Greater Louisville Project Releasing 2012 Competitive City Update Report City Jumps to Number One in Young Adults

with Degrees when Compared to Peer Cities WHAT: The Greater Louisville Project to Release 2012 Competitive City Update Report WHEN: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. WHERE: University of Louisville Cardiovascular Innovation Institute 302 E. Muhammad Ali Blvd. WHO: Speakers will include Mayor Greg Fischer Stephen Reily, Chairman, Greater Louisville Project Christen Boone, Director, Greater Louisville Project

Stuart K. Williams, Executive & Scientific Director, University of Louisville Cardiovascular Innovation Institute ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The Greater Louisville Project will issue its report, titled 2012: Updates on Education and Quality of Place with a New Look at 21st Century Jobs. The report will provide updates on its key Deep Drivers of Change for Education, 21st Century Jobs and Quality of Place. Officials will discuss the study, which takes a close look at gains made by the community since 2000 in terms of measuring progress in the regional economy, noting the citys number one ranking of young adults with degrees measured against peer cities. In addition, newly appointed Director Christen Boone will be introduced. Officials with the Greater Louisville Project will address its three Deep Drivers of Change Education, Quality of Place and 21st Century Jobs and specific outcomes of their research as well as a new benchmark that emerged from this process, as well as details about its next planned report. The Greater Louisville Project is an independent, non-partisan civic initiative organized by The Community Foundation of Louisville and supported by a consortium of philanthropic foundations that includes The James Graham Brown Foundation, Brown-Forman, The C. E. & S. Foundation, The JP Morgan Chase Foundation, Gheens Foundation, The Humana Foundation, and the Stephen Reily and Emily Bingham Fund.