Governor: "There's no place in Kentucky that has more going on right now than Owensboro"

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear told a crowd in Owensboro recently that the region was a hub of activity.  "There is no place in Kentucky with more going on than Owensboro," said Beshear at the ground breaking for a new I-64/ I-65 connector that will come together in Owensboro.

The region has recently embarked on a renaissance with over $1.5 billion in public investment, including the following projects:

• A market-based downtown master plan will result in $120 million in public infrastructure and amenities to reinvent downtown Owensboro as a "walkable mixed use" urban center; 
• Owensboro is planting the seeds of the next biotech revolution to become the world center for plant pharmaceutical production with a recent $17 million federal Department of Defense investment at Kentucky BioProcessing and a newly planned Center for Business and Research;
• Owensboro is a regional hub for health care with a $400 million new hospital under construction and a medical center ranked in the top five percent nationally for quality care; 
• The growth of higher education with a new locally funding public university campus;
• Interstate 64 and Interstate 65 connector. 

The public investments are paying off.  Existing companies added over 500 jobs with $90 million in new investment during the national recession.

There has never been a better time to invest in Owensboro! For more information visit http://invest.owensboro.com/