USINESS OCUS BOFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF COMMERCE LEXINGTON INC. F OCTOBER 2017 VOLUME XXV, ISSUE X
Oct. 24th SPOTLIGHT Series Features Fayette Commonwealth’s Attorney Lou Anna Red Corn
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Kentucky Regional Tour Heads to Louisville Region Oct. 16-17 @330: Protect Your Company’s Data Against Cyber-Attacks Lexmark International Hosts Business Link on November 2 Photos & Recaps from Business on the Green, South Africa Trip www.CommerceLexington.com BUSINESS FOCUS
October 2017: Volume XXV, Issue X
INSIDE THIS ISSUE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives 4 KITO U.S.A. Breaks Ground on Expansion in BG Business Park Blue Grass Stockyards Officially Opens State-of-the-Art Facility 2016 Chamber Global Executive Breakfast Forum Features Governor Matt Bevin of the Year STAT OF THE MONTH: Impact of Equine Industry in Lexington Business Focus is published once a month for a total of 12 issues per year by Commerce EVENTS: Lexington Inc., 330 East Main Street, Suite 100, Lexington, KY 40507. Phone: (859) 226-1600 6-13 Kentucky Regional Tour to Visit, Study Louisville Region SPOTLIGHT Features Fayette Prosecuting Attorney Red Corn 2017 Chair of the Board: @330 Series: Protect Your Data from Cyber-Attacks Carla Blanton, President Lexmark Hosts Next Business Link on November 2nd Carla Blanton Consulting 2017 Business on the Green Recap & Photos Publisher: RECAP: Nearly 70 People Participate in South Africa Trip Robert L. Quick, CCE, President & CEO Commerce Lexington Inc.
Editor: Mark E. Turner GET CONNECTED: Communications Specialist: Elizabeth Bennett 14-19 Commerce Lexington Inc. Social Media Guide Printing: Post Printing 2017 Winner’s Circle Maintains Steady Progress Mail Service: SouthEast Printing & Mailing AMBASSADOR SPOTLIGHT: Dwayne Edwards Service, LLC (2610 Palumbo Drive) Leadership Development Program Recaps Subscriptions are available for $12 and are Welcome New Commerce Lexington Inc. Members included as a direct benefit of Commerce Member Personnel Announcements & Awards Lexington Inc. membership. Business Focus (USPS 012-337) periodical postage paid at Lexington, Kentucky.
POSTMASTER : Send address corrections to Business Focus, Commerce Lexington Inc., WHAT 2 WATCH 4 P.O. Box 1968, Lexington, KY 40588-1968. Display Rates For DISPLAY RATES in Business Focus, con - tact Dana Zinger at (859) 226-1607 or [email protected], and an Oct. 24th SPOTLIGHT Series to 2017 Kentucky Regional Tour account executive will contact you . Feature Fayette Commonwealth’s Takes Delegation to Louisville Attorney Lou Anna Red Corn Region October 16-17 Personnel Updates Submit your company’s awards and mile - stones or personnel changes and additions to [email protected]. Personnel news might include promotions, additions, awards and milestones, recogni - tions and certifications and/or appoint - ments. Information is published only as Oct. 10th @330 Series Helps You Lexmark International Hosts space permits. Protect Your Company’s Data next CLX Business Link event From Cyber-Attacks on Thursday, November 2nd
2 BUSINESS FOCUS OCTOBER 2017 Commerce Lexington Inc.’s EMERGE Conference received an Excellence Award from the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Executives (KCCE). Left to right: Brad Richardson, current KCCE President & President of the Hardin Co. Chamber of Commerce; Kristie Woodrum, CLX Business Development Manager; Dana Zinger, CLX Assistant VP, Membership Development; Matt Valego, Infintech & sponsor of the annual KCCE Conference; and Amy Cloud, KCCE Executive Director. EMERGE Recognized With Statewide KCCE Excellence Award
At the 52nd annual Celebration of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Executives (KCCE), Commerce Lexington Inc.’s EMERGE Conference was recognized with an Excellence Award in the Outstanding Special Event Category (Group V). The KCCE Excellence Awards recognize superior achievement and professional excellence among local chambers throughout Kentucky, with awards presented in commu - nications, membership and special events, as well as to top volunteers, staff members and executives. Commerce Lexington’s annual EMERGE Conference brings together entrepreneurs, emerging leaders, business professionals, and community members. The event was created following the organization’s Leadership Visit to Omaha, Nebraska, in 2013, during which there was a heavy focus on how that city engaged its young profes - sionals and leveraged its YP network. In its first four years, EMERGE has grown rapidly, with more than 400 people attending the 2017 conference. The Emerge conference engages the next generation of leaders through networking, as well as education through breakout ses - sions in the areas of community engage - ment, professional development and per - sonal growth. The 2017 event included a luncheon, keynote speakers, networking reception, and the opportunity to develop stronger ties to our community.
