Forcht Broadcasting, Grace Health make list of 100 Best Places to Work in Kentucky

A pair of businesses with local ties have been named as two of the best places to work in Kentucky.

The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, the Kentucky Society for Human Resource Management (KYSHRM) and ClearPath Mutual Insurance Company recently announced the 100 companies that made the 19^th Annual Best Places to Work in Kentucky list, which features Grace Health and Forcht Broadcasting Radio and Digital.

Winners from across the state have been selected in three categories: small companies of 15-149 employees, medium companies of 150-499 employees and large companies consisting of more than 500 employees. The categories are based on number of U.S. employees and only Kentucky employees surveyed.

Forcht Broadcasting Radio and Digital made the list in the best small company category, and Grace Health made the list in the best medium company category.

Forcht Broadcasting currently operates 26 radio stations in 12 radio markets in Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois. The stations are located in Hopkinsville, Greensburg, Campbellsville, Columbia, Somerset, London, Whitesburg, and Paintsville, Kentucky; Crawfordsville, Indiana; and Olney, Newton and West Salem, Illinois.

This is the second time in three years that Forcht Broadcasting has made the list.

Grace Health was established in 2008 and is recognized as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), the first of its kind in the multi-county area that it serves in Southeastern Kentucky. Grace Health has 11 locations and provides complete healthcare services to Bell, Clay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, and Whitley counties.  Along with its primary healthcare clinics, it also provides pediatrics, women’s care, behavioral health, school-based health, pharmacy, and dental services.

The competition is a multi-year initiative designed to motivate companies in the Commonwealth to focus, measure and move their workplace environments toward excellence. Numerous studies show a strong correlation between profitability and creating a good place to work.

“Our program is built to identify those employers in your great state who are doing things right and creating cultures that make employees proud to be a part of them. We give recognition where it’s due and provide companies with valuable feedback from their teams,” Workforce Research Group wrote on the bestplacestoworkkentucky.com website.

For 75 years, the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce has represented the interests of member businesses throughout Kentucky ranging from family-owned shops to Fortune 500 companies. As the state’s premier business advocate, the Kentucky Chamber is a recognized and respected voice across the Commonwealth, working every day to unite business and advance Kentucky.

Kentucky SHRM consists of 12 local chapters that provide ongoing education and leadership opportunities for over 3,000 human resource professionals throughout the Commonwealth.

The winner rankings will be announced at an awards dinner on June 8 at the Central Bank Center, which was formerly known as Lexington Convention Center.