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• GUEST COMMENT: Businesses supported us, now let’s support them

  30-05-2020 21:00 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  We will again be able to enjoy each other’s company by watching a horse race and sipping a Kentucky bourbon soon, but until that time, let’s do everything possible to support our local businesses who have supported us.
  
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• Fischer sets curfew, requests National Guard to quell destruction (PHOTOS)

  30-05-2020 17:12 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  
  After protests led to widespread damage to businesses and buildings in downtown Louisville Friday night and early Saturday morning, the city is taking new action to prevent further destruction.The Friday protests, which started out peaceful, were in response to the death of Breonna Taylor, who was killed March 13 by Louisville Metro Police Department officers serving a "no-knock" warrant. The destruction came as similar protests and riots took place around the country related to the killings of&
  
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• Cutting to the quick: Ripple effects of historic proportion

  30-05-2020 15:00 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Editor's note: These stories are part of a national Special Report from The Business Journals: Small Business, Big Mission.Shelter-in-place orders and government guidelines on social distancing took formal shape in most locations by mid-March, manifesting in the form of runs on toilet paper and hand sanitizer and other panic-buying at grocery stores. Next came a near-complete exodus of patrons from the legions of U.S. restaurants, hotels and retail plazas that were built on the back of high-volu
  
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• Downtown businesses wrecked during second night of protests

  30-05-2020 14:40 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Downtown Louisville was battered Friday night after a second night of protests turned to looting and vandalism.The protests in Louisville were related to Breonna Taylor, who was killed March 13 by Louisville Metro Police officers serving a "no-knock" warrant in March. The destruction came as similar protests and riots took place around the country related to the killings of George Floyd in Minnesota and Ahmaud Aubry in Georgia.Plenty of peaceful protests did occur prior to the looting.Groups&hel
  
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• Louisville Urban League president calls for firing of officers in Taylor case

  30-05-2020 01:20 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Sadiqa Reynolds, president and CEO of the Louisville Urban League, called for the officers involved in a no-knock search warrant that ended with the death of Breonna Taylor to be fired.
  Reynolds is a well-known advocate for underprivileged and disadvantaged communities in Louisville, particularly for the largely black neighborhoods that make of West Louisville.
  “You really can't change somebody's heart, but you can change their actions by having consequences for those actions,” Reyno
  
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• Kentucky awards five companies Medicaid Managed Care contracts

  29-05-2020 23:10 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  One Louisville-based company got good news while another was left out.
  
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• Louisville Business First parent company joins lawsuit seeking PPP data

  29-05-2020 22:28 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  
  Louisville Business First parent company American City Business Journals has joined The Washington Post and nine other news outlets in a lawsuit against the Small Business Administration that seeks detailed information about the $659 billion Paycheck Protection Program.The Post, Bloomberg, Dow Jones, ProPublica and The New York Times filed the lawsuit on May 12.
  On Friday, American City Business Journals, ABC, CNN, NBC, the Associated Press and the Center for Investigative Reporting were added&h
  
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• GUEST COMMENT: Resiliency through Covid-19: Celebrating the class of 2020

  29-05-2020 21:26 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  "If you’re like me, I had every intention on giving up and just letting the rest of my year fade away-but then, the fire inside of me reminded me of why I started, and gave me the energy I needed to finish."
  
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• From novel to sobering: When the world changed

  29-05-2020 20:32 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  
  Editor's note: These stories are part of a national Special Report from The Business Journals: Small Business, Big Mission.The headlines coming out of 2019 were random and fairly innocuous in the early going of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
  By mid-February things had taken an ominous turn. On Valentine’s Day, Facebook canceled its upcoming, 5,000-attendee company summit in San Francisco. Three days later, Apple warned of a pending hit to revenue. By March 1, the daily economic toll was b
  
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• Fischer details LMPD policy changes after protest for Breonna Taylor

  29-05-2020 20:19 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  
  Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer sought to acknowledge the anger that brought crowds of people to the streets of downtown Louisville on Thursday night and into early Friday morning to protest the death of Breonna Taylor, as well as other high-profile killings of black people.Speaking in a teleconference, Fischer told members of the media Friday morning that the Louisville Metro Police Department would be suspending no-knock search warrants. LMPD officers executed such a warrant at Taylor’s ap
  
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• Tawana Bain built her company to operate in numerous sectors — the coronavirus crisis hit them all

  28-05-2020 04:38 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  "When I was told we had to wait for round two of Paycheck Protection Program funding, my team had to pick me up off the floor," business owner Tawana Bain told us. "I just felt like I had failed them."
  
