From: Randy
Beard, Secretary
Thu, March 17, 2011
March
Meeting Recap
We thank the Saints Mary and Elizabeth Hospital for hosting our monthly
luncheon.
Hoops provided nice box lunches.
Barbara Nichols, IABA President, welcomed everyone to the meeting. Each
person in attendance introduced themselves and their business.
LMPD Lieutenant Don George of the 4th Division spoke of the rise of
theft from cars, primarily due to people leaving their vehicles
unlocked. His email address is Don.George@louisvilleky.gov. Officer Dean
Sturgeon continues serving as one of the Division Resource Officers and
spoke of his desire to keep good working relations will all within the
division boundaries.
Joey Riddle, Principal of Iroquois High School, thanked us for our
support. Tomorrow is his final day as principal of Iroquois High School.
He will become principal at Buechel Metropolitan School for the
remainder of the year. He introduced Scott Perkins who will be the
interim Principal.
Marty Meyer, Legislative Assistance to Metro Councilman David Yates, and
an area representative for State Senator Perry Clark, shared some of the
accomplishments of the most recent Kentucky legislative session. Senator
Clark was scheduled to speak with us, but was unable to attend due to
the special session called by the governor. A list of these
accomplishments thta impact small businesses can be attained by going to
www.lrc.ky.gov or you can email Senator Clark for more information.
Marty also shared several accomplishments from his first 72 days of
working with 25th District Councilman David Yates. One of them about to
materialize is a new southwest office for the Metro Council districts in
the area. It will open at the Southwest Government Center in two weeks.
This office will be shared by Metro Council members Yates, Welch,
Blackwell, and Henderson. A festive grand opening will be announced
later.
Twenty-one were in attendance at the meeting.
Our next meeting will be at the
Kenwood Heights Christian Church,
5620 New Cut Road on April 21.
The luncheon will begin at 11:30.
Our featured speaker will be the Honorable Mayor Greg Fischer.
Mission Statement
The mission of the IABA is to support, educate and represent through a unified voice the Iroquois-area businesses in an effort to enhance the community.
Iroquois Area Business Association
P.O. Box 9755 -
Louisville, KY 40209
iaba.louisville@gmail.com
(502) 367-3881
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IROQUOIS
AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION