The Northwest Kentucky Training Consortium was one of only three organization in the state to receive a highly competitive Industry Partnership Grant. This grant will allow NWKF to hire a part-time staff member to work with the Consortium and area businesses to develop skills-based training.
For more information, read http://www.northwestky.com/news/northwest-kentucky-training-consortium-receives-industry-partnership-grant.html
NWKF is pleased to welcome John L. Mathias as our new Coordinator, Communication & Investor Relations. John is Henderson-native and worked previously at the Henderson Chamber of Commerce and the Hugh E. Sandfur Training Center.
John will start with us on 2 January. Watch for blog entries and tweets from John in the near future!
NWKF recently hosted its annual Business Appreciation Reception for the 136 businesses we serve through our Business Retention program. The event recognized 21 businesses for announced expansions over the past year including our host, Ruby Moon Winery.
Expansions by these 21 businesses represents more than 15% of the businesses served by NWKF! Thanks to all of our companies for their continued investment in our region.
NWKF and the Greater Owensboro EDC co-hosted a luncheon in Chicago for site selections consultants yesterday. The event was a huge success with 17 excellent consultants in attendance. The discussion and interest in the greater region was very high.
Based on the great success of this event, NWKF and GOEDC plan more such events in the future.
Northwest Kentucky has two school districts ranked in the Top 20. Henderson County School District is ranked 12th and McLean County School District is ranked 20th in the state of Kentucky. Union County School District is ranked 61, making it in the top third out of 170 schools.
Energy Week continues Nov. 1 when selected fourth-grade students from around the Tri-County will gather at Henderson Community College to participate in Energy Awareness Day. With the help of student instructors from Henderson County High School’s Career and Technical Education Unit, as well as South and North middle schools, the fourth-graders will get fun and interactive lessons on how energy is made, how it is delivered to customers and how it affects our lives. More than 275 students, instructors and facilitators are scheduled to take part in the program, which starts at approximately 9:30 a.m.
Read more here: http://northwestky.com/news/plugged-in-energy-week-includes-full-slate-of-events.html
Quarter for a Quarter Pledge: Presented by Henderson County Schools
Your child has the opportunity to participate in a philanthropy project to increase awareness of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.
Goals of the project:
- Increase awareness of Imagination Library (free books for children birth to 5).
- Collect money to provide financial support to the Henderson County program. The children of Henderson County can help raise money to help other kids enjoy reading their own books before they even get to school.
- We encourage our students to read (or be read to) 15-20 minutes a day. This philanthropy project will support a daily reading effort.
You can help support Quarter for Quarter! If each child participates with a minimum $3.00 pledge, the approximately $9,900.00 will be collected to put books into the hands of children. If your child cannot find a sponsor, we will attempt to obtain a pledge from the community for your child’s reading efforts.
For more information please contact Betsy Wells-Jones: betsy@northwestky.com
The Colonels 2 College Education Advocacy Group was presented with a $250,000 donation from the Rotary Club of Henderson today at the Fine Arts Center in Henderson, KY. Colonels 2 College has partnered with the Rotary Club and will now be Rotary Colonels 2 College Foundation. More to come on this!
To succeed academically, students not only need excellent teachers, they also need active, engaged parents or guardians. This program examines ways in which Kentucky educators encourage parental involvement in schools, including strategies that make families feel more connected to their children’s educational experiences and programs that train parents for leadership roles. Panelists: Stu Silberman, executive director, Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence; Rob Carroll, principal, South Heights Elementary School in Henderson County; and Jennifer Anderson, parent of a seventh-grader and a ninth-grader, Rowan County Schools.
Watch Video: http://www.ket.org/tvschedules/episode.php?nola=KEDMA+000302
The Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development recently reported expansions from January – September 2011 for all Manufacturing and Supportive/Service Firms that were approved for state incentives.
According to the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development report, the Northwest Kentucky region (Henderson, McLean, Union and Webster counties) made up nearly 7% of the reported expanding firms. Northwest Kentucky Forward is proud to make this announcement considering the region makes up only 2% of the state’s population.
Read More Here: http://northwestky.com/news/reports-are-in-kentuckys-expansions-of-manufacturing-and-supportiveservice-firms.html