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• Angus McLachalan's medical device company seizes opportunity amid Covid-19 outbreak

  28-05-2020 04:37 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Liberate Medical has developed a device that is paired with a ventilator and is intended to prevent the degradation of the breathing muscles while a person is intubate — an issue that has gained mounds of attention with the new coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• How coronavirus brought Wiltshire Pantry 'to an instant standstill'

  28-05-2020 04:08 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  It might seem a little bit backward, but if I see what that number is and I have that as a number for my sales goal, come hell or high water, I’ll hit it."
  
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• Bandy Carroll Hellige's Matt Kamer on managing the biggest crisis of his career

  28-05-2020 04:00 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  
  "Over the years, I’ve been involved in a number of different crisis communications situations, and I can say I’ve never been involved in one that had such far-reaching impact," Matt Kamer says of the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• The importance of telling your stories

  28-05-2020 03:45 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  My dad, who died several years ago, was part of a small family business nearly all of his adult life.He and my grandfather and aunts and uncles owned Van Hoy Inc., a heating, cooling, plumbing and electrical company in Bedford, Indiana. It’s a place where pretty much everyone in the family worked at one time or another. I had a couple of stints during summers in my teens — one time painting the warehouse and another assisting my dad on job sites.When my dad and other relatives got to
  
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• Weyland Ventures execs say strong relationships prove key in helping navigate Covid-19

  28-05-2020 03:34 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  
  "I got advice when I was in college that if you’re going to set up a business, start with a very strong relationship with a banker, an accountant and an attorney. And I think that really was the theme of this coming out so fast."
  
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• Cimtech president anticipates Covid-19's impact on manufacturing to hit hard later

  28-05-2020 03:29 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  From the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak in March, Jesika Young knew her company would be feeling the impact of the pandemic into July.
  
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• Nimbus Inc.'s Stacey Wade — Covid-19 reveals the humanity behind marketing

  28-05-2020 03:25 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Stacey Wade, owner of Nimbus Inc., has used the coronavirus pandemic to explore how to improve his marketing firm — and to give back to the community.
  
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• Local restaurant forced to close again due to chemical fire

  27-05-2020 23:43 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  This spot had just reopened after closing for weeks during the Covid-19 outbreak. Now its employees are going back on furlough.
  
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• Two Louisville chefs out of work due to Covid-19 launch new bakery

  27-05-2020 20:53 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  
  Louisville chefs Zechariah and Kimberly Maxey have been out of work because to the Covid-19 crisis. But when life gave them lemons, they made lemon bars.
  
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• Pence says business owners may receive PPP loan extensions

  22-05-2020 23:37 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Pence spoke at a roundtable discussion hosted by Waffle House CEO Walt Ehmer Friday.
  
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• Poll shows only half of PPP borrowers anticipate loan forgiveness

  22-05-2020 21:27 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  A nationwide poll of its members by the National Federation of Independent Business shows that nearly half of small businesses anticipate they will not get full forgiveness for their Paycheck Protection Program loans.
  
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• Should we just keep working at home after the virus is gone?

  22-05-2020 20:48 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  The silver lining during the Covid-19 outbreak has been that a lot of us have become pretty good at working remotely (well, that, and margarita deliveries.)When things get back to normal, should we just keep on doing it?
  We discuss that on this week's Access Louisville podcast. While no one in on the discussion wants to see the office go away forever, we all seem to agree that splitting time between the office and home could be beneficial. Certainly productivity seems to have increased as we've&
  
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• Jamie Estes: 'The way restaurant owners operate may never be the same'

  22-05-2020 20:43 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Savvy operators will want to spend time communicating their new key message to the public about their dining experience, the owner of Estes Public Relations says.
  
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• More guidelines emerge for June Kentucky reopenings

  22-05-2020 20:40 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Aquatic centers and bowling alleys are next up on the list of industries to reopen. And more guidance has surfaced for Kentucky’s reopening plans.
  
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• Nonprofit’s experience with PPP: Good start, but it's a rough go for many

  22-05-2020 19:39 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Nonprofits have been asked to do more to serve the community while having less at their disposal to fulfill their missions.
  
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• Norton Healthcare to build permanent drive-thru testing center at former K-Mart site

  22-05-2020 19:04 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Norton Healthcare execs say that the new health care concept was born out of learnings from the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• Travel infrastructure to likely see long-lasting effects from pandemic

  22-05-2020 18:13 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Here's what it's been through already, and what we might expect in the months to come.
  
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• IU Southeast names new academic affairs leader

  22-05-2020 13:25 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  The person currently in this leadership role will return to the IUS School of Business faculty.
  
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• Louisville airport ranks among world's busiest for cargo

  22-05-2020 13:14 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF) set an all-time record in worldwide cargo rankings in 2019.
  
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• Now that borrowers received PPP loans, there's uncertainty for lenders on forgiveness

  21-05-2020 15:22 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  “The challenge is, none of us as lenders really know the 'how' and really know the methods by which we submit the forgiveness application to SBA."
  
