About the Williamstown Business Association
The Williamstown Business Association (WBA) is a Kentucky non-profit for every business in Williamstown, Kentucky: storefronts, trades, farms, home-based and one-person outfits. Williamstown, and only Williamstown.
Our vision
To inspire a vibrant, innovative, and prosperous Williamstown where businesses of every size flourish, entrepreneurs are welcomed, and our community is recognized as one of Kentucky's best places to live, work, shop, and visit.
Our mission
The Williamstown Business Association is dedicated to advancing the economic vitality of Williamstown by connecting business leaders, encouraging entrepreneurship, supporting existing businesses, promoting responsible growth, and partnering with local government and community organizations to create opportunities that strengthen our local economy and enrich the quality of life for all.
Who we are
The WBA brings Williamstown’s business owners together, so every business in town has a say in what happens next. We are a Kentucky non-profit corporation; our Articles were filed on July 20, 2026.
Members come to events, meet other business owners, and vote on where the association’s money goes. If you trade here, you belong here. Join the Williamstown Business Association.
The board
- President
- Eddi Feldmann
- Vice President
- John Coleman
- Secretary
- Ashley Gordon
- Treasurer
- Rachel Edwards
- Board of Directors
- Jamie Baker
- Board of Directors
- Rochelle Morse
- Board of Directors
- Brenda Webster
- Board of Directors
- Mary Lucas
- Website and Marketing Committee
- Joe Montgomery and Alann Feldman
- Head of Memberships
- Patty Arnold
Where we meet
We meet monthly at Rosebud, 205 Paris Street, Williamstown, KY 41097. Every business in town is welcome. The next date is on the events page.
Willy Arnold
Willy is the WBA’s character. He is named for Captain William Arnold, who founded Williamstown, and he is a little amused to find himself two centuries out of his time.
The real William Arnold was a Revolutionary War captain in the Virginia Line. He served three tours and was badly wounded at Yorktown. When Grant County was formed from Pendleton County in 1820, he became its first sheriff.
He gave the county the ground for its public buildings. He handed out timber for three years, and firewood and stone for seven, so people could build homes. In 1821 he helped start Grant Seminary, the town’s first school. He knew Lafayette, and in 1824 put him up for the night in Williamstown.
We are still neighbors handing each other what it takes.
