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Today we are celebrating the culmination of our community’s past efforts to make Louisville the next significant life science center . More importantly, we are recommitting to our future efforts to achieve this goal. First: The Mandates Boyle Report (1996) HB1 (1997). Second: The Plan
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Today we are celebrating the culmination of our community’s past efforts to make Louisville the next significant life science center. More importantly, we are recommitting to our future efforts to achieve this goal.
First: The Mandates • Boyle Report (1996) • HB1 (1997)
Second: The Plan • Challenge for Excellence (1998-2008)
Building Translational Research • 1998-Present: • Bucks for Brains: Human capital • Baxter I, Baxter II, CTSA Building: Physical capital
“From the Mind to the Marketplace” • 2003 -- Office of Technology Transfer Business Plan • 2003 -- Metacyte • Rhinocyte • Pradama • 16 companies created
“From the Mind to the Marketplace” • 2004 -- LMCDC Strategic Plan • Life Sciences Seed Fund • Life Sciences Venture Fund • Acquire Haymarket for Research Park
“From the Mind to the Marketplace” • 2005 -- Selection of Wexford as Haymarket Developer
“From the Mind to the Marketplace” 2006 – HSC Master Plan
“From the Mind to the Marketplace” • 2006 -- KDFA Grant • 2007 -- TIF Approval
“From the Mind to the Marketplace” • 2007 -- Restructuring LMCDC • 2008 – Vickie Yates Brown – President/CEO NUCLEUS
And now today: “It’s Time to Finish the Job” • NUCLEUS A commitment/recommitment to make Louisville “the next significant life sciences center.”
LMCDC TIF NUCLEUS HSC Master Plan Haymarket Development
NUCLEUS • $2.3 billion capital investment • Grow research • Incubate start-ups • Recruit healthcare/life sciences businesses • 8,700 new jobs
Our partners • Mayor • Metro Council • GLI • Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s HealthCare/Norton Healthcare • Commonwealth of Kentucky • James Graham Brown Foundation • Investors in seed/venture funds • Federal delegation – McConnell, Yarmuth, Bunning, Northup