eMAIN NEIGHBORHOOD TEAM MEETING AND REPORTS

eMain Meeting
The March meeting was cancelled. The next eMain meeting will be held on April 10, 2003 at the Clock Tower Building in the SBDC training room.

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RELATED LOCAL NEWS

Bellarmine's eWorld finds home
Bellarmine University has selected the bCatalyst business accelerator as the permanent home of its master's degree of information technology programs. Bellamine will occupy about 1,200 square feet of office space and have access to the accelerator's conference rooms and cafe.
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SCORE opens fourth office in Clocktower Building
The Louisville chapter of the Service Corps of Retired Executives has opened a location on East Main Street that will offer a "one-stop counseling services" for small businesses. The office, which is SCORE's fourth location in Louisville, is located in the Clocktower Building at 123 E. Main St. The center will provide free counseling to entrepreneurs wanting to start their own small business and offer a variety of business expertise from SCORE representatives.
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Diversifying lets bCatalyst remain viable
During the heady days of the booming economy of 2000, bCatalyst dreamed of clustering promising companies in a single place, providing guidance and some capital, then watching them prosper. Seven prominent businessmen and venture capitalists launched bCatalyst in February 2000, eventually moving it into a rehabilitated industrial site on West Washington Street on the lower slope of the eMain district. Three years and one jarred economy later, most business accelerators are essentially dead. While nonprofit business incubators have survived, venture-capital-based ones have largely collapsed or been forced to make radical changes to their business plans. And bCatalyst is no exception. Today, one month after marking its third anniversary, the accelerator is just one piece of the closely held company's pie. In November 2001, it began offering technology research services to local and regional venture-capital firms, an offshoot of previous work scrutinizing opportunities and business plans for start-up companies. The company then moved into the brokerage business last spring, managing mergers and acquisitions. And a fourth business segment also has roots in the accelerator: operations management for early stage companies.
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First Friday Trolley Hop adds two galleries
The Kentucky Center, formerly the Kentucky Center for the Arts, and Galerie Sumshee were added to the list of art galleries participating in this month's First Friday Downtown Gallery Hop. The First Friday Downton Gallery Trolley Hop was launched in order to build interest in downtown art galleries, with TARC supplying a "fleet" of trolleys that provide free transportation between participating galleries along Market and Main Streets.
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NEIGHBORHOOD ENTERTAINMENT

Slugger Field
http://www.batsbaseball.com/ 

Swanson Cralle Gallery
Call 589-5466 for more information

Stevie Ray's Blues Bar
http://www.stevieraysbluesbar.com/

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