Possibility City: The Guide to Greater Louisville: 2010

The Guide to Greater Louisville

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The Guide to Greater Louisville conte nt s F e atu r e s 10 No place like home Louisville neighborhoods range from hip to historic.

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Museum Row on Main features a lineup of cultural treasures.

20 Uniquely Louisville Off-the-wall shops and restaurants give Louisville an unusual flair.

24 academic advantage Louisville offers exceptional colleges and universities.

30 THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS Louisville companies thrive in Possibility City.

d e pa r tm e nt s 6 Almanac 14 Local Flavor 29 Education 35 Economic Profile 36 Sports & Recreation 39 Health & Wellness 40 Photo Essay 48 Community Profile on the cover The Louisville skyline from the shore of the Ohio River.

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Welcome to Louisville An introduction to the area’s people, places and events

Out and About Nightlife is a thriving aspect of the Louisville community, offering several options for those looking for some evening enjoyment.

Fourth Street Live!, located in the heart of downtown Louisville, features dining, entertainment and shopping, with the venue’s attractions offering events and specials nightly. For more dining options, the historic Frankfort Avenue corridor also known as “restaurant row” - offers everything from Irish pubs to fine dining restaurants. Those more interested in shopping can visit Bardstown Road, which includes a variety of independently owned shops and boutiques.

Artful Entertainment With a prominent performing arts scene, Louisville offers a variety of opportunities for quality entertainment.

The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts offers several performances each month, including its Broadway Across America series, musical and theatrical acts, and academic lectures, while the Louisville Ballet provides choreographed dance performances, such as “Swan Lake” and “Don Quixote.”

Offering concerts and classical programs, the Louisville Orchestra is also an essential aspect to the city’s arts community.

Welcome, Welcome, Welcome Making diversity a priority, Louisville offers the Greater Louisville International Professionals, or G.L.I.P., a resource for newcomers, professionals and students in the area. The group helps facilitate business connections and showcases Louisville’s welcoming and inclusive nature by serving as a source of information, conversations and connections between international professionals and the region’s business community.

G.L.I.P. also offers a valuable forum for the area’s professionals or companies doing business internationally and thinking with a global perspective.

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Fun Things to Do n Hear some live music at Louisville’s most popular after-work concert series, Waterfront Wednesdays.

The weekly concert series along Louisville’s Waterfront Park features both national and local artists, a cash bar and upscale festival food.

"Live Where You Work and Play" With several new lofts and condos developing, living in downtown Louisville never looked so good.

Located in the heart of downtown, Lofts of Broadway is an apartment community offering a variety of features, including eight-foot windows overlooking the city and hardwood floors. Also providing downtown housing is Mercantile Gallery Lofts, which offers condos in addition to lofts and boasts locations within walking distance to the city’s most popular sports and entertainment venues.

With 82 condos and 12 different floor plans, Fleur de Lis On Main is another downtown development. Residents living in these condos can enjoy a rooftop garden, as well as a fitness facility and an entertainment room.

Giddy Up While Louisville is known for hosting the most famous horse race in the world, the Kentucky Derby also brings several other events to the area.

The Derby Festival lasts about two weeks, beginning with Thunder Over Louisville, which showcases more than 100 planes, aerobatics teams, sky diving teams and stunts, as well as a 28-minute fireworks show — the largest display in North America.

Other events include the Kentucky Derby Festival Chow Wagon and the The Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon & miniMarathon.

Home to the Derby, Churchill Downs also offers a variety of events, such as Taste of Derby, an event designed to kick off the Derby weekend where participants can enjoy fine cuisine, entertainment and a live auction.

n Visit the Louisville Science Center for a hands-on educational and entertaining experience exploring the science around you. n Learn your state history the fun way. The Kentucky Derby Museum brings you the sights and sounds of the iconic event through award-winning films, exhibits and unique hands-on activities. n Take a day trip along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail — six scenic stops through the rolling Kentucky countryside where visitors can witness the state’s signature beverage being crafted much as it was 200 years ago. n Be inspired by boxer Muhammad Ali’s legacy to promote bringing individuals together through contemporary exhibits and educational programs at the Muhammad Ali Center. n Get dramatic at the Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Humana Festival of New American Plays, which has showcased more than 400 plays and the work of more than 200 playwrights since it began 34 years ago.

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Gear Up, Sports Fans With a variety of sports teams and events held in the area, Louisville is a prime location for enjoying athletics.

Basketball fans know there’s no bigger rivalry than Kentucky versus Louisville, but the University of Louisville has several other teams spectators can enjoy cheering on, including men’s and women’s baseball, volleyball and football. The men’s and women’s basketball programs will soon find a home at the new Louisville Downtown Area, slated to open in November 2010.

In addition, the area boasts a Minor League baseball team, the farm league Louisville Bats, as well as the Churchill Downs racetrack, which is considered “Home of the Kentucky Derby.” The racetrack also hosts the “Soiree Under the Spires,” a popular event that is held during the week that the Ryder Cup is played in Louisville, at the Valhalla Golf Club.

All Aboard The first and last Fridays of the month Fridays are hopping in Louisville, when free trolley rides beckon residents and visitors to check out the city’s vibrant art galleries, nearby shops and restaurants.

The First Friday Trolley Hop, on the first Friday of every month, transports guests along the busy and varied art galleries at the Main and Market corridor downtown, as well as to nearby restaurants, shops and clubs.

