Commerce Lexington's annual Leadership Visit has helped expose Central Kentucky's leaders to the best ideas of model communities throughout the United States, yielding valuable lessons that have been applied to the improvement of the Bluegrass Region. This three-day trip has become the most valuable opportunity to bring community leaders, decision makers and ideas together in order to make positive changes in our community. It's a very unique program that includes the foremost business, education, government and community representatives of Central Kentucky.
Register for the 2012 Trip to San Antonio HERE.
2012 Commerce Lexington Inc. Leadership Visit Site Set for San Antonio, Texas
MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW for the 2012 Commerce Lexington Inc. Leadership Visit presented by CHASE / J.P. Morgan to San Antonio, Texas, June 4 - 6, 2012. Commerce Lexington Inc.’s annual Leadership Visit is designed as a learning opportunity for community leaders to study other cities and to apply the best of what they see and hear to the Bluegrass Region. The group also examines challenges in our own community, what is working well at home and ways to improve.
Many people are familiar with San Antonio’s famed River Walk, and of course the historic Alamo, but the city and its region offer so much more. San Antonio has been a city of innovation and steady growth for decades, while its cultural blend of people has created a truly unique and authentic city.
The strength of the city’s economic structure is its diversity, which is as varied as San Antonio’s cultural makeup. Its growing economy is steeped in biosciences, information security, military, and education. While traditionally known for its tourism/convention business and large military presence, San Antonio has shed its two-dimensional label and today has multiple industries driving its economy. This has resulted in the greater San Antonio area having one of the most robust economies in the country.
San Antonio, the seventh-largest city in the nation with a population of 1.3 million people, is also one of the fastest-growing cities. San Antonio is recognized as one of the best places to buy real estate, one of the best places to retire, one of the most recession-proof economies, and one of the best places for entry level jobs.
A delegation from Commerce Lexington Inc. last visited San Antonio during a Leadership Visit in 1983, so it will be interesting to see what changes have taken place since then. For more information about this trip or the opportunity to become a sponsor, contact Lynda Bebrowsky at (859) 226-1611.