Bi-Weekly Update -
11/1/00
eMain Team
Meeting and Reports
On October 24, the
Louisville Board of Alderman approved a $5.7 million loan to Humana Inc. to
renovate the Clock Tower Building at Main and Brook Streets. Bruce Traughber,
the city's development chief, said the building should be ready for its first
tenants by next fall. Humana plans to lease the renovated space at or below
market rate -- and only to high-tech businesses or educational efforts
supporting them.
Site work for Waterfront
Park Place is currently underway. The design approval is expected to be
complete by October 25.
The Waterfront Development
Board met on October 25 for final review of Cobalt Ventures LLCís proposed
parking lot, which will be located at Floyd/Washington/Witherspoon/Preston
Streets. Once completed, costs are expected to be competitive with surrounding
parking.
Groundbreaking for the
redevelopment of the Snead Building is scheduled for October 27 at 1:30 p.m.
The renovated building will include a glass blowing factory on the ground floor
and 45-50 loft apartments on the upper floors.
The Next Silicon Valleys: Silicon
Transplants
October 25
First there was The Valley, then came The Alley. Cities
on the horizon to become the next generation of high-tech centers: Louisville,
Kentucky; Malmo, Sweden; and Hong Kong, China.
http://www.mbajungle.com/template_channel.cfm?chID=5&schID=3
October 22
Increasingly, new technology is bringing the outside world into the schools.
Students from several Jefferson County schools returned the favor.
http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2000/0010/22/001022tech.html
October 11
The
Cornerstone 2020 Vision Award went to the Louisville Development Authority for
involving the public in the planning for eMain USA, an attempt to attract
technology-related businesses to Main Street.
http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2000/0010/11/001011corn.html
October
13
Think
of downtown Louisville dotted with mixed-income neighborhoods attractive to
families and bohemians alike -- a place teeming with suburbanites who ride a
light-rail system to downtown restaurants, stores and entertainment venues.
http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2000/0010/13/001013downtown.html
October 13, 2000
From the soon-to-be-built
Waterfront Park Place, a 23-story condominium high-rise by Bravura, to the
Glassworks residential conversion of the Snead Building by architects Bill
Weyland and Ken Von Roenn, exciting projects seem to be announced weekly.
http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2000/10/16/editorial3.html
Living the high life...
October 6
Six months after leaving
High Speed Access Corp., Kent Oyler is finding fulfillment in his role as local
entrepreneur and civic leader. . . . He is mentoring startup businesses through
bCatalyst, an accelerated incubator for startup technology companies in which
he has invested. He's continuing as CEO of OPM Inc., formerly an incubator but
now a "partnership management" firm that provides back-office support
services for customers that include firms housed in bCatalyst.
http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2000/10/09/story1.html
October 6
(Note:Ý Excerpts from a speech by Jonathan Spector,
Darwin Networks chief executive officer, delivered at Leadership Louisville's
fifth annual Leadership Conference on Sept. 28.) The New Economy has many
different definitions, but for the purpose of today's discussion let's assume
it means the Internet, e-commerce, and high-tech all rolled into one. In the
New Economy, companies that are nimble, flexible and fast moving will beat out
companies that are not.
http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2000/10/09/editorial3.html
Venture
capitalists raise the bar by asking entrepreneurs to explain their ideas in
plain English
October 23
When a high-tech company's seemingly endless stream
of techno-jargon, formulas and buzz phrases stumps a venture capital panel and
its peers, one can imagine how clearly such a company is telling its story to
the media and to its potential customers.
http://www.courier-journal.com/business/news/001023smbz.html
High-speed
Internet access is impressive -- and prices are getting lower
October 22
For
Louisville-area residents, options are increasing and prices are edging down.
More than a dozen companies now offer home PC users fast phone connections and
more are on the horizon, including national retail communications heavy hitter
RadioShack and longtime local Internet service provider Iglou.
http://www.courier-journal.com/business/news/001022fast.html
November
14, 2000
Forum
for business leaders interested in leveraging technology to expand and improve
their organization. From e-commerce to human resources to marketing, Q is
designed to answer your questions and develop a community of support to meet
your business objectives.
"Growing With Technology"
Philip Walton, Chief Architect of Midgard, Inc.'s
Warehouse Compass, will discuss how he has transformed Midgard's Windows NT
based warehouse management solution into a highly leveraged component of
intellectual capital. As a result, Midgard has established itself as a
progressive leader in the highly fragmented Supply Chain Execution marketplace.
Location:
Radisson East Conference Center (9700 Bluegrass Parkway)
Cost:
$20 per person; $10 discounted fee for those receiving and reading the eMain
updates
RSVP:
register@ www.ribbitt.net/q.htm
Or
call 502.493.5084
Presents work by Lynn Dunbar
and Keltie Ferris thru Nov. 2. Call 459-7518 for more Information.
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13 Blacktop Records Recording Artist Mike
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