F.A.T. (Frankfort Avenue Trolley) Friday, on the last Friday of every month, offers free rides along the Frankfort Avenue corridor, where the unique retail and dining district offers special extended business hours to explore locally owned boutiques, bistros and nightspots.

Louisville At A Glance

beginnings Col. George Rogers Clark made the first Anglo-American settlement in the vicinity of modern-day Louisville in 1778, during the American Revolutionary War. The area was later named “Louisville” in honor of King Louis XVI of France, whose government and soldiers aided colonists in the war. for more information Greater Louisville Inc. 614 West Main Street, Suite 6000 Louisville, KY 40202 (502) 625-0000 www.greaterlouisville.com

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eighborhoods in most cities are defined by geographic location or the collective personality of its inhabitants, but Louisville’s residential identity is tied to its parks.

Home to a park system designed by Frederick Law Olmsted – known as the Father of American Landscape Architecture and the designer of New

York’s Central Park – Louisville is home to 18 gorgeous green spaces. The neighborhoods that border and enjoy these parks include every form of housing from sleek modern condominiums to sprawling Antebellum mansions – each has their own distinct vibe but all blend together seamlessly to create the culture, the community that is Louisville.

East End Louisville’s East End is historic preservation at its finest and the home of Cherokee and Tyler parks. The Highlands, one of the most sought-after neighborhoods in the city, features turnof-the-century homes framed by sidewalks shaded by century-old elm, oak and maple trees. The Highlands border a three-mile strip of Bardstown Road, a

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South End Located near the world-famous Churchill Downs, the South End of Louisville is known for its affordability.

It also has bragging rights to Iroquois Park, its 2,400-seat Iroquois Amphitheater and Iroquois Golf Course.

Ethnic diversity abounds in the South End’s many communities, including Valley Station, the home of Riverside, the Farnsley-Moreman Landing, a historic house and museum, and Shively, with older, ranch-style homes in established subdivisions with tree-lined

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Louisville landmark known for its undeniably eclectic mix of locally owned shops, cafes and coffeehouses, restaurants and clubs. Smaller homes – cottages and bungalows – comprise the neighboring Clifton and St. Matthews areas, also within walking distance of Bardstown Road, or “restaurant row.” A bit closer to downtown, historic homes in Butchertown are being preserved, renovated and converted into condos, making it a perfect place for young professionals. It’s also home to Louisville Extreme Park, a 40,000-square foot public skatepark.

streets. Known to Louisvillians as PRP, Pleasure Ridge Park is close to Fort Knox and Dixie Highway, a busy commercial strip. Three of Louisville’s largest employers – UPS, General Electric and Ford’s Louisville Assembly Plant – are in nearby Okolona, which offers both starter and upscale homes.

West End Gentrification and active communities comprise Louisville’s West End, which borders the Ohio River.

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backyard, which hosts formal gatherings on the Great Lawn and has a piece of Riverwalk Trail, which extends across the waterfront. The neighborhood of Shawnee has late-19th-century architecture and large homes on shaded streets, while Kentucky’s waterfront history is featured at the Portland Museum, and the neighborhood of Portland itself has preserved Steamboat Gothic homes. New construction is getting great buzz in Park DuValle, where single-family town homes and apartments are creating the result of

hundreds of millions of dollars worth of development to enrich and bring new energy to this area.

Downtown Don’t be fooled by the slim skyline: Louisville’s downtown is a hub of activity and a hot spot destination neighborhood for those seeking a progressive urban environment. Home to the Louisville Slugger Museum, Fourth Street Live! and historic hotels, it’s also enjoying a renaissance as both locals and newcomers grab up new lofts

and million-dollar condos overlooking the Ohio River. Just south of downtown proper, Old Louisville, the third largest historic preservation district in the country, is rife with Victorian architecture, cast-iron gas lamps and courtyards with grand fountains. St. James and Belgravia courts host the prestigious St. James Court Art Show annually. Originally home to some of the city’s wealthiest residents, Old Louisville is now a hipster haven populated with students from both the University of Louisville and Spalding University.

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n the South, food is not merely something you eat – it’s something you do. And Louisville is no different.

With a diverse local dining scene that spans the globe in inspiration, it’s no wonder Louisville found a place on Bon Appetit’s Foodiest Small Towns list in 2009. The magazine cited Louisville’s strong local food traditions as a reason for its addition to the list. One reason the city’s dining scene and food traditions have managed to stay vibrant and strong is because of the work of Louisville Originals, a group of chefs and restaurateurs who band together to encourage dining locally.

An Originals Idea Louisville Originals dates back to 2005 when the owners of five local restaurants – De La Torres, Baxter Station, Asiatique, Irish Rover & Cafe Lou Lou – got together to start an organization designed to support and promote independent restaurants in Louisville. They created a brand, the Louisville Originals, and have been successfully promoting it and the individual member restaurants ever since, says Mayan Cafe General Manager Anne Shadle, a member of the organizations’s board of directors.

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city extends far beyond the culinary.

The economic impact reaches outlying communities as the demand for locally grown meats and produce has stirred the once dormant agricultural base.

“In 1985 there was nothing, no farmers,” Louisville Originals member and owner of Equus restaurant Dean Corbett told nrn.com. “I was strictly at the mercy of the produce distributor.

