Ken Springer, KCAP — Washington trip recap and Galesburg's growing national story

Knox County Area Partnership for Economic Development President Ken Springer returned to Galesburg's Morning News to recap the organization's second annual advocacy trip to Washington, D.C., and to discuss a new national communications series designed to put Galesburg on the radar of housing developers, companies, and site selectors across the country. Topics covered in this interview: Who made the Washington trip and what the delegation accomplished Face-to-face meetings with Senators Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin, Congressman Eric Sorensen, Representative Darin LaHood's legislative director, and officials from the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Railroad Administration The three projects KCAP presented — South Street underpass safety improvements, the drilling of municipal water wells, and the construction of a modernized fleet maintenance facility. Congressman Sorensen's selection of the fleet maintenance facility as one of his 20 congressional spending priorities — and what comes next How the congressionally directed spending process works and what role Mercury Public Affairs plays What KCAP has learned from two years of Washington advocacy "Growth is Galesburg's Story" — the new national profile series and why KCAP is telling Galesburg's story to outside audiences Galesburg's momentum heading into the rest of 2026   For more on KCAP's Washington trip and Galesburg's national profile: KCAP returns from Washington with momentum — and a new mission to tell Galesburg's story nationally →