OCTOBER 2017 BUSINESS FOCUS 3 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
A Collaborative Effort of the Bluegrass Business Development Partnership (BBDP):
SUBMITTED BY : Gina Greathouse, Hannah Crumrine, Kimberly Rossetti & Allison Boyd | CLX Economic Development Division
KITO U.S.A. Breaks Stat of the Month: Ground on Expansion Impact of Equine On August 30, KITO U.S.A., a Japanese manufacturer of robotic welding equip - Industry in Lexington is ment, broke ground on its expansion in the Blue Grass Business Park. They Substantial to Economy were the second business to locate in The equine industry is a leading sector of Commerce Lexington's business park in 1997 and have continued to grow their Kentucky’s economy, and Lexington is a sub - operation. Congratulations on your stantial part of that industry. With 24,600 hors - expansion! es in Lexington’s approximate 280 square miles, Lexington takes up less than one percent of Kentucky’s land but is home to 10-percent of Kentucky’s horses, according to the Kentucky Blue Grass Stockyards Opens State-of-the-Art Facility Equine Survey. To measure Lexington’s equine industry, consider the location quotient, which On September 8, Mayor Jim Gray and quantifies an industry’s concentration in a Commerce Lexington Inc. joined the region compared to the nation. An LQ of Blue Grass Stockyards and other digni - greater than one signals a regional strength. taries in celebrating the grand opening The industry with the largest LQ in Lexington is of its new state-of-the-art facility. The horses and other equine production (NAICS 232,000-square foot facility, located off I- 11292), at 78.94 (U.S. Bureau of Labor 75 near the Kentucky Horse Park Statistics, 2016). includes 40,000 square feet of office and In other words, horses are Lexington’s most retail space. There’s a Regional unique industry and the share of equine Marketplace at the Stockyards, featuring employees in Lexington is 79 times higher than over 20 businesses, including Bromagen the national share. Over 630 people were Commodities, a broker; the Chop Shop, employed in Lexington’s equine industry in a local meat market; a restaurant, cloth - 2016, averaging an annual salary of $40,770. ing store and all kinds of services cattle Looking at the region, the Lexington MSA has farmers need. Congratulations to the the second largest LQ in the country at 118.02. Stockyards on this exciting new facility!
Gov. Bevin Speaks at Global Executive Breakfast Forum By The Numbers: In 2017, Commerce Lexington’s Commerce Lexington attended the World Economic Development Division Trade Center’s Global Executive Breakfast responded to calls from the following: in August at the Governor’s Mansion in Frankfort. Governor Bevin was the keynote New Business: 79 new prospects speaker focusing on boosting Kentucky interested in finding a new location exports and increasing foreign direct or expanding operations investment, which was followed by four Existing Clients & Local panelists from across the state. One pan - Entrepreneurial Companies: 36 elist was a representative of the Bluegrass companies with potential expansions Economic Advancement Movement in Lexington (BEAM) region and spoke on the work our Client Visits: 16 team is doing with the middle market, Existing Business Visits: 129 exports, mergers and acquisition, and market prioritization. Photo Courtesy of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.
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EVENTS
KENTUCKY REGIONAL TOUR | O CTOBER 16-17, 2017 | REGISTER NOW! Kentucky Regional Tour Delegation to Visit and Study Louisville Region
PRESENTED BY : Lexington may be only about an hour away from Louisville, but how much do you really know about the city and region? We’ve all gone to concerts, basketball games, performances, meetings, and eaten at many great restau - rants, but there is so much more to one of nation’s top metros that you may not know. PLATINUM SPONSORS During the 2017 Kentucky Humana Regional Tour presented by Stoll Kentucky Distillers’ Association Keenon Ogden, PLLC , on October LG&E / KU Energy 16-17 , you’ll have an exclusive opportunity to learn about the at Jim Beam Urban Stillhouse at 4th Street Live. University of Kentucky Athletics innovations driving Louisville’s national attention WesBanco In 2009, Commerce Lexington Inc. revived a and experience things that you may not have been long-ago tradition of visiting other areas of WindstreamCommunications aware of, all while networking with a delegation of Kentucky with the goal of listening and learning about 50-60 Lexington business leaders. The agen - from the leaders in each of the cities and locations RECEPTION & DINNER SPONSOR da will feature stops highlighting education, visited. The trip is not only the Bluegrass Region’s Community Trust Bank healthcare, quality of life amenities, arts and cul - opportunity to recognize and thank other regional ture, “bourbonism,” talent attraction, neighbor - leaders for their support of our region, but it also LUNCHEON SPONSORS hood revitalization, public policy and business helps us better understand their challenges and Dean Dorton Allen Ford, PLLC engagement in the community. explore ways that we can collaborate with one PNC Bank Some of the highlights of day one of the trip another. include a look at FirstBuild at the University of GOLD SPONSOR Louisville, a co-creation space that is changing the Central Bank & Trust Co. way products come to market, conversations with TO REGISTER: local elected officials, lunch at The Table Café, a The cost to participate in this two-day bus tour to tour of West End Neighborhood Revitalization, a the Louisville region is $699 per person, which stop at Waterfront Park, and dinner in the NuLu includes transportation, accommodations, and arts district. Day two includes a public policy dis - meals as outlined on the agenda. For more infor - cussion, with a stop at an arts venue, a discussion mation, or to register, visit www.commercelex - on Louisville’s efforts in business engagement, ington.com/kentucky-regional-tour.html . tourism, and talent attraction, and an experience