The industry has taken control of that situation and created such a market, especially with chefs being so particular about the ingredients they need.”

From Farm to Table During the summer, Mayan Cafe hosts Mayan Market Mondays, during which the restaurant features a different local farm and offers dishes that showcase that farm’s products.

Mayan Cafe’s owner and chef Bruce Ucan believes in the Louisville Originals’ motto “Globally Flavored, Locally Savored.” The Mexican born Ucan buys as much fresh, seasonal, locally grown fish and produce as possible for his ancient Mayan-inspired dishes, such as the signature Chile Relleno, a poblano chile stuffed with seasonal local vegetables, potatoes and mozzarella cheese in a light tomato sauce.

On any given Saturday, you’re likely

to find Ucan at the Bardstown Road Farmers’ Market, which hosts some 30 vendors selling seasonal fruits and vegetables, beef, pork, bison and lamb as well as fresh eggs and farmstead cheeses. The Bardstown Road market is just one of two dozen farmers and fresh markets scattered across the city and serving local restaurants.

Diversity in Demand Shadle says she hears from many tourists and visitors who are impressed with the variety and quality of restaurants in Louisville.

“From small authentic ethnic places to upscale and fine dining establishments, we have it all. For a city of our size, this really sets us apart from other areas,” Shadle says.

But it’s not just tourism that’s driving this rejuvenated dining scene.

“Louisvillians like eating local. There is a real appreciation in our community for the vision that so many of our restaurants have,” Shadle says. “Folks are willing to go to a restaurant, sit down and say ‘give me whatever your chef’s specialty is’. Because of that interest in the foodie culture, this creates an atmosphere that challenges chefs to do something new, something unique. That idea is at the heart of independent restaurants.”

DO Try This at Home Mayan Cafe’s Tok-Sel Lima Beans INGREDIENTS:

INSTRUCTIONS:

1/2 lb. of frozen Fordhook lima beans

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Defrost lima beans and set aside to dry.

Chop (fine to medium) the green onions and parsley. Set aside. Roast the pumpkin seeds in the 350 degree oven, then grind them (again, fine to medium) in a food processor. For the next step, have all the ingredients ready as this is a quick process, similar to using a wok. Put the sesame oil in a skillet on medium heat. When the oil starts smoking, throw the lima beans in first. Sauté them until they are brown and roasted. Add all the other ingredients except the lemon juice and sauté for another minute. Then add lemon juice. Ready to serve. Serves 4.

1 bunch of green onions 1/2 bunch of parsley Salt to taste Lemon juice to taste 6 oz. of ground, roasted pumpkin seeds 1/2 oz. of sesame oil

Clockwise: A wide variety of produce is available at the farmers market; Louisville Originals promotes local independent restaurants; Many establishments feature menu items made with locally grown/produced food.

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What’s your favorite Louisville Original?

Scott Alston: “Cafe Lou Lou and the Spinach and tomato lavash” Lisa Michel Brown: “We always try to patronize locally owned businesses.

Love everything at L&N – and Cafe Lou Lou’s blue cheese polenta is divine!”

Dee Allen: “August Moon – dumplings supreme!”

Cheryl Frazier Burnett: “Irish Rover and Baxter Station” Jennifer Sexton Spencer: “The Bristol!”

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ollectively a cultural treasure trove and a source of community pride among Louisvillians, Louisville’s many museums house art, artifacts, memorabilia and exhibits that reflect the city’s unique identity – from its renowned artists to its rich history, famous baseball bats to champion boxers, and prestigious horse races to inspiring humanitarians. What’s even better is that most of the city’s major museums are conveniently located within a few blocks of each other in Louisville’s hip downtown district - in an area known as Museum Row on Main. There are several parking garages in the vicinity, and a ticket stub from one Museum Row attraction is good for an admission discount at any of the others. Most offer reasonably priced annual memberships with lots of perks for frequent visitors.

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Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory With the world’s largest baseball bat leaning against the building, the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory is easy to find. The recently renovated

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Muhammad Ali Center Just down the street, the sleek, stunning Muhammad Ali Center celebrates the life of the World Heavy­weight Boxing Champion and home­town hero, and honors his greatness both inside the ring and out.

Through interactive exhibits and multi­ media presentations, visitors can shadow box with the Champ, learn about his Louisville roots and his work in the Civil Rights movement, and draw inspiration for achieving personal greatness.

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museum offers factory tours, hands-on exhibits, baseball memorabilia, batting cages and a gift shop.

21c Museum Hotel A relative newcomer to Louisville’s museum scene is 21c Museum Hotel, which was selected as the top hotel in the United States in the 2009 Condé Nast Traveler’s Readers’ Choice Awards. This unique venue is the first museum dedicated solely to the collection and exhibition of 21st-­ century art. More than 9,000 square feet of exhibit space is situated in the 90-­ room luxury boutique hotel and features contemporary works by both emerging and internationally acclaimed artists. Art media range from painting and sculpture to video, light installations and wallpaper.

The museum is free and open to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Louisville Science Center Families with children frequent the Louisville Science Center, but visitors of any age enjoy exploring the largest hands-­ on science museum in the state. The Science Center features some 150 activities, several teaching laboratories and a four-­ story IMAX theater. Annual membership includes unlimited free admission to the Kentucky Science Center, as well as free or discounted admission to reciprocal museums around the country and other exclusive member benefits.

