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August 2021

Greater Louisville Inc. Opens GLIDE Scholarship Applications

Louisville, Ky. (August 30, 2021) – Greater Louisville Inc. announced it will award two scholarships for outstanding members of the business community to attend GLIDE: Indianapolis. The purpose of these scholarships is to give two engaged members of the Greater Louisville community the opportunity to participate in this exciting, innovative…

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Infrastructure Bill Advances in U.S. House of Representatives

Earlier this week, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to advance the $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act by requiring a stand-alone vote on the Senate-passed bill by no later than September 27th.  The bill was originally tied to a $3.5 trillion reconciliation package which would impose massive tax…

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OP-ED: Growing workforce shortage highlights pervasive, long-term issues

This article originally appeared in Louisville Business First on August 25, 2021 If you have yet to notice a growing number of ‘now hiring’ signs, or advertising of generous pay increases and sign-on bonuses, you surely have experienced increased wait times at popular restaurants, long check-out lines at retailers, and…

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August 2021 New and Renewing Investors

Core New Investors An Agency Aon ArCom Technologies Artemis Electronics, LLC Buff City Soap Central Creativity Cobra Trading LLC Kain Automotive Inc. Kaplan Barron Pediatric Group Louisville Visual Art Nautical Restaurants OrgVitals Inc. Palmer Trucks Patient Services, Inc. PB Personal Insurance Queer Kentucky Safai Logan Street Market TechRestore Vocational Economics,…

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Ambassador Spotlight: Cindee Middleton

Name: Cindee Middleton Title: Outside Sales Rep Company: Knapheide Louisville How long have you been a GLI Ambassador?:  10 years What is your favorite part about being a GLI Ambassador? Learning about new business and celebrating openings and Anniversaries A fun fact about me is…I live on a farm now.  …

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From the desk of the CEO 8.18.21

Our region’s growing workforce shortage is consistently in the news and evident anywhere you go. The pandemic and its economic impacts are exacerbating these problems, but workforce issues existed in our region long before COVID-19. Access to career mobility is one part of our long-term workforce problem that GLI is…

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Infrastructure Bill Passes U.S. Senate in Bi-Partisan Vote

On Tuesday afternoon, the US Senate passed the $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that would provide much-needed improvement to our nation’s roads and bridges. The legislation represents the largest federal investment for infrastructure projects in more than a decade and drew bi-partisan support in a 69-30 vote. The…

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Live in Lou partners with 6AM City to launch local media outlet dedicated to attracting talent to Louisville

Louisville, Ky (August 10, 2021) – Greater Louisville Inc.’s talent attraction initiative, Live in Lou, partnered with 6AM City to launch a newsletter-first local media outlet with the goal of attracting and retaining talent in Louisville. The partnership led to the creation of LOUtoday, a local media outlet that will…

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IRS Expands Employer Tax Credit to Encourage Vaccinations

With the Delta variant spreading rapidly across the U.S. and here in Greater Louisville, it has never been more important to get vaccinated. Over the past several months, GLI has encouraged businesses to offer incentives to employees and patrons to get vaccinated – whether it be time off, a bonus,…

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