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About This Report

The Competitive City Report was prepared by the staff of The Greater Louisville Project: Carolyn Gatz, director; Rosanne Kruzich; Valerie Salley; and Debbie Wesslund.

With analysis and assistance from The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program: Bruce Katz, director; Alan Berube; Amy Liu; Tracy Kornblatt; and Jennifer Vey.

Additional data analysis and graphics provided by: Michael Price and Martye Scobee, Kentucky Population Research, State Data Center, University of Louisville; and Robert Rodosky, Don Corson, Paula DeHaven, and Mark McCafferty, Jefferson County Public Schools.

Additional information and data were drawn from reports by Paul Coomes and Margaret Maginnis, University of Louisville; Anneta Arno and Valerie Cousins, Community Resource Network from work by the National Organization for Research at the University of Chicago; Charles Kavanaugh, Louisville Homebuilders Association; the Metropolitan Housing Coalition; and Greater Louisville Inc. The report was designed by Galloway Communications and Vision Graphics with assistance from Talking Point Graphics. Cover photo provided by Moberly Photography, Inc. (moberlyphotography.com).

Unless otherwise noted, data is reported for Louisville–Jefferson County Metro, or for the new Louisville KY–IN Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), pictured in the accompanying graphic. For comparisons across cities, peer cities identified by Paul Coomes of the University of Louisville are used.

The complete body of data and research, as well as links to important reports and documents upon which this report is based, are available at www.greaterlouisvilleproject.org.