If you’ve been to, say, the Apple Store at Oxmoor Center lately, you noticed a lot of the Shelbyville Road mall is missing. That would include the demolition of center escalators and the second floor including where the mall’s food court once was located. What we didn’t know until this afternoon was, Oxmoor is about [...]
We literally just got off the phone with Oxmoor Center General Manager Jacob Sapperfield about huge changes at the Shelbyville Road mall. Then, we checked our email seconds ago and saw a confirmation from the Hennes & Mauritz media people in New York: The Stockholm, Sweden-based apparel retailer is opening a huge store at Oxmoor. This [...]
(Editor’s note: The Q&A section of this post was edited for length and continuity.) Kentucky has a $30 billion hole in its budget. In about five years, Kentucky Employees Retirement Systems will run out of money. It’s a problem that could trigger major companies exiting Louisville to Southern Indiana because there’s only one way to [...]
Metro Mayor Greg Fischer released his proposed fiscal year 2013/2014 budget today. We haven’t done a deep dive on the numbers, but we will. At least at first blush, Republicans on the Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Council aren’t emulating their counterparts in the U.S. Congress. Fischer proposed general fund spending of $528 million, an increase of [...]
If you like summer, picnics and music, chances are you’ve packed into the Sunday night Willow Park concerts. For 2013, you’ll have a dance floor and other improvements to the tune of about $240,000, part of a public/private renovation effort, said Tony Lindauer, founder of the Cherokee Triangle Summer Concert Series. (You may also know Lindauer in [...]
Aaron Marshall calls himself “a Louisville success story.” Though once you read this post, you may see Marshall as the new paradigm for how we define Louisville’s role in the brave new digital world: a place that’s a way station for talent looking for a place to start … but not necessarily to stay. After eight years here, [...]
It’s a cliche, but what a difference a week makes. Last week, the big news was the NBA market assessment commissioned by Greater Louisville Inc. A market study that appeared to put a stake in the heart of the NBA2Louisville movement. Then Monday, with very little media notice, Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development Secretary Larry Hayes gave [...]
Last week, our top-read story was about the controversial evangelical group that conducted a seminar at Gheens Academy, part of Jefferson County Public Schools. Louisville Area Christian Educator Support, or LACES, leased meeting space at Gheens. LACES is affiliated with Southeast Christian Church, and the seminar addressed how evangelicals can act as missionaries in the classroom. Which [...]
Econ-dev czar Ted Smith at LDA’s tech confab: ‘Louisville has to stop thinking like an island nation’
It was one of more entertaining Louisville Digital Association events in recent memory. LDA co-founder and social media pioneer Jason Falls opened LDA’s monthly meeting last night at iHub with a no-holds barred intro to a “What does Louisville’s startup/entrepreneurial community need?” brainstorming session. As only he can, Falls challenged the status quo, assumptions and [...]