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

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