Speed Kentucky 落子奥斯利县：147万美元投资创该县历史最大招商纪录，添60个全职岗位
肯塔基州参议院主席罗伯特·斯蒂弗斯（Robert Stivers）10月2日与地方、州及区域官员一道，在奥斯利县工业园为 Speed Kentucky 新工厂举行剪彩仪式，庆祝这家越野车企业在肯塔基东部落子。根据肯塔基州参议院共和党党团发布的官方公告，该项目投资147万美元，预计创造60个全职就业岗位——州经济发展官员称，这是奥斯利县有史以来最大的一笔投资和就业公告。
Speed Kentucky 将在布恩维尔（Booneville）厂区负责 Speed UTV 越野车的最终组装与分销，作为该公司在美国东部的组装与分销中心。这是该公司在加州安纳海姆（Anaheim）现有工厂之外，首个主要的运营基地。
斯蒂弗斯在仪式上说：“When I think about these 60 planned jobs, I think about the families who could build a life around them. People want to make a living without having to leave the place they call home.”（“想到这60个就业岗位，我想到的是那些可以靠它安家立业的家庭。人们都想在家门口谋生，不必背井离乡。”）
为促成项目落地，斯蒂弗斯在2026年州议会例会期间推动通过众议院900号法案第137节，从州预算储备信托基金中拨出50万美元，用于2026-27财年，经由地方政府部拨给奥斯利县财政法院，专门用于布恩维尔工业大楼的升级改造。他表示，争取这笔拨款时想的就是“为这样的机会做好准备”。
布恩维尔/奥斯利县工业管理局主席达伦·盖伊（Darrin Gay）表示，工业园为引进一家企业已努力了25年以上；致力于赛车旅游的非盈利组织“阿巴拉契亚乡间路”（Backroads of Appalachia）也为把 Speed Kentucky 引进该地区出了力。
背景与影响：奥斯利县位于肯塔基东部阿巴拉契亚山区，是全州经济基础最薄弱的县之一，60个全职岗位对当地意义重大。州长安迪·贝希尔（Andy Beshear）本月初宣布将10月定为“制造业月”，称制造业雇佣逾26万肯塔基人、每年为州GDP贡献475亿美元；Speed Kentucky 的落子正是肯塔基制造业扩张的又一注脚。
Speed Kentucky Lands in Owsley County: $1.47M Investment Sets County Record, Adding 60 Full-Time Jobs
Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers joined local, state and regional leaders on October 2 at the Owsley County Industrial Park for a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating Speed Kentucky's new factory in Eastern Kentucky. According to an official announcement from the Kentucky Senate GOP, the project represents a $1.47 million investment expected to create 60 full-time jobs — described by state economic development officials as the largest investment and job-creation announcement in Owsley County history.
The Booneville facility will handle final assembly and distribution of Speed UTV off-road vehicles, serving as the company's Eastern U.S. assembly and distribution hub. It will be Speed Kentucky's first major operational footprint outside its existing U.S. facility in Anaheim, California.
"When I think about these 60 planned jobs, I think about the families who could build a life around them," Stivers said at the ceremony. "People want to make a living without having to leave the place they call home."
To make the project possible, Stivers secured $500,000 during the 2026 Regular Session through House Bill 900, Section 137, appropriating the funding for fiscal year 2026-27 from the state's Budget Reserve Trust Fund, directed through the Department for Local Government to the Owsley County Fiscal Court for upgrades to the Booneville Industrial Building. He said the funding was secured "with opportunities like this in mind."
Darrin Gay, chair of the Booneville/Owsley County Industrial Authority, said the industrial park had worked for more than 25 years to recruit a business; Backroads of Appalachia, a nonprofit focused on motorsports tourism, also helped attract Speed Kentucky to the region.
Context and impact: Owsley County, in the Appalachian mountains of Eastern Kentucky, is among the state's most economically distressed counties, making 60 full-time jobs especially significant. Gov. Andy Beshear designated October as Manufacturing Month earlier this month, noting that manufacturing employs more than 260,000 Kentuckians and contributes $47.5 billion annually to the state's GDP — and Speed Kentucky's arrival is another mark of that expansion.
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