It sounds almost too good to be true in this economy, but it's possible more than one thousand jobs are coming to one county in eastern Kentucky.

A waste conversion company is considering Clay County for a new plant site.

Nothing is set in stone, but Manchester City officials have reached a mutual agreement with Waste Not Technologies.

After a year of small talk, things are starting to move forward.

Manchester's slogan is "the city of hope" and that's exactly what city officials are doing.

"It could not be a more perfect thing at a more percent time for our community," said mayor Carmen Lewis.

With a city battling a high unemployment rate...the Manchester mayor is hoping a new plant means new opportunities for the city and Clay County.

"What it would mean for our community is you cannot even put it in words. You cannot even put in words..it would be like our community even bigger than it was when we were the booming coal town like we used to be," said Lewis.

The mayor says the benefits of the business will not only benefit Manchester and Clay County, but all of eastern Kentucky.

"Not only for our community...but for that many jobs in the future..but for all the communities around us, Hazard, Hyden, so many different people around us. It would be fabulous for the entire region," said Lewis.

For now, nothing is for sure.

Waste Not Technologies is looking at a few other possible sites but officials could not say the locations.

If the company decides to build in Manchester, they hope to break ground at least by fall and open in late next year.