Also on Museum Row Other museums on the Row include the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, the Frazier International History Museum, Glassworks – a working art glass studio and gallery, and the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, featuring the multimedia presentation KentuckyShow!.

Visit www.museumrowonmain.com for a map of museum locations, hours of operation and information about each attraction.

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Museums Other Louisville Museums

•Speed Art Museum,

Kentucky’s oldest and largest art museum

•Louisville Stoneware,

makers of handcrafted tableware since 1815

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•The Portland Museum, which depicts the city’s historic riverside community

•The Kentucky Derby Museum at Churchill Downs

•Frazier Interational

Clockwise from top left: The Speed Art Museum; Louisville Science Center; 21c Museum Hotel; the Muhammad Ali Center

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History Museum, which features multimedia presentations and hands-on learning

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Louisville off-the-wall shops and restaurants give Louisville an unusual flair

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ome call Louisville’s quirky mix of retail shops and independent restaurants “funky.” Others call it “hip.”

But when people call it “weird,” the locals take it as a compliment.

Weird is the Word In fact, the Louisville Independent Business Alliance has been promoting a “Keep Louisville Weird” campaign since 2004. “’Keep Louisville Weird’ is about treasuring the unique aspects of

Louisville and reminding people of the importance of shopping locally,” says Jennifer Rubenstein, membership director for the Louisville Independent Business Alliance. “We don’t want people to lose touch with the importance of unique shopping options because local businesses need their support to stay around. We don’t want to become Anytown, U.S.A.” Good Neighbors But the campaign is also about local businesses giving back to the

community. Take Heine Brothers’ Coffee, for example.

Started by locals Gary Heine and Mike Mays, the barista chain has taken the helm of sustainability by recycling the stores’ bottles, cans, cardboard, milk jugs, and paper products and by brewing only certified organic coffee.

Heine Brothers’ also founded Breaking New Grounds, a non-profit that works to turn composted coffee grounds into the funds to plant organic farms in Louisville’s food deserts.

The long-term goals of the program

A woman walks her dog along Frankfort Avenue in the Crescent Hill area of Louisville.

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The Creating Identity: Portraits Today exhibit at the 21c Museum Hotel

are not only to provide healthy food alternatives to underserved populations but also to create new jobs and job opportunities through farmer training.

To that same end, Heine Brothers’ Coffee is a founding sponsor of 15 Thousand Farmers, a communitybased group that aspires to help Louisville residents plant 15,000 new backyard farms.

Like many of Louisville’s locally owned businesses, Heine Brothers’ is committed to helping the stores’ surrounding neighborhoods grow and prosper.

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The Art of Innovation With 21C Museum Hotel, owners Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson banked on the fact that art could drive commerce and that their hotel and restaurant could serve as a centerpiece of downtown revitalization.

They were right.

In 2009, the 90-room modern, luxury hotel that doubles as a gallery for contemporary artists was named America’s top hotel by Conde Nast Traveler magazine. The hotel offers upscale amenities,

including wi-fi, iPod docking stations, a spa and fitness center, while the museum features revolving exhibits of works of emerging artists such as Julius Friedman, Kara Walker, Gabriel Wrye and Russel Hulsey.

Like Heine Brothers’ Coffee, 21C is a responsible steward of the environment, promoting recycling throughout the property, featuring locally produced and sustainable meats in the Proof on Main restaurant and employing reclaimed and recycled materials in the building’s design.

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Touring the Town on Two Wheels abundance of trails makes cycling a popular activity in louisville

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The club — the second-oldest bicycle club in the nation — is also a great resource for information on bike racing and touring.

Besides Louisville’s verdant parks and trails, the city is actively increasing the number of bike lanes to make the roads safer and more accessible to bikers. The League of American Bicyclists deems Louisville a bronze-level bicycle community, crediting the programs of Mayor Jerry E. Abramson.

A map of the city’s current and planned bike lanes can be found here. To chart your own bike path across Louisville’s trails and roads, visit ridethecity.com/ louisville.

For more information, visit bikelouisville.com.

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Top Ranked and Rated Louisville was name one of America’s top 25 “Bicycle-Friendly Cities”

by Bicycling magazine.

Visit imageslouisville. com/article/bikinglouisville for a look at Louisville artistic and innovative bike racks.

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erhaps the best way to experience Louisville is from the seat of a bicycle. The city’s miles of bike trails allow cyclists - both recreational and intensive - to feel the wind of Louisville caressing their skin.

Nearly 25 miles of Louisville’s planned 100-mile Louisville Loop are completed.

Bikers and pedestrians can travel from downtown to the Farnsley-Moremen Landing. The completed loop will link the Olmsted Parkways along the Ohio River, connecting to the Northeast Loop Corridor, Floyds Fork Greenway, the Ohio River Levee Trail and, finally, the RiverWalk.

The Louisville Bicycle Club recommends the RiverWalk as the ideal trail to take with children due to its playgrounds and level, multi-use path.

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Jefferson Community and Technical College

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University of Louisville who: More than 20,000 students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries, and a faculty and staff numbering about 6,000. what: Hailed for teaching, research and service to the community, this state-supported metropolitan university maintains a commitment to the liberal arts and sciences and to the intellectual, cultural and economic development of the diverse communities and citizens within its purview. UofL is made up of 12 academic colleges and schools and offers graduate, professional, baccalaureate and associate degrees, as well as certificates, in more than 170 fields of study. where: The university has three campuses – two in downtown Louisville, and one in eastern Jefferson County.

