Above: Top Takeaways from GLIDE 2019 presented by Stoll Keenon Ogden

TECH

Increase Density & Connection

• Create more opportunities for BigCo engagement with tech innovation, mentorships
• Secure more direct flights to West Coast
• Create an innovation district offering business, talent,
  & lifestyle amenities

This was also a theme that we noticed on our Innovation Tour: Indy in August. Innovation Districts are places where people come together across boundaries of public and private because they want to work together for a common reason such as project collaboration, ecosystem collaboration or talent retention collaboration.

Speed of Education

• Modernize curriculum
• Develop quick retraining options and certifications
• Retain more local college grads through internships
  and business engagement
• Teach use of emerging tech platforms in schools

As we learned on Innovation Tour: Indy, it is important to have a good long game. Indianapolis has adopted a policy of Engage, Explore and Experience to nurture grades k-12 and established a more tailored experience for students, focusing on both the technical skills and workforce readiness skills needed for success.

“1099s Have Souls”

• Promote co-working spaces
• Create a “school” for training people in gig work
• Elevate alternative benefit and compensation options

Art & Innovation

• More public spaces for people to “create and make”
• Utilize the Arts to inspire innovation

Just like we learned with Innovation Tour: Indy, GLIDE emphasized that creating a tech ecosystem is difficult work. It requires inclusive, innovative growth strategies, deliberate focus when building the ecosystem and both a long and short game for talent attraction and retention strategies.

TOURISM

Get Dirty in the Vineyard

• Utilize technology to  streamline the visitor
  experience
• Build boutique hotels and spaces
• Consolidate and build consensus for the community brand
• Package the traveler experience to include culinary and unique Louisville scenes

Sustainability

• Support family friendly farming
• Become a KIND Traveler destination
• Promote Uber/Lyft deals for safe driving
• Weave more stories into ads and community brand

REGIONALISM

Live in Lou

• Rebrand “workforce housing”
• Streamline relocation experience
• Explore multi-city regionalism for business attraction
• Increase rental and housing stock