What is the Hardwood Institute's Report on Owensboro.

There's an important public forum scheduled this week in Owensboro, Kentucky. There, Rich Harwood will be presenting the findings of a massive research project recently conducted by The Harwood Institute. The report- Building a Better Owensboro: A New Path Forward for Owensboro-Daviess County- is the result of months of interviews with roughly 800 community members.

During the last year, The Greater Owensboro Leadership Institute partnered with The Harwood Institute to help foster a stronger civic culture in our community. That process involved in-depth and frank discussions and interviews with a variety of members from the community. That group of 800 people included community leaders and local residents who don't necessarily feel like they have a "seat at the table." Discussions focused on where Owensboro is as a community, what we're doing well, what we aren't do well and what we should do about it.

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The team at The Harwood Institute have combed through those notes and have curated a report that covers their findings.

Those findings will be presented during the FREE public forum at 5:30pm, Thursday, June 6th. That forum will be held at the C.E. "Field Center" for Professional Studies- Duffy Auditorium on the campus of Brescia University. The address is 811 Frederica Street in Owensboro.

Parking is available on the street and in the Brescia University parking lots.

You can reserve your free spot by scanning the QR code below.

Greater Owensboro Leadership Institute

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