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Bellarmine University

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who: A diverse student body from 30 states and 17 foreign countries. The total enrollment is approximately 2,600 – 1,800 are full-time undergraduate students. Fifty-one percent of students ranked in the top 25 percent of their class.

who: Spalding’s diverse educational opportunities include undergraduate, graduate and doctorate programs for men and women of all ages and from all sectors of society.

Spalding University has a strong history of meeting the needs of the times and has a tradition of offering extensive study programs for the part-time student.

what: A vibrant community of educational excellence and ethical awareness, Bellarmine consistently ranks among the nation’s best colleges and universities. The student/faculty ratio is 12 to 1 and the average class size is 19. where: Bellarmine is set on three beautiful hills in the artful and eclectic Highlands neighborhood and is within walking distance of the Bardstown Road corridor, where coffee houses, restaurants and one-of-a-kind shops add to the overall Bellarmine experience.

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what: All disciplines and programs at Spalding University offer excellent networking and in-the-field experiences due to both the ties to the community and the rich experiences that the Louisville Metropolitan Area has to offer. where: Spalding University is located on South Third Street within a few blocks from Louisville’s vibrant, growing downtown area.

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Sullivan University

Indiana University Southeast

who: Sullivan University consists of a faculty, staff and administration who believe qualified individuals should have the opportunity to pursue formal academic training at the institution of their choice.

who: Students from both Indiana and the Kentucky counties of Bullitt, Jefferson, Meade, Oldham, and Trimble are eligible for in-state tuition at IU Southeast, thanks to a program called Reciprocity. The school's 6800 students create small class sizes for individualized learning.

what: Sullivan University offers career-focused and student-centered curricula and provides associate, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree-level programs. where: The main campus is easily accessible from both downtown and the East End business areas. At the intersection of I-264/Watterson Expressway and Bardstown Road, the campus is located in one of the area’s most eclectic communities of restaurants, clubs and retail stores.

what: As one of eight Indiana University campuses, IU Southeast offers all the excitement of a Big Ten university and more than 50 graduate, undergraduate, and associate degree programs. where: With a campus recognized as one of the most beautiful in the state, IU Southeast is located in New Albany, Indiana, just off I-265 and about 15 minutes from downtown Louisville.

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he Greater Louisville area earns high marks for educational diversity and academic excellence, from the earliest stages of learning to colleges and universities offering the most advanced degrees.

Public Schools The Jefferson County Public School District's forward-thinking, inventive attitude is one of the many characteristics that attract newcomers to Louisville. It's also one of the reasons more than 80 percent of students in Jefferson County go to a public school. Comprising more than 98,000 students in 155 schools and learning centers, the school district continuously launches new initiatives designed to raise student achievement and further enhance the professional quality of its 6,000-plus teachers.

"In great schools, students are actively engaged with one another and share information that expands and deepens their knowledge. Classroom lessons enable students to make realworld connections and offer opportunities for service learning outside school," says Dr. Sheldon Berman, superintendent of the Jefferson County Public School District. "But most important, in great schools, students come to understand that the knowledge

they acquire can be used for more than personal success. It can lead them to invest in the well-being of others, to sustain our planet, and to make a real and lasting difference in the world."

When officials in the Jefferson County Public School District realize a stumbling block is hindering a student's success, they act quickly. Some of the district's most recent initiatives include an elementary redesign at three schools that reduced class sizes to 20 students, and the placement of 13 nurses to improve student health and attendance in schools where families face economic challenges. At the high school level, the district created freshman academies to help students transition from middle to high school and personalize the high school environment. Fifteen JCPS high schools use a trimester schedule, enabling students to focus on five classes at a time (rather than seven or eight) and extending the class period to 70 minutes to provide more discussion time. JCPS elementary schools offer magnet programs on themes such as technology, the environment and physical fitness. Middle schools help students get ahead by thinking about college and exploring careers. And high schools go beyond the norm by using

professional equipment to work on realworld projects supported by Louisville companies, community organizations and higher-education institutions.

Private and Parochial Schools Parents and students also have diverse choices beyond the public school system from an array of private and parochial schools. Louisville's Christian Academy School System serves nearly 3,000 students from preschool through 12th grade on four campuses. The CASS prides itself on exceptional academics, award-winning fine arts offerings, championship athletic programs and a Biblical faith.

The Archdiocese of Louisville also offers several Catholic schools in the area, including 39 elementary schools enrolling more than 14,000 students and nine high schools with more than 6,000 students combined.

– Jessica Mozo

What’s Online Read a full list of regional school systems by going online to imageslouisville.com and clicking on “education.”

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ouisville has the infrastructure of a major metropolitan city with the supportive nature of a tight-knit small town, making it a hospitable environment for businesses big and small.

Known as Possibility City, Louisville’s benefits include a low cost of doing business (labor, office rent, etc.) and low taxes.

“Louisville is a city where businesses are growing and prospering. We have a quality workforce and a wonderful quality of life,” says Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson. “Louisville is providing the business climate and talent to help [companies] flourish. It’s these kinds of partnerships that are helping our region emerge from the recession poised for growth.”

