Education
While traditionally low levels of education attainment have steadily improved, as the end of the decade nears, it becomes clear that the pace of progress is insufficient to attain the Deep Driver goal designed to leapfrog Louisville into the top tier among its peer cities.
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Jobs
Although the full impact of the economic downturn cannot yet be measured, Louisville’s efforts to expand the high-value components of its economy had produced notable gains in professional and technical jobs over the last two years, building toward the Deep Driver goal of 40%.
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Quality of Place
With its 2009 Competitive City Report, the Greater Louisville Project introduced an expanded array of measures captures multiple dimensions of Quality of Place as the third Deep Driver, while holding onto the value that ensuring balanced growth across the region is the key to urban vitality and the cornerstone for preserving the sense of place that distinguishes Louisville and its region.
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This snapshot in time, based on data and estimates from several sources, shows that a third of the 10,100 children born in Jefferson County in a typical year will not graduate from high school. Another third will pursue a postsecondary degree or credential but not graduate. At the end of the pipeline, 25%—or one in four—will earn a postsecondary degree or credential necessary to compete for 21st century jobs.
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