Advancing the Bluegrass Region

Speaker: Bob Quick

Topic: Central Kentucky Regional Economic and Workforce Development Update presented by the President and CEO of Commerce Lexington, Bob Quick.  Don’t miss this session as Bob will share new and insightful information about the available labor force, economic development and how Commerce Lexington and the New Regional initiative regarding business growth for our community are working to address these critical issues in our region.

Registration Deadline: Due to venue catering requirements, registration for in-person attendance closes on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. Virtual participation registration closes on Monday, November 13, 2023.

Location: Mane on Main, 201 E Main St #1500, Lexington, KY 40507 (Validated parking is reserved in the Chase Tower Parking Garage)

Parking Map: Mane on Main Parking Map

Virtual (NEW!): Login details will be sent prior to the meeting, up to 24 hours in advance.

Description:

Further discuss the focus of Commerce Lexington and the New Regional Initiative regarding business growth in our community. 

Economic Development: Increases jobs, wages, GDP to national average.

Leadership/Policy: Attract state & federal funding and advocate for policy improvements.

Workforce Development: Increase labor force by 1,500 people per year. 

Learning Objectives:

1. Regional economy needs to be more competitive. 

2. The regional labor force needs to grow. 

3. More ready sites & buildings are needed. 

4. Regional wages need to rise. 

5. Opportunities abound. 

6. Data analytics are important & mostly regional. 

7. Regional collaboration can be hard, but is necessary for success. 

11:15 am - 11:45 am: Registration, Networking, & Lunch
11:45 am - 12:00 pm: Business Meeting Update

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm:  Presentation

*PENDING for one (1.0) PDCs with SHRM and HRCI.

Parking: CHASE TOWER PARKING GARAGE. Validated parking is attached and easy to access! A validated parking ticket will be provided to you at registration. To exit, scan the ticket you received upon entry and then scan the validated ticket for payment. 

This month's meeting is sponsored by:

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Transfer and Refund Policy

BGSHRM strives to provide quality events that are educational in content and rich in networking opportunities. We place emphasis on the humans in Human Resources and value the shared experience of our peers and comrades who are working to create safe and productive environments for their employees. We have designed chapter meeting fees to be as low as possible. 

Because of rising costs in our community, your regular member registration fee covers the program related expenses and is not a fundraiser for the chapter.  As such, all payments for registration to BGSHRM events are non-refundable. If an event must be rescheduled by the chapter (i.e. severe weather in which travel is prohibited or impractical, our community is placed under pandemic restrictions, etc), we will apply your payment to a future event.

If you are unable to attend a meeting, you may request a transfer to another scheduled event or you may gift your registration to the current event to someone else following the guidelines below. To make a transfer request, please email communications@bgshrm.org.

• If the transfer request is made before 7 calendar days in advance of the event you may transfer your registration to another scheduled event or gift your registration to the current event to someone else.
• If the transfer request is made within 7 calendar days in advance of the event, you may gift your registration to someone else. This is a wonderful way to introduce your peers, managers, or leaders to ideas and information that will benefit your organization (and help them understand that HR is a strategy-based role)!
• If you cannot attend in person, you may utilize the Zoom link sent to all registered attendees to join us online. Event links are sent to your registered email address, please check your spam folders or email filtering systems as we do not honor transfer requests for "lost links." 
• Individuals who have registered to attend online may not switch to in-person after registration has closed as that is the cutoff date required by the venue for event planning.
• No transfer requests made after the event has passed will be considered.