Headquarter for Headquarters With a workforce that draws from a 24-county bi-state area, Louisville has attracted a large and diverse roster of companies choosing to make the city their home base.

GE Appliance Park, for example, serves as the global headquarters for GE Appliance & Lighting.

The 900-acre complex, which houses senior management, research and development, sales and marketing as well as manufacturing distribution and administration services, employs approximately 5,000 and contributes an estimated $425 million annually to the city’s economy.

GE is investing $150 million to produce hybrid-electric water heaters, energy-efficient, front-loading washers and dryers and several

Top Ranked and Rated • named one of North America’s “Small Cities of the Future”

by Foreign Direct Investment magazine in 2009 • named one of the Most Livable U.S. Cities for Workers by WomenCo. com in 2009 • named one of the Cities to Watch in the 2009 Smarter Cities environmental survey

The Humana Tower in downtown Louisville

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new appliance components, creating more than 800 new jobs.

The new hybrid technology will allow GE to be the first U.S. manufacturer to introduce a water heater that meets the new U.S. Department of Energy’s 2014 ENERGY STAR requirements.

The company is also a responsible and respected community partner, working with local schools and charities to provide volunteers, grants and appliances for major community projects.

Louisville is also headquarters for Fortune 500 business hubs such as Yum! Brands (Kentucky Fried Chicken, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell), Kindred Healthcare and Humana, Inc., one of the country’s largest publicly traded health and supplemental benefits companies. Like many of Louisville’s businesses, Humana is committed to helping the city reduce its carbon footprint, reduce energy consumption and expand its bottom line. Recently, the employees of Humana’s Louisville headquarters pledged to save more than 18 million pounds of greenhouse gas emissions as part of the EPA’s Change the World, Start with ENERGY STAR initiative.

Economic Drivers With 1 million vehicles produced, Kentucky ranks third in U.S. auto manufacturing, behind Michigan and Ohio. Ford, a fixture in Kentucky since 1912, has two assembly operations in the Louisville area. The automaker has outlined plans for a major retooling and reinvestment in Louisville, a project that could cost up to $600 million and make the plant capable of assembling multiple types of fuel-efficient vehicles.

The University of Louisville partnered with the University of Kentucky, the Commonwealth and Argonne – the country’s leading transportation-related research facility – to establish the Kentucky-Argonne Battery Manufacturing Research and Development Center that will facilitate the development of advanced lithium-ion batteries and advanced manufacturing technologies to reduce battery production costs.

Location, Location, Location When Geek Squad founder Robert Stephens was looking for a place to locate his Geek Squad City, a self-contained hub where hundreds of agents work to repair computers within 24 hours of receiving them, the head of the computer service company says Louisville was a natural choice – primarily because of the UPS Worldport.

United Parcel Service, Inc. started in Louisville in 1982 with 150 employees and a mere 200,000 square feet. In April 2010, the shipping giant completed a $1 billion expansion that grew the facility to 5.2 million square feet, increased sorting capacity by 37 percent and added some $600 million to Louisville’s economy.

“We looked at a lot of locations,” says Tom Volta, UPS vice president of human resources in Louisville. “Louisville provides us with the best opportunity. Most locations in the U.S. are within three days. It is the farthest western portion of the Eastern time zone.”

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Louisville: Gateway to the World some of the most popular fast-food eateries call louisville home

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nce known as the gateway to the West, Louisville now is home to the headquarters of corporations such as Texas Roadhouse Inc., Papa John's International and Yum! Brands Inc. Their choice of Louisville suggests that the city can be called a gateway to the world.

It's hard to say whether tax incentives, low relative business costs or location attracted such huge names in the international food industry to Louisville. Fortune 500 company Yum! Brands is the owner of Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Long John Silver's, A&W and Kentucky Fried Chicken. More than 37,000 of Yum! Brands' quick-service restaurants serve

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110 countries, amassing $11 billion of revenue in 2009.

Yum! Brand restaurants are embassies of American business and a leading force of international retail development. Growing at an average rate of 13% for the last eight years, Yum! opened four stores a day in 2009.

With a mantra of "Better Ingredients. Better Pizza," Papa John's has managed to grow from a pizza joint in the back of a tavern to more than 3,400 restaurants worldwide, with revenue in the billions.

Papa John's isn't renowned only for its pizza. The University of Michigan business school ranked it the No. 1 pizza chain on the

American Customer Satisfaction Index for nine consecutive years.

Founder and CEO John H. Schnatter was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 2007.

Texas Roadhouse runs a national empire of 360 locations in 46 states from Louisville, reaching sales of over $880 million in 2008.

