Calendar
June 15th
Henderson County Instructional Support, 2-3 pm, HCHS
June 16th
WC Clay Education Advocates, 6-7 pm, Clay Elementary
June 17th-19th
St. Louis Marketing Mission
June 18th
Union County Existing Business Breakfast, 7:30-9 am, Brandon’s
June 24th
How to Get A Job, 9-4, UK Expo Center-Henderson
June 25th
WC Dixon Education Advocates, 5-6 pm, Dixon Elementary
July 2nd
HC Expectations Groups, 6-7 pm
July 7th
4-Star Park Board Meeting, 3 pm, NWKF Office
July 7th
NWKF Board Meeting, 4 pm, NWKF Office
July 9th
HC Communication and Collaboration Group, 11:30 am-1 pm
July 16th
Webster County Existing Business Lunch, 11:30-1 pm
August 13th
HR Council Breakfast, 7:30-9, NWKF Office
August 25th
Leader’s Roundtable, 7:30-9
Investor Newsletter
June 2009
Keep Up With All of our Blogs, Tweets, and Status Updates!
You can stay up to date on all of Northwest Kentucky Forward’s activities through our blog—Wealth and Opportunity. We add new entries regularly to the blog on NWKF and interesting facts or updates on the region. Check out the blog at www.northwestky.com/blog.
Additionally, you can keep up with NWKF through Facebook and Twitter. Join our Facebook group and follow us on Twitter.
Business Retention—Several Training Programs held in the Spring
Northwest Kentucky Forward recently sponsored several free training programs to assist the existing businesses in the area.
A 2-hour training program was held in April on Preventing Violence in the Workplace. More than 50 representatives from businesses from throughout the region attended the session at the UK Extension Office.
In March and April, NWKF sponsored two two-hour programs on Business Continuity. Each of these sessions helped companies with their disaster preparedness. More than 50 representatives participated in this sessions as well.
As with all of NWKF Business Retention programs, theses sessions were free.
Education & Workforce Development—Rally a Success; Post-events stay strong
NWKF sponsored an incredibly successful Rally 4 Education Excellence in March which was attended by nearly 600 area citizens concerned about education. The Rally was keynoted by Governor Beshear and Kati Haycock, president of the Education Trust in Washington, D.C. and featured numerous speakers and panels led by business, community and education leaders from throughout the Commonwealth.
The Rally was the kick-off for a larger, on-going effort aimed at rallying community support for outstanding education throughout our region. Post-rally, Community Advocacy Teams were established in each county to direct and plan activities for that county. Katie French, NWKF Coordinator for Regional Education Initiatives, supports and works with each CAT.
This grassroots initiative is incredibly exciting and more than 70 people have already gotten involved in just the Henderson County teams. To learn more about the Rally and CAT in your area, go to www.rally4education.com.
