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Annual trip will focus on economic development and inclusion Louisville, Ky. (June 9, 2021) – ҹɫֱ²¥ Inc. (GLI) announced the region’s top business leaders will be traveling to Indianapolis for the chamber’s annual ҹɫֱ²¥ Idea Development Expedition (GLIDE) presented by Norton Healthcare. The three-day trip will focus on…

Fellowship Provides State and Local Business Leaders with Opportunities to Engage Nationally on Critical Education and Workforce Issues Washington, D.C. (June 8, 2021) – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation today announced Tanelle Smith, Manager of Workforce and Industry Programs at ҹɫֱ²¥ Inc. (GLI), was selected to participate in…

Both efforts complement ҹɫֱ²¥â€™s Racial Equity Pledge Louisville, Ky. (June 2, 2021) – Today, ҹɫֱ²¥ Inc. (GLI) launched a robust toolkit aimed at equipping businesses who signed ҹɫֱ²¥â€™s Racial Equity Pledge with the resources they need to advance inclusion within their organizations and throughout the community. The toolkit directly complements…

Louisville, Ky. (May 26, 2021) – ҹɫֱ²¥ Inc.’s (GLI) Board of Directors voted in three new local business leaders to serve as directors. Kimberly Halbauer, Regional President of Fifth Third Bank N.A. (Kentucky), Matt Ward, Market President of Truist, and Jordan Reber, Chairman and CEO of OvareGroup, have joined…

‘Finding You in Lou’ launches June 1 for college juniors and seniors Louisville, Ky. (May 17, 2021) – Today, ҹɫֱ²¥ Inc. (GLI) announced the launch of a new program that will provide a comprehensive and immersive experience for local summer interns in the region. ‘Finding You in Lou’ is…

Louisville, Ky. (May 12, 2021) – Thirty-six local leaders donated over $100,000 to fund the core operations of ҹɫֱ²¥ Inc.’s (GLI) Career Acceleration Network Initiative, which will launch as a two-year pilot program to move workers in low-skill, low-paying jobs, to skilled jobs with family-supporting wages. The program will…

Mayor awards GE Appliances with the Louisville Metro Government Partners in Performance Improvement and Government Innovation Award Louisville, Ky. (May 4, 2021) – Mayor Greg Fischer today announced that Louisville Forward, the city’s economic and community development organization, and ҹɫֱ²¥ Inc. (GLI), the metro chamber of commerce and regional…

Louisville, Ky. (May 4, 2021) – Seventeen minority business owners have been selected to participate in the first cohort of ҹɫֱ²¥ Inc.’s (GLI) Power to Prosper Minority Business Accelerator. The program is scheduled to begin May 13 and will take participants through a rigorous curriculum designed to help scale…

Louisville, Ky. (April 22, 2021) – Today, the ҹɫֱ²¥ Inc. (GLI) Board of Directors and ҹɫֱ²¥ Foundation (GLF) announced the launch of a personal fundraising challenge to secure funding to support the launch and core operations of the Career Acceleration Network. Together, the GLI Board of Directors and…

Louisville, Ky. (April 19, 2021) – ҹɫֱ²¥ Inc. (GLI) today announced the official launch of ‘ҹɫֱ²¥â€™s Racial Equity Pledge’. Driven from feedback from GLI’s Business Council to End Racism and under the leadership of Inclusion Workstream Leader and President of HJI Supply Chain Solutions, Condrad Daniels, the pledge…