The brand features a combination of quality steaks and dining casual enough for meals to be accompanied by a bucket full of peanuts. Other western-style steakhouses may try to imitate their laid-back, welcoming atmosphere, but none approaches Texas Roadhouse's success. – Spencer Mohead

Economic profile business climate Louisville is now the 16th largest city in the U.S. after merging city and county governments, providing an environment that facilitates business growth and development.

major private sector employers

Income

$367,793 Average Household Net Worth

$63,946 Average Household Income

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United Parcel Service, 20,513

Louisville MSA Composite Index, 87.7

Humana Inc., 10,096

Grocery Items, 80.8

Norton Healthcare Inc., 8,142

Health Care, 87.3

Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s HealthCare Inc., 6,500

Housing, 76.9

Ford Motor Co. (both plants), 5,624

Transportation, 98.2

The Kroger Co., 5,263 GE Appliances, 4,000

Misc. Goods & Services, 92.0 Utilities, 101.7 Source: ACCRA Cost of Living Index; first quarter 2010

Walmart Stores Inc., 3,608 Baptist Healthcare System Inc., 3,305 University of Louisville Hospital, 2,573

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$48,731 Median Household Income

$46,804 Median Disposable Income

$26,110 Per Capita Income

Households

510,456 Total

348,122 Family Households

162,334 Non-Family Households

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Parks & Recreation With 15,000 Acres of Public Parks, Recreation is Covered

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ouisville has more parkland per capita than any other U.S. city, which is good news for residents looking to enjoy nature, engage in sports and take part in community events and activities. The city’s 124 parks cover some 15,000 acres and offer something for everyone – scenic vistas, walking and biking trails, nature centers, sports leagues, historic homes, swimming pools, golf courses, community centers, campgrounds, conference facilities and more.

(Ranked by USGA Back-Tee Course Rating)

• Valhalla Golf Club (Private) • Chariot Run Golf Club (Public) • Persimmon Ridge Golf Club (Private) • Bardstown Country Club @ Maywood (Semi-private) • Lake Forest Country Club (Private) • Champions Pointe Golf Club (Public) • Hunting Creek Country Club (Private) • Covered Bridge Golf Club (Public) • Big Spring Country Club (Private) • Cardinal Club (Private)

Olmsted Legacy Louisville is proud to have one of only four park systems designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, the Father of American Landscape Architecture. And building upon that groundwork, the multi-million dollar, multiyear City of Parks Initiative, launched in 2005, is adding thousands of acres of parkland and protected green space to the Louisville Metro greenprint. Olmsted – famous for works such as New York City’s Central Park and the grounds of the U.S. Capitol and Biltmore in North Carolina – made his first visit to Louisville in 1891 to present his vision of a system of parks connected by tree-lined parkways. The innovative concept, which broke away from separate, freestanding parks common in those days, earned Olmsted a commission to design three major multipurpose parks for the city of Louisville: Cherokee, Iroquois and Shawnee.

Ultimately, Olmsted and his successor firm developed plans for 18 parks and six parkways that today comprise Louisville’s historic park system. A vital component of the city’s identity and quality of life, the Olmsted parks represent the fullest realization of his social vision – that parks should provide spaces for creating a stronger community and a respite from the stresses of modern city life.

Source: Business First Book of Lists; March, 2009

Cherokee Park The 390-acre Cherokee Park features a 2.4mile loop with separate lanes for vehicle and recreational traffic, set amid the gently rolling slopes of the Beargrass Creek valley. Other amenities include ballfields, tennis courts, archery range, golf, dog run, picnic tables, playgrounds and fishing. The Olmsted Parks

Conservancy provides a downloadable MP3 audio tour of Cherokee Park.

Iroquois Park Iroquois Park features hiking and equestrian trails in a rugged setting that preserves an ancient forest and rare plant and animal species.

With 725 acres, Iroquois has ample room for a golf course, disc golf, picnic shelters, the 2,400seat Iroquois Amphitheater and more. A number of clubs make use of Iroquois Park amenities, such as the Iroquois Hill Runners and Louisville Disc Golf Club.

Shawnee Park The riverfront location and expansive Great Lawn of Shawnee Park make it a popular spot for major city gatherings and events. It also features a state-of-the-art athletic complex and the RiverWalk hiking and bike path. These three major Olmsted parks – Cherokee, Iroquois and Shawnee – represent just a portion of the vast wealth of green space and recreational facilities available to Louisvillians.

Waterfront Park Louisville's 85-acre Waterfront Park offers a grand view of the river, space for concerts and festivals, and the 14-acre Great Lawn, along with the promenade along the river and the Lincoln Memorial at Waterfront Park, which commemorates Abraham Lincoln's lifelong Kentucky connections. The "urban park" has hosted crowds of up to 350,000 for events like Thunder Over Louisville.

Metro Parks Online Resources The city’s Metro Parks website makes it easy for residents to find exactly what they’re looking for in a park. It lists all Metro Parks and Parkways by name and also provides a search function by location, amenities or features.

Maps of all parks are available online, as well as some informative videos and virtual and downloadable tours. Residents can also visit the website for the latest news about volunteer opportunities, healthy living initiatives, bike transportation, sports programming, activities for all ages, clubs, and improvements and additions to the parks system.

Clockwise: Waterfront Park is a playground for residents and visitors of all ages; a deer in Iroquois Park photos by Antony Boshier

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21st Century Parks Initiative Louisville’s distinguished history of park development continues with the 21st Cetury Parks Initiative, the most comprehensive effort to grow and improve Louisville’s park system since the creation of the Olmsted parks in the 1890s. It calls for the acquisition and development of more than 4,000 additional acres of parkland. The Floyds Fork Greenway Project involves 3,200 acres in southeastern Jefferson County between Bardstown Road and Shelbyville Road.

Reflecting input from the community, the Fork master plan calls for two major parks with sports and picnic facilities, linked by a multiuse trail, as well as preservation of natural habitat that will help sustain native plant and animal life. Groundbreaking for the project took place in the summer of 2009, and a grand opening is slated for 2014.