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TUESDAY , O CTOBER 24, 2017 | 8:30 - 10:00 A.M. | F AYETTE CIRCUIT COURT BUILDING (120 N. L IMESTONE ) SPOTLIGHT Features Fayette Commonwealth’s Attorney Lou Anna Red Corn
As of last October and for the first time community can assist with these issues. PRESENTED BY : in nearly 32 years, there is a new person Jim Frazier , Managing Member of leading the Office of the Commonwealth’s McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland, Attorney in Fayette County. The newest PLLC, will moderate this event. top prosecutor is Lou Anna Red Corn , who During her career, Red Corn has taken was appointed by Kentucky Governor special interest in child victim cases and Matt Bevin to succeed the retiring Ray has given of her time to assist in establish - Larson after working for 30 years on his ing the Fayette County Child Sexual Abuse GOLD SPONSOR staff. She is a career prosecutor, having Multi-Disciplinary Team in 1989, help WUKY 91.3 FM worked in the Office of the Fayette write Kentucky’s first model protocol LOU ANNA RED CORN Commonwealth’s Attorney since 1987, for child sexual abuse multi-discipli - SILVER SPONSORS FAYETTE Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance later as an Assistant Commonwealth COMMONWEATLH’S nary teams and co-author the Kentucky Attorney and then as the First ATTORNEY Attorney General’s Child Sexual Abuse LG&E / KU Energy Assistant since 2006. Manual in 2003. She is also a found - Republic Bank & Trust Co. During the next Commerce ing and current board member of the Lexington Inc. SPOTLIGHT Series event presented Children’s Advocacy Center of the Bluegrass, Inc. SMALL BUSINESS SPONSORS by Fifth Third Bank on Tuesday, October 24 , from Al Torstrick Insurance Agency 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. at the Fayette Circuit Court build - TO REGISTER: Cumberland Valley National Bank ing (120 N. Limestone), attendees will learn more FASTSIGNS The cost to attend this SPOTLIGHT Series event is about the duties of the Fayette Commonwealth’s Hurst Office Suppliers, Inc. $25 per person for Commerce Lexington Inc. mem - Attorney, and what changes, if any, Red Corn has bers and $35 per person for potential members. To Melia Realty made since she took office. She will also touch on register, e-mail to [email protected] or Precision Duplicating Solutions her office’s priorities, which include a focus on register on-line at www.CommerceLexington.com. human trafficking, prosecuting heroin dealers, and addressing gun violence – and potential ways the
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TUESDAY , O CTOBER 10, 2017 | 3:30 - 5:00 P.M. | C OMMERCE LEXINGTON INC . (330 E. M AIN ST. - F IRST FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM ) @330 Series: How to Protect Your Company’s Data from Cyber-Attacks
For any business or organization, the PRESENTED BY : ABOUT THE SPEAKER: data they collect pertaining to clients, cus - Joe Danaher is Chief Information Security tomers, projects, sales, financials, and Officer for Integrity IT, responsible for mailings means everything to that busi - implementing and supporting all aspects ness. When your data becomes compro - of technology in Healthcare (with some of mised, it’s not just your company’s prob - the largest providers in the industry lem. It becomes everyone’s problem. including GE Centricity, Cerner, Believe it or not, 95-percent of security McKesson, eClinicalWorks and EPIC) and breaches involve human error! And, it’s across a variety of industries. Joe leads his not just large companies or hospitals that JOE DANAHER security team in providing best practice GOLD SPONSORS are impacted. Small businesses and non - INTEGRITY IT analysis and solutions to evaluate compa - Melia Realty profits are targeted every day, and if they nies risks and current security posture, SteinGroup, LLC experience a breach, it can be devastating. developing security plans to mitigate TravelHost of the Bluegrass You could also be the victim of a cyber- risks, implementing both technical and educational U.S. Bank attack on your personal device in your own home, solutions and if necessary providing incident and MACs are not immune to these threats either. response. Integrity IT was founded by Joe Danaher During the next Commerce Lexington Inc. @330 and Phil Miller in 2000. Both previously worked Series event presented by Manpower of Central together in clinical roles at a local hospital, and they Kentucky on Tuesday, October 10 , from 3:30 - 5:00 used their interest and knowledge of information p.m. in Commerce Lexington’s first floor conference technology to drive clinical IT projects and eventual - room, Joe Danaher from Integrity IT will discuss the ly moved to the hospital’s IT department where they threats to your data (existing and potential) and give assumed leadership roles in clinical IT. Joe’s educa - you information and tools to take control of your tion and certifications include: Certified Information online footprint and increase your security posture. Security Manager; Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control; Certified Professional Health Information Technology CPHIT; B.A. from University of Kentucky; A.D. in Applied Science from Lexington Community College; and Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT).