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• Three bar, restaurant owners are forming a Louisville Restaurant Coalition

  21-05-2020 13:20 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Three Louisville-area bar and restaurant owners and operators have formed the Louisville Restaurant Coalition to help establishments navigate the coronavirus crisis.
  
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• Feeders Supply makes C-suite hire

  21-05-2020 13:09 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  The new hire spent 16 years as a vice president leading marketing at SeaWorld and Busch Gardens theme parks.
  
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• Kentucky is late with $8B in Medicaid contract awards — thank the coronavirus

  21-05-2020 13:05 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  The state missed its April target to have five contracts to provide Medicaid, the state-administered health plan for vulnerable populations, awarded to private organizations.
  
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• Beshear says $300 million in federal Covid-19 funding is headed to local governments

  21-05-2020 00:34 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  In other outbreak news, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb also said Wednesday that he is moving up stage three of his state's reopening.
  
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• A new name graces this Downtown Louisville office tower

  20-05-2020 20:51 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  The new sign comes after an acquisition last year. The change started in mid-March and expected to be finished in a few weeks.
  
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• ‘I’m nervous’: New NuLu retailer discusses Covid-19 closure, reopening

  20-05-2020 19:31 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Melissa Huff opened her new boutique, Mamili, on March 7 in Louisville's NuLu neighborhood. Just a week later, everything changed.
  
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• Coronavirus cost Norton Healthcare $50 million in Q1

  20-05-2020 18:17 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Norton Healthcare is Louisville's largest provider of health care. Even with its expansive market share, the organization has suffered losses in an environment that is beyond even what was experienced in the 2008 recession, according to its CFO.
  
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• Louisville hotels continued revenue free fall in April

  20-05-2020 18:15 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Occupancy rates remained in the single digits downtown.
  
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• Self-employed are eligible for the PPP. Here's how to make sure your loan is forgiven

  20-05-2020 17:37 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  The self-employed and sole proprietors may not use payroll services, but that doesn’t mean they can't track and document how they spend Paycheck Protection Program money to ensure their loans are forgiven.
  
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• How Ford plans to test workers for Covid-19 as it resumes production

  18-05-2020 18:51 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  The auto giant is partnering with University of Louisville Health in this Covid-19 measure.
  
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• Why Omni Louisville's former marketing manager opened her own PR firm during a pandemic

  18-05-2020 17:40 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  
  Turns out a global health crisis is an OK time to chase your dream.
  
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• Massive development set for 50-acre River Ridge site

  18-05-2020 17:05 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  A national developer is bringing another huge project to Southern Indiana. If all goes as planned it should be open by the end of the year.
  
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• Joey Wagner on new virtual business: ‘You have to adapt to change and figure it out’

  18-05-2020 16:55 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Louisville entrepreneur and events guru Joey Wagner has an energetic personality that reflects his on-the-go lifestyle, but the Covid-19 pandemic has forced him to slow down a little and strategize.
  
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• When dining rooms are limited, these restaurants are using outdoor space that can seat hundreds

  18-05-2020 16:42 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, al fresco dining was just a fun way to enjoy the spring and summer months. Now, it has become a potential lifeline for restaurants looking to outlast the crisis.
  
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• Louisville's largest construction projects — and contractors — ranked

  18-05-2020 13:40 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  The May 15 weekly edition includes our annual list of the largest construction projects in the area, ranked by cost, and a look at area general contractors, ranked by the amount billed out of local offices.
  
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• The losses are mounting for Louisville's restaurant scene

  18-05-2020 13:26 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  The losses are starting to mount for Louisville's restaurant scene as the coronavirus shutdown lingers.
  We talk about that on this week's episode of the Access Louisville podcast. During the last few weeks we've reported that Scarlett's Bakery and Verbena Cafe have closed as a result the social distancing measures put in place to stem the spread of the virus. Other closures, such as North End Cafe, weren't a direct result of the virus but it was a contributing facto
  
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• Manufacturer of jet engine stands considers local facility

  18-05-2020 13:04 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  A company that makes stands for jet engine manufacturers is considering setting up shop in New Albany, according to a news release.ETS Jet Engine Stands Inc., with the assistance of One Southern Indiana, the chamber of commerce and economic development organization for Clark and Floyd counties in Indiana, will appear virtually before the New Albany City Council on Thursday, May 21 to discuss the possible purchase of an existing facility and request economic incentives.The $1.3 million project&he
  
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• Fewer people are using their Humana health insurance — why that's good and bad for the company

  15-05-2020 20:34 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  
  A new credit opinion update from Moody’s Investors Services, released May 8, states that, "the impact on Humana of the coronavirus is highly uncertain, depending on its severity and duration."
  
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• Louisville's largest independent insurance agency rebrands

  15-05-2020 20:21 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  The rebranding is designed to simplify the firm’s overall identity and reflect a streamlined operational structure.
  
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