UPS Worldport at peak season, probably calmer than your workplace Tuesday, Dec 10 2013 

Amazon and Business and Education and InNewsletter and Promote to Slide Deck and Social Good and Technology and ups worldport and Vision and Zappos Melissa Chipman 9:00 am

It’s one hour into the afternoon shift at UPS Worldport on a Friday. During peak holiday shipping season. About one hour before Louisville is expecting to get slapped with the worst ice storm since 2009 (and two hours before one … Continue reading →

 

#OpenCoffeeLou 54: How can entrepreneurs and tech-types help Louisville’s students? Monday, Dec 9 2013 

#opencoffeelou and Boys and Girls Clubs of America and Chatter and Communities and Dana Cosby and Deborah Boyer and ecosystem and Education and Entrepreneurs and Greg Langdon and iHub and InNewsletter and Nick Roberts and open coffee and Social Good and Vision Melissa Chipman 12:53 pm

(Update 4:56 p.m.: The location of Friday’s Open Beer has been changed.) In his email proposal for today’s Open Coffee, Eduardo Altamirano said: After attending a few Open Coffee meetings since moving to Louisville, I thought I’d ask the group … Continue reading →

 

Listen to Rusty – Don’t Buy Gift Cards, the Kingdom is Coming, and Singing in West Louisville Sunday, Dec 8 2013 

Business and Culture and Ed Hart and Education and Gift Cards and I Was There and Joe Arnold and Kentucky Kingdom and Louisville and LoUnique and media and Politics and Real Estate and Rick and RIck Redding and Rusty Satellite Show and Single Life and WHAS-TV Rick Redding 10:42 am

Listen in this week as Rusty Satellite is on the road meeting two more of the most interesting people in the ‘Ville — first stop is Ed Hart’s office in the Highlands, where we learn all about the new and improved Kentucky Kingdom that opens for business in the spring. Hart talks about the enormous economic impact the opening of the Park will have on the city, and goes over some of the hurdles it took to get here. There are a bunch of new rides, and the amusement park will be hosting a job fair in January.

Listen to the Show Here

Later I met WHAS-TV’s Joe Arnold at 38th and Market, where he was doing a story on a new economic development initiative there. Joe’s the only beat reporter on politics working for a TV station in this market. I also got him to sing a line or two, so you’ll want to hear that.

And in the spirit of Thanksgiving and Holiday Shopping, I offer up for your consideration my annual gift card rant, in which I encourage you to just go to the store and get me something I can open on Christmas Day.

Nick, Rick, Josh Redding Joe Arnold Ed Hart

 

Keith Look: Share your ideas for education innovation with JCPS Saturday, Dec 7 2013 

Accountability and City and Communities and Education and InNewsletter and JCPS and Kentucky Department of Education and News and Opinion and Promote to Slide Deck and Social Good and Vision Guest Bloggers 8:00 am

(Editor’s Note: JCPS is one of four school districts the Kentucky Department of Education has selected to become a District of Innovation, a designation that encourages thinking outside the box to boost student achievement. In response, JCPS launched a competition to … Continue reading →

 

A Beyoncé Outbreak at Lincoln Elementary School: Help bring Queen Bey to Lincoln Thursday, Dec 5 2013 

Beyonce and Education and InNewsletter and KFC Yum! Center and Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts Magnet and music, and Promote to Slide Deck and The Arts Melissa Chipman 11:56 am

A strange disease is ripping through Lincoln Elementary. Symptoms include spontaneous outbreaks of singing and dancing and booty shaking. It’s interrupting classes, it’s happening in the halls. It’s a Beyoncé Outbreak! Watch as the students from Lincoln try to get to … Continue reading →

 

‘Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow…’: Vision Louisville forsees Portland swimming lake, regional rail and more Tuesday, Dec 3 2013 

Accountability and Chatter and Communities and Education and InNewsletter and Livability and Maria Hampton and Mary Ellen Wiederwohl and Matthew Barzun and Mayor Greg Fischer and Promote to Slide Deck and Social Good and The Arts and Vision and Vision Louisville Melissa Chipman 3:00 pm

To the strains of Fleetwood Mac’s “Don’t Stop” Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer took the stage at the Mayor’s Gallery in Metro Hall to announce the completion of phase two of the Vision Louisville project and lay out goals for transformative projects … Continue reading →

 

IL Profile: Cathe Dykstra, breaking the cycle of hopelessness, one college grad at a time Tuesday, Nov 26 2013 

Bellarmine University and Cathe Dykstra and Education and Family Scholar House and IL Profile and InNewsletter and Livability and Promote to Slide Deck and Social Good and University of Louisville and Vision Steve Kaufman 10:00 am

(Editor’s note: This is one of a series of profile interviews/Q&As with the people who are shaping Louisville – developers, CEOs, entrepreneurs and investors.) Ladasha Downs walked through the lobby of Family Scholar House on a chilly November morning, two-year-old D’Zarian … Continue reading →

 

Seizing the Manufacturing Moment, Pt. 2: Lexington and Louisville not keeping up with the larger U.S. economy Monday, Nov 25 2013 

Accountability and Business and Business Economic Advancement Movement and City and Communities and ecosystem and Education and InNewsletter and Lexington and Livability and Louisville and Mayor Greg Fischer and Mayor Jim Gray and News and Promote to Slide Deck and Technology and Vision Staff 7:11 pm

Outsourcing is dead. But for Louisville and Lexington to take advantage of the 21st Century American Industrial Revolution, a lot has to change. Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and Lexington Mayor Jim Gray released a new plan to expand Kentucky’s advanced … Continue reading →

 

Rolling with Rusty and Friends Friday, Nov 22 2013 

Beauty and Fashion and Business and Culture and David Jones Jr. and Education and Emily Gimmel and Events and Frazier Museum and GRACESHIP and Health and Hugh Haynie and I Was There and JCPS and Louisville and LoUnique and mark carter and media and Parenting and Passport Health Plan and Politics and Rick and Rusty Satellite Show and Smith Haynie and Sport Rick Redding 4:27 pm

If you haven’t listened, here are links to the last two Rusty Satellite Shows.

David Jones Jr. and Smith Haynie

Mark Carter and Emily Gimmel

Emily Gimmel, The Graceship Mark Carter, Passport Health Plan Smith Haynie at the Frazier Museum David Jones Jr. at the Breakfast of Champions

 

School of Rock: Crossover cellist Ben Sollee planning 2014/15 masterclasses with Louisville Youth Orchestra Thursday, Nov 21 2013 

Ben Sollee and Chatter and City and Education and InNewsletter and Lifestyle & Culture and Livability and Louisville Youth Orchestra and music, and News and Promote to Slide Deck and SonaBLAST! Records Terry Boyd 12:04 pm

(Reporter’s note: Full disclosure … IL has the scoop because my daughter Lucy is a cellist with Louisville Youth Orchestra. LYO officials made the announcement to membership earlier this month.)  If you’ve been on the fence about getting your young musician … Continue reading →

 

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