and dozens of amazing service providers totaling $4.2 million and very quickly dramatically reduced intake and ended euthanasia for space (see press release here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eACjJf0x-hQyHYm43UsI9QJwo47UCvke/view?usp=sharing)!! I have personally done consults and/or visits in all the green and blue counties. But wait, there's more! Another 44 counties were serviced by Kentucky Humane Society and Friends of Butler County Animals with more than $130,000 in funding for cat spay/neuter in the last 2 years (see map with blue counties and lines through them). And if that's not enough, the Joanie Bernard Foundation awarded Kentucky Humane Society a $1 million capital grant as they continue to so impactfully help throughout the state. So that is more than $5.3 million over the last 10 years! Thanks also to all the groups we continue to collab and network with to support all the amazing people in Kentucky doing the work to help and save animals! Maddie's Fund Maddie's Million Pet Challenge Making A Difference Now Cathy Bissell Humane World for Animals Best Friends Animal Society Scooter The Neutered Cat

09/04/2026

All GADD-operated sites and programs will be closed Monday, September 7, 2026, in observance of Labor Day.

Regular operations will resume on Tuesday, September 8, 2026.

We hope you have a safe, relaxing, and enjoyable Labor Day weekend! ❤️🤍💙

09/03/2026

💡 What’s your next big business idea?

Whether it’s new equipment 🛠️, an expansion 🏢, working capital 💰, or another opportunity to move your business forward 📈, GADD’s Revolving Loan Fund may help turn that idea into action!

🏦 Financing is available for eligible businesses throughout the Gateway region.

Ready to take the next step? 👇
🔗 Learn more: gwadd.org/planning/business-loans/

09/02/2026

Check out what's for lunch at our senior center sites this September! For details on meals and programming, contact us at 855.882.5307 or visit: https://gwadd.org/senior-centers/