“There is no place in Kentucky with more going on right now than Owensboro”- Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear, Sept. 2009.

GREATER OWENSBORO, USA

Owensboro On the Move!Owensboro On the Move!

Owensboro has Owensboro has recently recently embarked on its embarked on its renaissance with renaissance with over over $1.5 billion$1.5 billion in public in public investment. investment.

Where livability meets Where livability meets commercecommerce

The third largest city in Kentucky, The third largest city in Kentucky, Owensboro is an optimally sized Owensboro is an optimally sized urban oasis—a beautiful, friendly, urban oasis—a beautiful, friendly, safe, and progressive place with safe, and progressive place with sophisticated amenities, stable sophisticated amenities, stable growth, a balanced economy and a growth, a balanced economy and a short commute.short commute.

Downtown RevitalizationDowntown Revitalization A A market-based market-based

downtown plandowntown plan resulting in $120 resulting in $120 million in publicly million in publicly funded infrastructure funded infrastructure to reinvent downtown to reinvent downtown as a walkable, mixed as a walkable, mixed use urban center to use urban center to attract talent. attract talent. Amenities include new Amenities include new hotel and convention hotel and convention centercenter

New InfrastructureNew Infrastructure

100 uni-train rail 100 uni-train rail loop at Riverportloop at Riverport

8,000 foot 8,000 foot runway at airportrunway at airport

New commercial New commercial flights to BNA, flights to BNA, ATLATL

I-69 spur, I-69 spur, progressprogress

New Interstate New Interstate ConnectorConnector

New four-New four-lane lane connector connector will connect will connect Interstate 64 Interstate 64 in Indiana to in Indiana to Interstate 65 Interstate 65 in Bowling in Bowling GreenGreen

New HospitalNew Hospital

$400 million new $400 million new hospitalhospital

Owensboro Owensboro Medical Health Medical Health System ranked System ranked in Top 5% in Top 5% nationally for nationally for quality carequality care

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

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

Higher EducationHigher Education The growth of higher The growth of higher

education is a playing a education is a playing a key role in the key role in the transformation of the transformation of the economy. Owensboro has economy. Owensboro has a long tradition of top a long tradition of top ranked K-12 schools, but ranked K-12 schools, but now it is a growing college now it is a growing college town with over 7,000 town with over 7,000 undergraduates enrolled undergraduates enrolled in four colleges and in four colleges and universities and universities and new new locally funded public locally funded public university campusuniversity campus. .

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