ABOUT @330 SERIES: The @330 events provide a topical presentation that is relevant to the success of entrepreneurs, business owners and business professionals. They also allow members the opportunity to discuss ideas, share best practices, and work through challenges.
TO REGISTER: The @330 events are open to Commerce Lexington Inc. members at no charge. However, please register for the events by contacting Liz Bennett at (859) 226- 1615 or lbennett @commercelexington.com .
@330 SERIES
Tuesday, October 10, 3:30-5:00 p.m. Where: Commerce Lexington Inc. (330 East Main St., First Floor conference room) TO RSVP: @330 events are open to Commerce Lexington members at no charge. However, please register prior to the event by contacting Liz Bennett at (859) 226-1615 or [email protected] .
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THURSDAY , N OVEMBER 2, 2017 | 4:30 - 6:30 P.M. | L EXMARK INTERNATIONAL , I NC . (740 W. N EW CIRCLE ROAD ) Lexmark International Hosts Next CLX Business Link Event on Nov. 2nd
NOTE: Free entry to Business Link with the donation of a duffle bag to Sunrise Children’s Services, the nonprofit spotlight organization for this event. Any size duffle bag accepted. The organization gives children in foster care these bags for their clothes and belongings.
Commerce Lexington Inc.’s after-hours networking WHERE TO PARK: SPONSORED BY : event called Business Link enables you to connect to You’ll find easy access to Lexmark from Newtown colleagues and other business professionals who Pike or New Circle Road. Parking will be in the lot to can help build your client base. The perfect place to the left when facing the Main Lobby entrance, build those connections is Lexmark International which faces New Circle Road. Look for the flagpole. (740 W. New Circle Road), which will host the next Business Link event on Thursday, November 2 , from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. at its Customer Engagement Center (CEC). Lexmark’s interactive CEC enables its clients and potential customers to learn more about how Lexmark can make the process of doing busi - ness easier and more efficient. TO REGISTER: The cost to attend the Business Link event is $5 for Commerce Lexington members, $10 for non- members (payable at the door). Members of Lexington Forum can also attend for CLX member rate of $5 per person. You can also pre-register for Business Link events on-line at www.CommerceLexington.com . If registering online, pick up your beverage ticket at the registra - tion table. PLEASE NOTE: NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN FOR ONLINE REGISTRATIONS .
Featured Nonprofit at Business Link is Sunrise Children’s Services The next Commerce Lexington Inc. Business Link event on Thursday, November 2 , from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. at Lexmark’s Customer Engagement Center (740 W. New Circle Road) will spotlight Sunrise Children’s Services. As a licensed Behavioral Health Services Organization (BHSO), Sunrise pro - vides foster care, residential, therapeutic treatment and community-based services statewide. Sunrise is a home for children who have been abused and neglected and who have been removed from their homes. Find out more about Sunrise Children’s Services on-line at www.sunrise.org .
OCTOBER 2017 BUSINESS FOCUS 9 Commerce Lexington Mobile App Keeps You Connected On The Go Mobile technology is here to tomers by offering mobile coupons, "near me" deals, and special stay, and Commerce Lexington offers to both CLX members and anyone in the Greater Lexington Inc. (CLX) has embraced this area who downloads this free mobile app. method of communication not only to add visibility for its mem - DOWNLOAD THE FREE CLX2GO APP: bers, but to also provide an easy • Go to the App Store or Google Play way to keep up with current CLX events, community events, local • Text lexington CLX2Go to 80802 news, programs, and your favorite • Scan this QR code below with your mobile device. businesses while you're on the go! Commerce Lexington Inc.’s CLX2Go mobile app is available FREE for download in the iTunes App Store and Google Play. EVERY COMMERCE LEXING - TON MEMBER has their own basic listing as a benefit of mem - bership, which includes a "click to call" and "click to map" link. Mobile users now have one-touch access to your business contact information and location. As a member of Commerce Lexington, you can now attract more cus -
10 BUSINESS FOCUS OCTOBER 2017 EVENTS Rain Doesn’t Dampen Golf or Fun During 2017 Business on the Green
Thank you to everyone who participated in the PRESENTED BY : 2017 Business on the Green event presented by Unified Trust Co. Even the rain couldn’t dampen the golfers’ spirits or the fun. Thank you to the Griffin Gate Marriott Resort & Spa staff for putting on a fantastic event, despite the weather. 2017 TOP SCORES: 1. 54 – Bill Lear, Hunter Bryant, Carol Bryant, Jim LeMaster (Carol Bryant, pictured at right , scored a hole-in-one on her team’s final hole to win). 2. 55 – Danny Wilkinson, Warren Leet, Logan Specht, John Deglow (Unified Trust Co. team). 3. 55 – Andy Jacobs, Lee Topley, Alex Martin, Brent Trusty (Unified Trust Co. team).
