Economic Development Blog

Today's Big News: Ford CEO to Keynote GLI Annual Meeting

11/22/2010 02:49:13 PM  -  0 Comments
 

 GLI announced the speaker for its 2011 Annual Meeting today… and it’s an impressive one.
 
Alan Mulally, President and CEO of Ford Motor Company, will be traveling to Louisville to speak at the event, which takes place Tuesday, March 15, 2011. Mulally will discuss the Ford story and how its team returned the company to profitability during the recent economic crisis. Remember: Ford was the only major American car manufacturer to avoid government-sponsored bankruptcy.
 
This is exciting news, not only because the Louisville business community gets to hear from one of the most respected CEOs in the nation, but because Ford has such a huge impact on the regional economy.

New York’s Loss is Louisville’s Gain?

11/12/2010 12:11:48 PM  -  0 Comments
 

Interesting article on Forbes.com this month.  We know population trends indicate that individuals are migrating out of mega-cities into communities with higher qualities of life (something we pride ourselves on here in Louisville).  As Forbes notes:

"In the course of the next 40 years, the biggest gainers won't be behemoths like New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, but less populous, easier-to-manage cities that are both affordable and economically vibrant… Over the past decade, the biggest migration of Americans has been to cities with between 100,000 and 1 million residents.”

Louisville is poised to greater benefit from this trend – in fact, we already are.

Louisville’s Aging Care Innovators

10/20/2010 03:03:07 PM  -  0 Comments
 

Louisville’s Aging Care sector is growing, making it one of the region’s most exciting areas for economic growth. Today, the My Better Nursing Home blog highlighted one critical component Louisville is using to develop the next generation of innovations in again care: The International Center for Long-Term Care Innovation.

Fortune Magazine Recognizes Louisville’s Growing Dominance in Logistics

10/20/2010 12:33:29 PM  -  0 Comments
 

 The latest from Eileen Pickett, GLI’s Senior Vice President for Economic and Community Development:

We’ve known for a long time that the logistics and distribution sector is central to Louisville’s economy.  And we’ve known that this community is good at logistics – if you need to get something from here to there, Louisville is the place to do it.   It’s rather nice though, to have the rest of the world acknowledge this strength.

I draw your attention to the current issue of Fortune magazine (the Oct 18^th issue – the one with Oprah on the cover) pages 32 and 33.

55,000 Degrees – Turn up the Heat!

10/18/2010 10:33:27 AM  -  1 Comments
 

What will it take to grow our city and attract new-economy jobs? One thing we know for sure is more citizens with post-secondary degrees.  So a coalition of business, civic and government leaders have taken on an exciting new initiative that will increase the number of degree-holders in Louisville by 55,000 people.

A bold goal? You bet.