Why Louisville?

Louisville is America's 16th largest city and a robust business community for health care and life science enterprises. University of Louisville is fast-becoming a leading research institution for scientific and medical advancements. It is the home of many “firsts” in health and science – including the first HPV vaccine, the first hand re-attachment and heart transplant. Locally-based researchers and medical experts are internationally known in neurology, cardiology, vaccine and pharmaceutical fields.

These accomplishments are vigorously supported by a concerted effort on the part of Nucleus and UofL academia, local and state government and private industry.

Logistics: UPS Hub

Louisville is the hub of the United Parcel Service’s international airfreight services, UPS Worldport. Time and distribution is crucial to the logistics of operating life science labs and companies. Louisville, with UPS urgent transport capabilities, gives our science-related industries a vital advantage.

Workforce:

The health sector is the area’s largest employer, providing some 72,000 jobs. Health-related employment accounts for 10% of the regions workforce.

Business growth:

Located in the heart of the country, just 500 miles from nearly half of the U.S. population, Louisville is all about access. Louisville is a leader in business growth.
Consider a few of the community's recent rankings:
Top 50 large metro areas for best places to start and grow a company
(Entrepreneur/National Policy Research Council, 2006)
Among "America's 50 Hottest Cities" for business relocations and expansions
(Expansion Management, 2007)
Best City for Small Business Growth
(Entrepreneur Magazine, 2006)
Named among “The Best Communities for Young People”
(America’s Promise Alliance, 2007)
One of 11 cities featured as “A Great Place to Live”
(Resident Magazine, 2007)
#9 on the list of the “Top 20 Hot Headquarters Cities for the 21st Century”
(Business Facilities, 2006)
List source: www.greaterlouisville.com

Live-Ability Community:

The greater Louisville area has been named as one of the best places to live – for quality of life and business opportunities.

2008

• "Most Livable City in America" (large city category) by the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
• Ranked 7th in the "Best Towns of 2008" by Outside Magazine
• Among the "25 Best Cities For Raising a Family" by Best Life Magazine
• One of the "Most Improved Cities for Cycling" by Bicycling Magazine
• Among the 100 Best Communities for Young People

2007

• Named One of the Top 10 Safest Cities in America by Crime in Metropolitan America Report
• One of the "Top 10 Underrated Cities in America" by Sherman's Travel.
• One of America's 50 "Hottest Cities" for business expansion & relocation by Expansion Management magazine.
• Among the 100 Best Communities for Young People.
• Among the Best Cities to Have a Baby, by FitPregnancy magazine.

2006

• Best large city for relocating families, according to Worldwide ERC, Primacy Relocation and Bert Sperling of Sperling's BestPlaces
• Eighth Safest City in America, by Morgan Quitno
• One of America's 50 "Hottest Cities" for business expansion & relocation, by Expansion Management magazine
• A bronze-level Bicycle Friendly Community! Awarded by the League of American Bicyclists
• Fifth most affordable city for family health insurance, eHealthInsurance
• Top city in the Southeast for manufacturing jobs, by Manufacturers’ News, Inc.
• Waterfront Park named one of the nation's Top Ten Urban Parks by the Urban Land Institute
• Ninth Fittest City in America, by Men's Fitness magazine
• Kentucky rated fourth most competitive state for attracting business, by Site Selection magazine.

List source: www.louisvilleky.gov