Know someone who is thinking of starting a small business? Encourage them to attend the Small Business & Entrepreneurial Connections Forum at Owensboro Community & Technical College on 12 August. The event is free and includes lunch. The event will start at 9 am and run until 3 pm.
NWKF takes Small Business seriously. Anytime someone is interested in starting or expanding a small business, they can contact Sue Gibbens in our office for free counseling and access to financing.
To register for the event, please click here.
The Northwest Kentucky Workforce Skills Survey is open for a few more days. This comprehensive survey of employers seeks to drill down to specific skills and abilities employers are expecting/needing.
Once compiled, the Survey results will be shared with area schools, colleges and training providers to provide a more in-depth understanding of what employers are expecting. NWKF intends to use this to further the relationship and dialogue between employers and education providers.
The Survey can be accessed from the NWKF homepage.
The Northwest Kentucky Forward Annual Report for FY 09–10 (year ending 30 June 2010) is now available. Among the highlights are the following:
- Major Reinvestment at Rio Tinto Alcan;
- Location of software developer IWT;
- 150 project leads
- 22 active projects
- 100% visitation of all qualified existing businesses
- 9 expansions
- $2 million for training
- 35 Jumpstart and Micro-loans
- 42 new business start-ups
- Next Rally4Education scheduled for 6 November.
Over the last 12 months, capital investment by new and expanding industries in Northwest Kentucky has exceeded $60 million!
These investments have retained jobs at major employers like Rio Tinto Alcan, created new jobs through expansions at Sunrise Tool & Die and Brenntag among others, and created new jobs through new locations like at Innovative Workflow Technologies.
Governor Beshear was in Henderson today to announce expansions by Sunrise Tool & Die and Matrix Composites and the relocation of Legacy Plastics from Evansville to Henderson.
For more information on these expansions, please see the NWKF newsrelease.
Governor Beshear will be in Henderson on Wednesday, 14 July, to announce a series of expansions/relocations resulting in millions of dollars in investment and the creation of jobs.
The announcement will take place at the Sullivan Technology Center at Henderson Community College at 1:30 pm CDT.
Danielle Crafton has been named the Coordinator of Marketing and Communications at Northwest Kentucky Forward. Crafton earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing from the University of Kentucky. Crafton’s areas of focus include: developing and implementing a comprehensive communications plan and managing various marketing tools and media strategies. She resides in Henderson, Kentucky.
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