Photos by Commerce Lexington Inc. Staff.
OCTOBER 2017 BUSINESS FOCUS 11 SOUTH AFRICA TRIP
Record Group Participates in 2017 International Trip to South Africa Commerce Lexington recently returned from its eighth annual International Trip. This year’s destination was South Africa and included 69 attendees. The group trav - eled to various locations in Africa including Johannesburg, Pilanesberg, Cape Town, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The trip began Pilanesberg National Park with a game drive in open 4x4 safari vehicles. Participants saw lions, leopards, rhinos, elephants, giraffes, and more. Pilanesberg is one of the largest volcanic complexes of its kind in the world. Then, it was off to Cape Town to experience one of world’s most picturesque tourist destinations. Cape Town is often called to cosmopolitan hub of Africa. Participants took a cable car to the top of Table Mountain, and also toured the Malay Quarter, Company Gardens, the Edwardian-styled Town Hall, Castle of Good Hope, and Table Bay at the base of Table Mountain. Later, the group took a ferry ride across Table Bay to Robben Island to see the prison where Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in prison. Today, it’s a UNESCO SOUTH AFRICA PHOTOS World Heritage Site where former political prisoners give tours. COURTESY OF: On the second day in Cape Town, participants went to Stephanie Bell Chapman’s Peak for one of the region’s most dramatic panoramic views over the city and later visited Roetta Farthing Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, the Cape of Good Hope Rebecca Gayheart Nature Reserve, and the African penguin colony at David Lafferty Boulders Beach. A portion of the group closed out the trip with an Lesli Lawrence optional extended tour of Victoria Falls before returning Charles Nichols back to Lexington. Commerce Lexington Inc. staff are already busy planning for next year’s International Trip, so Becky Reinhold watch for the announcement of the location toward the Tom Wallace end of 2017.
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OCTOBER 2017 BUSINESS FOCUS 13 CONNECT Stay Connected & Interact: Commerce Lexington Inc. Social Media Guide Commerce Lexington Inc. recognizes that Lexington Inc. members are permitted to business owners and business professionals post items about their business to our social live busy lives. That’s why we have so many media channels. Review the list on this page www.instagram.com/CommerceLex different ways to keep connected to the to see where you would like to connect. If events, programs, and services that help you you missed an event, such as our Public succeed. Social media is an effective way to Policy Luncheons or a number of other promote your company or organization and events, you can review most on our YouTube engage your customers. Here are some of channel at www.youtube.com/commlexing - www.facebook.com/groups/ the places you can keep up with Commerce tonky. CommerceLexington Lexington Inc. on social media. Commerce www.facebook.com/LocateInLex www.facebook.com/clmbd Commerce Lexington Inc. has more than 2,700 members on its Facebook group page. You can also follow www.facebook.com/LocateInLex for news on expansions and relocations, as well as our Minority Business Development division.
www.twitter.com/CommerceLex www.twitter.com/LocateInLex Join the more than 10,000 people who fol - low Commerce Lexington Inc. on Twitter for the latest news as it happens.
www.youtube.com/commlexingtonky There are over 250 video clips and full events posted on our YouTube channel. There are also plenty of video clips promot - ing Lexington and the Bluegrass Region.
www.linkedin.com/company/ commerce-lexington www.linkedin.com/groups/Commerce- Lexington-Inc-3937103 If you’re on LinkedIn, you can join the 1,100-plus people in our LinkedIn group and post your own business-related items.
