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Details about the Greater Owensboro Economic Development Corp, including staff, strategy, and recent projects
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Creating a diversified, sustainable economy generating wealth, quality jobs and improving the quality of place in Kentucky’s third largest city.
The EDC fulfills its mission through the The EDC fulfills its mission through the following activities:following activities:
Create an environment to attract Create an environment to attract economic investment, business economic investment, business formation, company location and talent.formation, company location and talent.
Strategic positioning for the long-term Strategic positioning for the long-term development of the region by creating development of the region by creating the infrastructure, nurturing a the infrastructure, nurturing a competitive workforce, and creating competitive workforce, and creating quality of place to enable the region to quality of place to enable the region to compete in the global economy.compete in the global economy.
Serve as the primary point of contact Serve as the primary point of contact for existing companies, new business for existing companies, new business prospects, and startup companies prospects, and startup companies interested in investing in the region. interested in investing in the region.
TeamTeam Nicholas Brake, President/CEONicholas Brake, President/CEO
– Four years as GO-EDC leaderFour years as GO-EDC leader– 10 years experience in economic and 10 years experience in economic and
workforce developmentworkforce development– Led aggressive economic development Led aggressive economic development
strategy to expand scope of EDCstrategy to expand scope of EDC– Former Vice President at Owensboro Former Vice President at Owensboro
Community and Technical CollegeCommunity and Technical College– Ph.D. higher education and public policyPh.D. higher education and public policy
Madison Silvert, Executive Vice Madison Silvert, Executive Vice PresidentPresident– Director of Emerging Ventures Innovation Director of Emerging Ventures Innovation
CenterCenter– Works with high tech company Works with high tech company
developmentdevelopment– Attorney with experience in business Attorney with experience in business
formation and regulatory lawformation and regulatory law– Legal counsel for Owensboro Metropolitan Legal counsel for Owensboro Metropolitan
Planning CommissionPlanning Commission
Sharla Austin Darnell- Existing Sharla Austin Darnell- Existing Business ManagerBusiness Manager– Extensive experience working closely with Extensive experience working closely with
existing business growth and existing business growth and developmentdevelopment
– Experience with Kentucky incentive Experience with Kentucky incentive programsprograms
– Five years experience in community Five years experience in community economic development and tourismeconomic development and tourism
– M.S. Organizational CommunicationM.S. Organizational Communication
Becky McCubbins- New Business Becky McCubbins- New Business ManagerManager– 15 years experience in economic and 15 years experience in economic and
community developmentcommunity development– Works with website development, Works with website development,
marketing and prospect managementmarketing and prospect management– Office managerOffice manager
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Recent ProjectRecent Project 16 projects, over 16 projects, over
$90 million in new $90 million in new investment, 500 new investment, 500 new jobs during jobs during recession.recession.
US Bank, Unilever, US Bank, Unilever, Sazerac, SFG, MPDSazerac, SFG, MPD
15 new high tech 15 new high tech firmsfirms
$500 million new $500 million new hospital hospital
Public ProjectsPublic Projects
A A market-based market-based downtown plandowntown plan resulting in $120 resulting in $120 million in publicly million in publicly funded funded infrastructure to infrastructure to reinvent downtown reinvent downtown as a walkable, as a walkable, mixed use urban mixed use urban center to attract center to attract talenttalent
New InfrastructureNew Infrastructure
I-64/ I-65 I-64/ I-65 ConnectorConnector
100 uni-train rail 100 uni-train rail loop at Riverportloop at Riverport
8,000 foot runway 8,000 foot runway at airportat airport
New commercial New commercial flights to BNA, ATLflights to BNA, ATL
I-69 spur, progressI-69 spur, progress
World Center for Plant World Center for Plant PharmaPharma
Life Science Life Science Partnership Partnership to to support plant support plant pharmaceutical pharmaceutical development development and Kentucky and Kentucky BioProcessingBioProcessing
High Tech GrowthHigh Tech Growth
Centre for Centre for Business and Business and ResearchResearch, a , a 40,000 square foot 40,000 square foot business business accelerator with accelerator with lab and R & D lab and R & D space for high space for high tech and plant tech and plant biotech companiesbiotech companies
15 new tech based companies have chosen Owensboro since 2008
Workforce DevelopmentWorkforce Development
Owensboro Owensboro Works- Works- ready-ready-made workforce made workforce available in online available in online databasedatabase
GO InternGO Intern Award winning Award winning
business-education business-education partnershipspartnerships
3 T’s Economic 3 T’s Economic Development StrategyDevelopment Strategy
TTargeted Industriesargeted Industries
TTechnology Based echnology Based CompaniesCompanies
TTalentalent
EDC Board of DirectorsEDC Board of Directors
Owensboro-Daviess CountyIndustrial Foundation
Kuegel Kuegel FarmsFarms
EDC InvestorsEDC Investors
Building & Construction Council
Industrial Foundation
owensboro.comowensboro.com