LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville officials and leaders joined together on Wednesday to announce the metro's economic development strategic plan. It's called "Growing Louisville Together."
According to a news release, leaders across the education, business and labor sectors in Louisville said it's the community's plan, not Metro Government's.
“I’m proud of this process, and I want to thank all the stakeholders who volunteered their time and energy to help develop this plan, as well as our economic development team,” Mayor Craig Greenberg said. “We’ll be working with them and other community partners to make this plan a reality because the work to create the economy of the future will take all of us.”
After public and stake holder's input, some language changes were made. Those changes were related to:
- cleanliness
- safety
- houselessness
- small business
- sustainability
- tourism
- equity for minorities, immigrants, women, and LGBTQ+ residents
“Growing Louisville Together is a bold economic development plan with a vast amount of thought and energy behind it,” Ja Hillebrand, the chairman and CEO of Stock Yards Bank & Trust, said. “I want to thank the Mayor for his leadership, for putting together and listening to such a diverse group of community stakeholders and most of all, reaching across the political aisle and working with the state legislature to move our state’s economic engine forward and prioritizing a plan that has actual steps to grow our city, together.”
Some of the actions items mentioned in the news release detailing the plan include:
- Incentivizing creating permanent housing options to reduce the number of people experiencing houselessness
- Develop inclusive public spaces
- Support investments into maternal and child health, and investing in the Healthy Babies Louisville network
- Copy the REACH program in coordination with the Office for Women
- Promote apprenticeship programs through building trades unions
- Connect Lynn Family Stadium with other sports venues through a "sports corridor"
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