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Top Investors Update on Ohio River Bridges: Praised for Persistence, Business Community Now Asked To Be Patient

6/6/2013 11:11:48 AM  -  0 Comments
 

“You have nagged, needled and pushed until we got this job done,” said Governor Steve Beshear to more than 250 attendees of GLI’s most recent Top Investor breakfast about the construction commencement of the Ohio River Bridges Project’s (ORB) Downtown Crossing which will result in a new bridge adjacent to the existing Kennedy Bridge, a reconfiguration of what is commonly referred to as Spaghetti Junction which is the approach to the bridge on the Kentucky side and new approach on the Indiana side to both the Kennedy and the new bridge.

“Thanks to the business communities of Kentucky and Southern Indiana for over a decade of focus and a steady and loud drumbeat that has helped us reach the point we are at today,” he said.

Beshear went on to categorize the ORB as “the largest bi-river construction project in the history of the two states.” Construction is scheduled to start within the next two weeks and the Downtown Crossing is expected to be complete in about three and a half years.  The East End Crossing, which will extend the Gene Snyder Freeway from Prospect over the Ohio River to Utica, IN, has already begun construction and is scheduled for completion in October of 2016.
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GLI Annual Meeting 2013: JP Morgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon Calls World Economy a Roller Coaster as U.S. Economy Stabilizes

3/26/2013 03:48:41 PM  -  0 Comments
 

Before a packed house of nearly 1,300 GLI members and supporters on hand to celebrate the economic and community successes of the past year, keynote speaker JP Morgan Chase Chair and CEO Jamie Dimon passed around some congratulations of his own. “I love the pro-business attitude here,” he said. “Clearly you have dedicated board members and good business mentors in this organization. I love my job and I understand how important it is to pass that passion on to others.”
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Capitol Connection: Senate President Stivers Takes the Bigger View

3/5/2013 12:28:53 PM  -  0 Comments
 

Capitol Connection:  Senate President Stivers Takes the Bigger View 

 “I wake up in the middle of the night worried about making decisions for people I will never see and never know.” 

Before a packed, business-friendly crowd at GLI’s most recent Capitol Connection luncheon, newly elected Senate President Robert Stivers (R, Manchester) introduced himself as a University of Kentucky graduate and a University of Louisville Law School graduate. “My role as Senate President means I conduct and facilitate business on the Senate floor for Louisville and for the entire state,” he said.  Noting that his new job makes him a constitutional officer he went on to say, “I feel the weight.  I wake up in the middle of the night worried about making decisions for people I will never see and never know.”

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Capitol Connection: Governor Beshear Says “Yes” to Local Option Sales Tax

1/30/2013 12:25:01 PM  -  0 Comments
 

Governor Steve Beshear was very clear about his support of a local option sales tax as he stood before a crowd of more than 250 attendees of GLI's most recent Capitol Connection luncheon.

When asked about his position on the proposed dedicated tax for specified projects within a community, Beshear began his remarks by saying, "As you well know, politicians are known to take both sides of an issue."  After a short pause, he quickly injected, "I'm all for it!"

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UPS’s Mitch Nichols To GLI: “We Love Louisville As Much As We Love Logistics.”

12/5/2012 03:01:18 PM  -  1 Comments
 

Maybe it’s because his company is gearing up for what he calls their “Super Bowl”, the high-octane Holiday package delivery season, but UPS Airlines President Mitch Nichols was full of gifts when he spoke at last week’s Business at Breakfast session at the Downtown Marriott. From demonstrating a real affection for Louisville, UPS Airlines and its Worldport home base, to offering up 200 readily available jobs for area citizens, to pledging support and services for businesses wanting to further develop international exporting, Nichols provided a steady stream of insights and advice gleaned from years of running a highly successful worldwide company that started more than 105 years ago on a borrowed one hundred bucks.

Before a crowd of more than 200 people, Nichols acknowledged Louisville for its genuine “receptivity and hospitality” and thanked the community for allowing UPS “to serve the world from our hometown.”

“We’ve been able to expand here because of the support we’ve experienced from the people and government officials and we work hard to give back,” he said, citing the international company’s contributions to United Way, Thunder Over Louisville and the “hundreds of thousands of hours our employees give to projects all over the community.”

Nichols was quick to point out, however, that it takes much more than a love fest to manage a global operation that sorts and delivers more than 15 million packages a day, represents 2% of the world GDP, operates 230 jets and manages a logistics center that occupies 5.2 million square feet of floor space and runs 155 miles of conveyors. “Louisville is our partner,” he said as he noted the three strategic goals for his company and its services; 1) transform and strengthen, 2) invest and grow and 3) continually create value for the customer.
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