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Health & Wellness Louisville Hospitals Share Tradition of Innovation and ExCellence

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ouisville has a long tradition of health-care innovation and a national reputation for excellence. Louisville was one of the first cities in the nation to guarantee health care for the homeless, for instance, and, next to tourism, health care is the top employer sector. Cutting-edge care is available at a number of facilities, including the following:

patients with emotional problems and addictions; the Neuroscience Services helps patients who have had strokes and aneurysms; and the Bariatric Center helps seriously overweight patients with long-term weight loss.

Kosair Children’s Hospital Part of the Norton Healthcare network, Kosair Children’s Hospital ranks as one of the top children’s hospitals in U.S. News & World Report’s 2010-11 edition of Best Children’s Hospitals. Kosair is one of 62 children’s facilities to rank in at least one of 10 specialty areas. And 2010 is the second consecutive year that the hospital has been included on the list.

– Danny Bonvissuto

Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s HealthCare Jewish Hospital is a 442-bed regional referral center in operation since 1903 and the site of numerous medical firsts, including the world’s first and second implants of the ABioCor Implantable Replacement Heart. The Transplant Center – a program shared with the University of Louisville School of Medicine – is one of a few hospitals in the country performing all five solid organ transplants. In 2005, Jewish Hospital merged with St. Mary’s HealthCare, which expanded the network to now include more than 71 health-care facilities.

Kleinert, Kutz and Associates Hand Care Center In conjunction with Jewish Hospital and the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kleinert, Kutz and Associates Hand Care Center made headlines in 1999 when doctors there performed the first hand transplant in the United States.

Other achievements include the world’s first reported repair of a digital artery and a national award for research in blood flow to the nerves in the hand.

University of Louisville Hospital University of Louisville is home to specialty care centers focusing on high-risk obstetrics, trauma, stroke and cancer.

One of the national leaders in the development of cancer therapies, the James Graham Brown Cancer Center is a thriving community of oncology physicians and cancer researchers devoted to care and cures. Perhaps most notably, Drs. Alfred Bennett “Ben” Jenson and Shin-je Ghim are part of the original team that created the world’s first preventative cancer vaccine, which prevents cervical cancer.

Baptist Hospital East Part of the Baptist Healthcare System, which has five acute-care hospitals in Kentucky, Baptist Hospital East is Louisville’s premier East End medical center. Baby Steps focuses on maternity classes and questions from conception to birth and beyond; the Center for Behavioral Health helps

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Norton Healthcare Norton Healthcare’s reach spans Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Its services encompass six hospitals, including Kosair Children’s Hospital and specialty centers for everything from breast health and pediatric care to poison and pulmonary rehabilitation.

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undown in Louisville doesn’t mean the end of what the city has to offer – in fact, it’s a whole new beginning.

Nightlife in Louisville offers plenty of big city, up- tempo atmosphere, whether it’s concerts, piano bars and dance clubs or the Urban Bourbon Trail, a collection of city-wide bars serving at least 50 different kinds of bourbon. Hot new live music spots like Germantown’s Zanzabar join the ranks of old favorites like the Fourth Street Live corridor to offer a wide variety of entertainment options for singles as well as families.

The city also lines up plenty of special evening events, including the Forecastle Festival in July with a focus on music, arts and activism (named one of the top festivals in the US); the Bluegrass Balloon Festival in September and the Waterfront Independence Festival on July 4. For a more mellow after-dark scene, downtown boutiques and art galleries stay open late for frequent art crawls, and the Belle of Louisville offers scenic evening sightseeing cruises along the Ohio River. Perhaps the simplest nighttime activity is watching the sunset at Louisville’s Waterfront Park or finding just the perfect spot to appreciate the city’s stunning evening skyline.

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community profile Snapshot Louisville offers big-city amenities like world-class performing arts, sports and dining while maintaining hospitality, warmth and smaller-city advantages such as a lower cost of living.

Climate

Sewer Metropolitan Sewer District 587-0603

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Golf

24.9 Population

1.262M Total

Average Min January Temp

Audubon Country Club 3265 Robin Rd., (502) 637-5652

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Batt-N-Putt 5208 Dixie Hwy., (502) 447-9146

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Bellarmine Univ Golf Course 2000 Norris Place, (502) 452-8378

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613,873

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Males

44.54

647,340

Annual Precipitation

Females

Contacts for New Residents

531,043 Ages 25-54

247,097 Ages 55-74

Median Home Sale Price

$119,837.50

Big Spring Country Club 5901 Dutchmans Ln. (502) 459-2622 Cherokee Golf Course 2501 Alexander Rd. (502) 458-9450

Local Cable Insight Communications 357-4400 Telephone AT&T, 888-757-6500

Crescent Hill Golf Course 3110 Brownsboro Rd. (502) 896-9193 English Springs Golf Course 600 English Station Way (502) 245-0229 Farnsley Golf Course 2275 Crums Ln. (502) 447-0300

Gas & Electric LG&E, 589-1444 Trash & Recycling Metro Louisville, 574-3333

First Tee of Louisville 460 Northwestern Pkwy.

(502) 772-9494

Water Louisville Water Co., 583-6610

Full Swing Indoor Golf 7100 Preston Hwy., (502) 969-0404

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