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Entries Tagged as 'Greater Louisville Inc.'

Monday Morning Dept of Mayoral Candidate Fun

April 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment

The mayoral candidates had a fun little party on Saturday where they just enjoyed some iced tea and talked about the weather. [Nancy Rodriguez]
Chief White seems set on leaving Louisville. [WFPL]
Last week Greater Louisville Inc announced its new 2010 board members: Denise Spalding, James Clay Smith, Kevin Flanery, Dan Barbercheck and Michael White. Scott [...]

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Tags: Business · Dining · Downtown · Education · Greater Louisville Inc. · Indiana · LMPD · Mayor's Race 2010 · Ohio River Bridges · Scandal · University of Louisville

Americans United for Change Hits Humana

March 2nd, 2010 · 5 Comments

Last night, Humana CEO Mike McCallister addressed Greater Louisville Inc’s annual dinner. So Americans United for Change took that as an opportunity to hit hard.
From a release yesterday:
Tom McMahon, Acting Executive Director, Americans United for Change: “Humana’s profits soared by a staggering 61 percent last year, and CEO Mike McCallister was compensated millions. But [...]

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Tags: Business · Greater Louisville Inc. · Health Care

You Ready For The Next Snowpocalypse???

January 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment

I’m traveling on a fancy aeroplane all morning/afternoon, so it’ll be a little slow around here for a minute. Remember, if there are any must-see/do thingies in Shreveport? Now’s your chance to give me a yell, ladies and ladydudes. Maybe I’ll bring back some cool gifts for you all.
Yesterday Rep. John Yarmuth [...]

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Tags: Congress · Dan Mongiardo · Education · Greater Louisville Inc. · Health Care · JCPS · Jack Conway · Jerry Abramson · John Yarmuth · Judges · Neighborhoods · Senate Race · Travel · University of Louisville · WAVE · Weather

Getting to 20,000 FOLs

September 16th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Check out all the local D-Listers in this video from Friends of Lou, including Bill Samuels Jr., Terry Meiners, Angie Fenton, Jim Wood, DeVone Holt, Patti Swope, Darryl Isaacs, J.K. McKnight, Mike Mays, Kevin Harned, Jerry Abramson, John Timmons, three dudes at the Tequila Factory, some DJs, a horse, and very briefly, some blogger.

It’s still [...]

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Tags: Advertising · Branding · Downtown · Greater Louisville Inc. · Jerry Abramson · Media

This Commercial Filled with ITPAGS

September 10th, 2009 · 18 Comments

The Possibility City branding campaign has produced this TV spot that is airing the next few weeks on cable and some local stations (and during ESPNU’s broadcast of the Kentucky vs. Louisville football game).
It proposes a cure for ITHAGT (Inability to Have a Good Time) that is, you guessed it, hanging out in Possibility City. [...]

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Tags: Advertising · Branding · Greater Louisville Inc. · Possibility City · TV

Bridges Step 1 – Steve and Jerry Appointments

August 17th, 2009 · 6 Comments

Steve Beshear and Jerry Abramson announced today that five individuals will serve on a negotiating team to talk with counterparts in Indiana to get the $4.1 billion Ohio River Bridges Project going.
It’s the first of many steps involved, with the goal ultimately to establish a bi-state authority that would have seven members, four named by [...]

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Tags: Greater Louisville Inc. · Jerry Abramson · Ohio River Bridges · Steve Beshear

No PGA Drama in “Land of Drama”

July 30th, 2009 · No Comments

There was no drama in what PGA Communications Director Julius Mason calls “the land of drama.”
Jim Remy, the PGA president, also acknowledged that today’s announcement was “not the best kept secret in Louisville today.”
So here’s the news. In 2011 the PGA of American will host its PGA Senior Championship here and then in 2014 one [...]

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Tags: Economy · Golf · Greater Louisville Inc. · Sports

Rumors: A Redhead in the Race

July 29th, 2009 · 13 Comments

Another Mayoral Rumor: We hear there’s a female, South End Democrat taking a look at the Mayor’s Race, and wouldn’t that be exciting? We’d love that. If she runs, Joni Jenkins might do well in certain parts of town and with her buds in labor. But the Shively state rep, who’s been in office since [...]

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Tags: 8664 · Awards · Greater Louisville Inc. · Health Care · JCPS · Jerry Abramson · Keep Louisville Weird · Mayor's Race 2010 · Metro Council · Ohio River Bridges · Politics · Rumors · Sports · University of Louisville

PGA Coming Here in 2014

July 6th, 2009 · 7 Comments

The big piece of news in the story we had earlier today will have a much bigger impact on Louisville than whatever happens between the Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Greater Louisville Sports Commission. Or between Diane McGraw and Jim Wood.
No one will confirm it, but the PGA Championship is likely coming to Valhalla [...]

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Tags: Golf · Greater Louisville Inc. · Possibility City · Rumors · Ryder Cup · Sports

A Wake-up Call for Metro Priorities

June 3rd, 2009 · 8 Comments

When the going gets tough, the weak get sent packing. Or so it would seem from the Metro Council’s list of local government functions that aren’t “Mission Critical.”
When citizens really look at what their tax dollars are paying for, they might share the sentiment of Metro Council members who responded to a survey by saying [...]

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Tags: Downtown · Greater Louisville Inc. · Housing · Jerry Abramson · Metro Council · Metro Government · Parks · Youth

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