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Author:	Greater Louisville Project	Created:	5/13/2009 11:49 AM
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Recognizing the Essential Role of Community Colleges

By Greater Louisville Project on 8/25/2009 11:29 AM

Community colleges in our region are facing an overwhelming demand for their services. How can we ensure that community college remains accessible to everyone?

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A Strategy for First Generation College Students?

By Greater Louisville Project on 8/18/2009 10:50 AM

A recent study by the Pell Institute found that only 11 percent of first-generation college students earn a bachelor’s degree after six years compared with 55 percent of their peers. What supports could Louisville’s colleges and universities or the community itself offer its first generation college students?

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Does Louisville Have a Traffic Problem?

By Greater Louisville Project on 7/16/2009 7:34 PM

According to recent data from the Texas Transportation Institute, it does. In 2007, Louisville residents lost 38 hours a year in traffic. While this is down from a peak delay of 44 hours in 2004, it is still far higher than our peer cities where residents lost an average of 29 hours.

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Building an Innovation Economy in Louisville

By Greater Louisville Project on 6/30/2009 10:20 AM

The current economic downturn has highlighted the importance of innovation. What more can be done to foster innovation and the growth of new economic enterprise in Louisville?

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College - Go, Stick and Stay. What can be done?

By Greater Louisville Project on 6/15/2009 9:11 PM

To compete with our peer cities, Louisville needs more young adults to go to college and graduate - how can Louisville make that happen?

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Talent, Innovation, Place

By Greater Louisville Project on 6/8/2009 10:27 AM

WIRED-65 calls for a regional approach focused on Talent, Innovation and Place. Can Louisville thrive?

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Louisville needs to accelerate the pace in education

By Greater Louisville Project on 6/1/2009 8:19 AM

The 2009 Competitive City Report, due out June 13, will document that Louisville needs to accelerate the pace of education improvement to move into the top tier among its peer cities. What can Louisville do?

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What makes "Quality of Place" in Louisville?

By Greater Louisville Project on 5/25/2009 9:38 AM

In its 2009 update of The Competitive City Report, due out June 13^th,the Greater Louisville Project will expand and rename the third Deep Driver of Change to "Quality of Place."

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Louisville’s Job Sprawl – A Challenge or Benefit to Louisville’s Future Growth?

By Greater Louisville Project on 5/17/2009 12:00 AM

New research about where jobs were growing in the Louisville region before the current economic downturn raises a red flag about a key Louisville asset: the compactness and livability of our region and the vitality of our urban center.

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