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14 BUSINESS FOCUS OCTOBER 2017 CONNECT Winner’s Circle Volunteers Continue Strong Progress as Mid-Point Nears
Volunteers are continuing their strong progress If you’ve thought about sponsoring a during the 2017 Winner’s Circle campaign, as they Commerce Lexington Inc. event or publication, meet with members and potential members to let now is the time to take a look at the opportunities them know about sponsorship opportunities and that are available in late 2017 and 2018. Feel free membership benefits. This initiative enlists the to contact the Commerce Lexington Inc. office, help of around 90 volunteers from throughout the and we can connect you with a Winner’s Circle vol - community, who seek to bring in new members, unteer today. Follow the volunteers’ progress or renewals and membership upgrades, while find out more about the Winner’s Circle program informing existing members of services and mar - on-line at www.CLXWinnersCircle.com or keting opportunities available through Commerce www.facebook.com/CLXWinnersCircle . Lexington Inc. Through the leadership of 2017 campaign chair Paul Hanson, Director of Tax Services for Dean Dorton Allen Ford, PLLC, volunteers have already surpassed 58-percent of the overall total production goal (as of September 19th). At press time, the top producing teams were Kentucky American Water/Windstream Communications , Unified Trust Co. , WesBanco , and Griffin Gate Marriott Resort & Spa .
TOP: Perry Dunn from Huntington National Bank (Kentucky American Water/Windstream Communications team) and Jeannine Petell (Community Trust Bank) enjoyed the Winner’s Circle Reward Social at Hilton Lexington Downtown on September 6th.
BOTTOM: Don Hart (Griffin Gate Marriott Resort & Spa team) and Karen Lackey (Central Bank & Trust Co.) during the September 19th Reward Social at Dudley’s on Short. (CLX Staff Photos)
OCTOBER 2017 BUSINESS FOCUS 15 CONNECT
New Leadership Lexington Youth Program Begins With Orientation Session
2017-18 CLASS PRESENTED BY : Recap by Hart Hallos, Lafayette High School The Leadership Lexington Youth Program’s 2017-18 class began its Orientation Session with an icebreaker: a qualitative game of bingo in which the objective was to find a student to check off each box/quality with a signature. After the game was over and students had been introduced to one another, the PLATINUM SPONSOR : group was welcomed by Leadership Lexington's Presenting Sponsor, UK HealthCare. Remarks by Amy Carrington, the program director, fol - lowed this and reminded the students of the magnitude of this opportunity into which they were about to embark. BRONZE SPONSORS : Students were then divided into Central Bank & Trust Co. groups of increasing size amongst total strangers. As strangers became friends, quiet conversation quickly changed to rapid chatter. These microcosms were eventually expanded to the entire class, as each student Toyota Motor Manufacturing, was introduced by their partners to the group of 45. Students were then divided randomly into groups and Kentucky, Inc. went outside to participate in activities under the direction of UK ROTC student leaders. Laughter and shouts echoed throughout the park behind the Fayette County Extension Office, as students completed puzzles BEVERAGE SPONSOR : while blindfolded, worked together to untie knots on a rope, and played with what can only be described as a gigantic beach ball. Each exercise was under the direction of one ROTC student leader, and each challenge Ale-8-One worked to teach the members of the group about leadership and working together in a variety of situations. After about an hour of this, students went inside and met their mentors for a lunch provided by the program. Students had the oppurtunity to meet or catch up with their mentors and discuss their interests and hopes for Leadership Lexington Youth with people who have com - pleted the adult ver - sion of the program. This lunch was fol - lowed by a discussion of what leadership is (influence) and how to Before or After The Races... be an effective leader by maximizing influ - ence, led by University You Can Bet On a Great of Kentucky professor Meal At J. Render’s of leadership Grace Gorrell. Students answered a series of questions to determine their communication types (the options included orange, green, blue, and gold) and discussed how best to work with people of other types as a medium of more effective leadership. The day ended with an analysis of the five tiers of influence and the people in our lives who influence our views, morals, and actions, as well as a debriefing conducted by Amy Carrington and Kelli Parmley. In sum, the day was an introduction: to new friends and mentors, to ideas about 3191 Beaumont Centre Circle, Lexington leadership and influence, to methods of working together and problem - 859-533-9777 | JRendersBBQ.com solving, and to the experiences we students will have as we progress throughout the program.
