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HIP 1Q 2009 Issue 8


5th Annual Recognition Breakfast: March 18

Join us as we honor the newest companies selected into the High Impact Portfolio.  The annual Recognition Breakfast will feature remarks by Mayor Jerry Abramson and Mark Crane, Executive Director of GLI's ENTERPRISECORP - as well as a keynote address by Doug Cobb, CEO of Appriss Inc.

In addition to recognizing the newest High Impact companies, this year's event will also include recognition of the Vogt Award winners.

For more information, visit this event on our website.

High Impact Recognition Breakfast Sponsors: Humana, Facilities Management Services, Inc., Chilton & Medley and Allegra Print & Imaging EAST.

JCPS Looking for Businesses to be Part of New Vocation/Career Academies

JCPS is rolling out a revolutionary plan to convert 15 high schools into career academies with the following themes: Creating our Social World (Human services-education-international studies), Designing and Building the Future (Engineering, Architecture, Manufacturing, Construction), Expressing Ourselves Through Media (Community-Media-Arts), Sustaining Ourselves and the Planet (Medical-health- environmental) and Creating Innovation (Business and Information Technology). 

JCPS is looking for businesses that would like to serve on advisory committees for each theme.  If you are interested in participating, contact Eileen Pickett via email or via phone at 502.625.0201.

High Impact Companies in the News

Nov 24 - ZirMed charting path for growth 
Dec 16 - IMC brokers Valvoline deal
Jan 2 - J'town warehouse solutions company expands business by researching customers' needs [CSS Distribution Group]
Jan 2 - Great Northern Building Products begins selling, distributing flashing used on decks
Jan 7 - ATA accreditation renewed
Jan 15 - Nucleus issues request for Haymarket development partner
Jan 15 - Chrysalis leads investment in Open Kernel Labs
Jan 15 - Bellwether Software Forms New Partnership with Proqur Consulting Inc
Jan 19 - Florida Tile goes live with Bellwether Software's ePMX, "Best of Breed" purchasing software
Jan 20 - Churchill broadens focus with new subsidiary
Jan 21 - Traffic Builders launches first ever direct mail green initiative
Feb 2 - LeapFrog Interactive Featured for Cisco Case Study
Feb 12 - bCatalyst adds managing directors
Feb 13 - Skyway builds distribution network in North America
Feb 23 - Ops Plus, Inc. Expands Services with Purchase of Civil Engineering Firm
Feb 24 - Beacon narrows 1Q loss


Attend the Recognition Breakfast

Date: Wednesday, March 18
Time: 7:30 - 9:30 am
Cost: $35 individual
$265 table of eight
Location: The Olmsted
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Register: Via email or via phone at 502.625.0156.

A Futuristic Outlook

The Thursday, March 12 Business at Breakfast Kick-off event, "A Futuristic Outlook: the Trends, the Reality & the Changing Game of Business," will examine game-changing, innovative ideas to help your company respond to today's rapidly changing market conditions.

Don't miss your chance to examine business innovation as it applies to healthcare, marketing, HR, the economy and more.

Date: Thursday, March 12
Time: 7:30 - 9 am
Cost: $30 for GLI Members or
$50 for Guests
Location: Louisville Downtown Marriott
Register: Via email or via phone at 502.625.0085.

Additional information can be found by visiting www.GreaterLouisville.com/events.



For more information about the High Impact Program,
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