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This op-ed originally appeared in the Northern Kentucky Tribune on February 4, 2022 Kentucky is a great place to live, work, and raise a family. It makes our jobs – working at some of our state’s largest pro-business organizations – exciting. We are proud to call Kentucky home and to…

This week, House Bill 226 was passed by the House Appropriations & Revenue committee and would establish an early literacy program in Kentucky schools. HB 226, a companion bill to Senate Bill 9 which was passed by the Senate last week, would create the “Read to Succeed” program with an…

Company: Canopy Founded In: 2018 Number of Employees: 4 full-time, 6 part-time Describe what your organization does in two sentences. Canopy recognizes the changing landscape in business; employees want purpose, consumers are paying attention to who they buy from, healthy communities are good for business, and a healthy landscape is…

Louisville, Ky. (February 1, 2022) – Greater Louisville Inc. (GLI) opened applications for the second cohort of its Power to Prosper Minority Business Accelerator. The program offers entrepreneurs access to training and resources to scale their businesses. The accelerator, which first launched in January 2021 and graduated its first cohort…

This op-ed originally appeared in the Lane Report on January 31, 2022 Greater Louisville’s economy ended 2021 with a bang. At the onset, recovery was a key economic priority, but by mid-year we showed we were not only open for business but also ready to build our economy stronger than…

The Louisville Metro Council is currently considering zoning changes that would expand the options where child care providers can operate in Louisville. The proposed changes would allow for expanded capacity for child care centers in residential zones and in industrial zones, designed to connect child care providers to where people…

Following the filing of Senate Bill 115, GLI president and CEO, Sarah Davasher-Wisdom, issued the following statement. “GLI has been a longtime advocate of an autonomous Civilian Review Board and believes complete transparency and accountability in law enforcement is only possible by granting the board full investigatory powers. GLI applauds…

This opinion piece originally appeared in Louisville Business First on January 28, 2022 Last year, Greater Louisville’s regional economy proved we were not only open for business, but ready for unprecedented growth. New and existing businesses in our region announced nearly $7 billion of new investments and the creation of…

Louisville, Ky. (February 26, 2022) –  – Greater Louisville Inc.’s Board of Directors officially welcomed new leadership and new directors at its first meeting of the year. Purna Veer, president of V-Soft Consulting Group Inc., was appointed 2022 chair of the board. Veer, who is also a member of the executive committee,…

The Biden administration has announced that it will withdraw the COVID-19 vaccine or testing mandate for large businesses. This announcement comes in the wake of the Supreme Court decision to block the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) enforcement of the emergency temporary standard (ETS) issued last year. The administration’s…