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Leadership Lexington Explores City’s History & Future 2017-18 CLASS PRESENTED BY :
Article by By Jessica Byassee, Development Coleman, curator and assistant director of the Mary Director, Central Kentucky Riding for Hope Todd Lincoln house. Both Giles and Coleman Maya Angelou once said that you can’t really depicted interesting tales from Lexington’s history. know where you are going until you know where you We then took a look into our community’s future have been. Leadership Lexington’s session called with Jeff Fugate of the Lexington Downtown Lexington: Our History & Future Day activities gave Development Authority, and Jason Wright of us a personal perspective on how true these words Messer Construction Co. Fugate discussed the revi - are. talization process of Lexington’s downtown. While The morning session was led by Jason Cummins, Wright took the class on a “hard hat” tour of the PLATINUM SPONSORS : director of performance leadership for University of Fayette County Historic Courthouse Renovation. Kentucky Athletics. Cummins pushed us to consid - Thanks to Amy Carrington and the Leadership er who we are, where we want to go in life and how Lexington steering committee members, our class to get there. By creating these goals and strategies, ended the day with a deeper appreciation for our we can better develop our leadership capabilities hometown, be it native or transplant. and help “equip and launch” others further in their careers. Foster Ockerman, Jr., pres - ident and chief historian of the Lexington History Museum, Inc., started the afternoon ses - sion by declaring “never take down a fence until you know Mahan Multimedia why it’s there!” While sharing Where Light Meets Story™ pictures and stories of BRONZE SPONSORS : Lexington’s past, Ockerman maintained his initial point on Kentucky Employers’ Mutual the importance of studying Insurance history to understand how KU - A PPL Company change happens. This is an Lexington Clinic Foundation important lesson for all lead - Sleep Outfitters ers. Toyota Motor Manufacturing, The class then enjoyed Kentucky, Inc. tours of the East End by Yvonne Giles and of the down - BOOK SPONSOR : town by Dr. Jonathon Courthouse Tour Photo by Mark Mahan Lexington History Museum
AMBASSADOR SPOTLIGHT: Dwayne Edwards, Integrity IT Dwayne Edwards About Dwayne Edwards: A native of Detroit, Dwayne is a retired Office of Business Development army officer (Major) and has served on assignments around Integrity IT the world, such as the inner German Border and the de-milita - Phone: (859) 253-4284 rized zone in Korea. His last assignment was at the University of Kentucky. He said, “When I got here, I fell in love with the E-mail: [email protected] people and the area. I like to call myself an ‘adopted son of the How Dwayne Edwards Came to Work at Integrity IT: He began Commonwealth.’ Lexington is by the far the best place I have working at Integrity IT in April 2016 when a cycling buddy of his lived as an adult.” thought he would be a good fit with the company because of his personality, background with small businesses, and working About Serving as an Ambassador: “I have enjoyed learning DWAYNE with non-profits. He said, “I really enjoy the IT industry, because about all the opportunities and growth that is going on in EDWARDS it is dynamic and constantly changing.” As the director of busi - Lexington,” said Dwayne. “I have been very impressed with INTEGRITY IT ness development, Dwayne works to find new opportunities how Commerce Lexington keeps its members informed and the and customers, as well as better ways Integrity IT can serve its dedication they show in making Lexington a great place to do clients. business.”
Read More About Our Ambassadors at www.CommerceLexington.com > Connect > Volunteer Opportunities
OCTOBER 2017 BUSINESS FOCUS 17 NEW MEMBERS
Welcome New Commerce Lexington Inc. members for the period of August 17 through September 18, 2017
Addie's Restaurant & Bar / Bonefish Grill GrassMasters, Inc. Miracle Ear The Woodford Inn Restaurants Lawn Maintenance Hearing Aids Restaurants Eddie Grider Stefan Mitchell, Business Dev. Mgr. Andres Rincon, Hearing Instrument Bruce A. Parker, Owner/CFO 2341 Sir Barton Way 2080 Mercer Road, Unit F Specialist 140 Park Street, Versailles, KY 40383 Lexington, KY 40509 Lexington, KY 40511 2348 Nicholasville Road, #130 Phone: (859) 873-5600 Phone: (859) 233-3474 Phone: (859) 309-9808 Lexington, KY 40503 www.thewoodfordinn.com www.bonefishgrill.com www.grassmastersky.com Phone: (859) 648-0017 www.miracle-ear.com/locations/ All Hours Lock & Key, LLC Build Inclusion, Inc. JPMortgage Company lexington-ky Locks & Locksmiths Education-Early Childhood-Special Mortgages Mike Jensen, Owner Needs J.P. Davis, President Payroll Partners Inc. 845 Lane Allen Road, Suite A1 Annette Jett, Executive Director 9900 Shelbyville Road, Suite 10A Payroll Services Lexington, KY 40504 1050 Chinoe Road, Suite 106 Louisville, KY 