Northwest Kentucky Forward is one of the proud founding sponsors of KentucyUnited. This is a new marketing cooperative initiative that is bringing together local and regional economic development groups, utility partners, allied partners, and the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development to jointly market the Commonwealth to potential businesses and consultants.
Congratulations to the Kentucky Association for Economic Development for bringing this to fruition. Many of us have talked for several years of doing this, KAED finally got it done.
I’ll blog about this in the future and how this will benefit Northwest Kentucky specifically and the state overall.
Chicago Consulting, a leading supply chain consultant, has named Northwest Kentucky the best location in the nation for warehouse networks. Specifically, the firm singled out Henderson as the best location on their annual 10 Best Warehouse Networks locations.
According to the group, Henderson is the “best” place to locate one warehouse because it provides the shortest distance to the US population and, therefore, the lowest outbound distance, and takes the least amount of time. “Some shipments from Henderson would travel 100 miles, some 200 miles and still others over 1,000 miles, but the average from Henderson is the lowest possible—804 miles or 2.27 days.”
By reducing travel time and thus fuel consumption, a warehouse in Henderson can help a company reduce its carbon footprint and operate in a “more green” manner.
For more information, see www.northwestky.com.
