...Columbia County officials is that Mr. Quinsey is a former employee of Mr. West. They worked together at Tri-County Economic Development Corp. in Covington, Ky. Mr. Quinsey also serves as executive director of Columbia County's development...

...recommended the Mercer University grad and well-respected business recruiter. Currently president of the Tri-County Economic Development Corp. in Cincinnati's Kentucky suburbs, West will now tackle another tri-county marketing strategy...

...he said. "But they've got a lot to offer." He will compete against his former employer, the Tri-County Economic Development Corp., which he helped create. The agency is largely credited with creating the 1990s economic boom in northern...

...arrives on the job Sept. 18. He and Augusta Metro Chamber President Jim West worked together at the Tri-County Economic Development Corp., a development council, in Covington, Ky. "I've known him eight years, worked with him for five...

...returning to the area as president of the Augusta chamber. Jim West, who has served as president of the Tri-County Economic Development Corp. in Covington, Ky., for more than 10 years, said he is ready to get to work to attract business and...

...resignation, the Augusta chamber is getting a new president. Jim West, a Macon native who is director of the Tri-County Economic Development Corp. based in Cincinnati's Kentucky suburbs, told The Kentucky Post on Thursday that he will be president...