You're home in Owensboro
This isn’t about putting up a good front. This isn’t about grassroots versus astroturf. In fact, we’ll be quite upfront with you about our agenda.
You see, Owensboro, Kentucky’s about more than just barbecue, bluegrass, and a bridge. It’s a place to call home, even from across the ocean (or at least the Ohio). And if you never realized this before, then you’ve certainly tumbled onto the right page.
After all, that’s what this page is about: bringing a bit of home, a bit of Owensboro, directly to you, regardless of which zip code you’re in now.
Basically, the plan here is to present you an authentic, though likely at least somewhat still biased, picture of what’s going on here at home. So get ready.
This is about community, and this is about home.
You’re home in Owensboro.
(Project of GO-EDC)
Owensboro was ranked #22 (of 243) in New Geography’s 2012 Best Small Cities for Job Growth! This ranking is 44 places higher than our community’s ranking in 2011!
New Geography seeks to measure the robustness of a region’s growth both recently and over time, looking at all of the metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) for which the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports monthly employment data. The index is calculated from a normalized, weighted summary of: 1) recent growth trend: the current and prior year’s employment growth rates, with the current year emphasized (two points); 2) mid-term growth: the average annual 2006-2011 growth rate (two points); 3) long-term trend and momentum: the sum of the 2006-2011 and 2000-2005 employment growth rates multiplied by the ratio of the 2000-2005 growth rate over the 2006-2011 growth rate (two points); and 4) current year growth (one point).
This ranking is yet another example of why Owensboro’s forward-thinking economic development strategy is paying dividends for our community! To learn more about Owensboro’s innovative strategy for job creation, please click here.