40223-2965 David T. Kathman, President Phone: (859) 396-8528 Lexington, KY 40502 Phone: (502) 412-8400 250 Grandview Drive, Suite 50 www.locksmith-lexingtonky.com Phone: (859) 221-6689 www.jpmortgageky.com Ft. Mitchell, KY 41017 www.buildinclusion.org Phone: (859) 817-2280 Andriots Paint • Flooring • Blinds K. Norman Berry Associates Architects www.payrollpartners.net Paint-Retail Carnegie Center Architects BJ Andriot, Owner Non-Profit Organizations Steve Eggers, Managing Principal Preferred Vacations, LLC 718 Main St., Shelbyville, KY 40065 Neil Chethik 815 W. Market Street, Suite 502 Travel Advisor Phone: (502) 633-1944 251 W. 2nd St., Lexington, KY 40507 Louisville, KY 40202 Tom Carr, Owner www.andriots.com Phone: (859) 254-4175 Phone: (859) 721-2503 135 East Main Street, Suite 201 www.carnegiecenterlex.org www.knbarch.com Georgetown, KY 40324 Babalu Tapas & Tacos Phone: (859) 229-3222 Restaurants Centre College Kentucky Medical Waste Removal www.preferredvacations.com Stacey McMinn, Marketing Director School-Postsecondary Education Waste Management, Reduction & 4040 Finn Way, Suite 150 Morgan McKenzie, Employer Disposal Shakespeare and Co. - Hamburg Lexington, KY 40517 Relations Specialist Scott Hall, President Restaurants Phone: (770) 870-3092 600 West Walnut Street 705 W. Third St. Gerardo Valle, General Manager https://lexington.eatbabalu.com Danville, KY 40422 Lexington, KY 40508 1908 Bryant Rd., Lexington, KY 40509 Phone: (859) 238-5949 Phone: (859) 780-2267 Phone: (859) 447-8230 Bar Louie of Lexington www.centre.edu www.medicalwasteky.com www.shakespeareandcompany.com Restaurants Charles Brandon Watson, CFO Distillery Heights Levi Marshall Monk Insurance Agency The Pie Hole PO Box 23500, Lexington, KY 40523 Associations Insurance Restaurants Phone: (859) 312-8904 Melia Hord Levi Monk, Owner Sean Nealey, Owner/General Mgr. www.barlouie.com 949 Tarr Trace, Lexington, KY 40508 820 Lane Allen Rd., Suite 176 210 Rosemont Garden Phone: (859) 351-3661 Lexington, KY 40504 Lexington, KY 40503 Belle Vie Medspa www.distilleryheights.com Phone: (859) 286-9669 Phone: (859) 312-0842 Spas www.myagentlevi.com Lori Ann Erickson, Owner East End Pawn Shop Inc. 230 West Main Street, 7th Floor Pawn Shop Lexington Manufacturing Center Lexington, KY 40507 Issac Cadle, Manager Manufacturers Phone: (859) 286-2300 1923 Cumberland Avenue Martin Shoemaker, Director of www.belleviemedspa.com Middlesboro, KY 40965 Manufacturing Phone: (606) 248-7898 650 Kennedy Road Bellwether Enterprise www.eastendpawn.com Lexington, KY 40511 Mortgages Phone: (859) 254-0576 Steve Pewitt, Senior Vice President Finley Foundation www.owlinc.net 2424 Harrodsburg Road, Suite 100B Nonprofit Organizations Lexington, KY 40503 Dwayne Ellison, Founder Malibu Jack's Phone: (859) 223-7771 P.O. Box 1284 Entertainment www.bellwetherenterprise.com Georgetown, KY 40324 Tyler Hatton, Marketing Director Phone: (859) 699-8737 3025 Blake James Drive Big Echo Creative Lexington, KY 40509 Advertising Agencies Phone: (859) 687-0401 Kevin Wathen, Creative Director www.malibujacks.net 401 West Main Street, Suite 304 Lexington, KY 40507 Phone: (859) 309-5454 www.bigechocreative.com
18 BUSINESS FOCUS OCTOBER 2017 PERSONNEL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP announced Anna Burke, Andrea Robinette, Russell Several Morgan & Pottinger attorneys have been that The Best Lawyers in America® has named Thompson, Art Cohenour, Amy Van Winkle, selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2018 eleven of the firm’s attorneys as “Lawyers of Denver Haddix, Debra Williams, Victoria Edition of Best Lawyers in America , including Ed the Year,” including Lexington attorney Job D. Damron, and Renae Da`Grava . Hastie , John McGarvey , Jim Murray , Scott Turner III . Named to the latest edition of the Rickman , Thurman Senn , and Michele The Best Lawyers in America® list from the Kentucky American Water ’s Kentucky River Whittington . Lexington office were Anne A. Chesnut , Bruce Station II water treatment plant in Owen E. Cryder , P. Branden Gross , Phillip D. Scott , County was recognized with the 2017 Award of The Best Lawyers in America ranked Steptoe & and Job D. Turner III . Excellence in Plant Operations by the Johnson PLLC first in the U.S. in Energy Law for Kentucky/Tennessee Section of the American 2018. Lexington office attorneys included in the Blue & Co., LLC was recently ranked #53 in Water Works Association. The facility earned 2018 rankings are Maurita G. Kamer , James H. Inside Public Accounting ’s 2017 Top 100 Firms, the honor based on a committee’s review of Newberry Jr. , and Jeffrey K. Philips . moving up three spots from the previous year. the plant’s management, records, appearance This annual survey and benchmarking report is and other factors. Traditional Bank announced the promotion of the gold standard within the accounting pro - Erin Soard to commercial loan officer. She fession, with more than 540 firms across North Kentucky Distillers’ Association : The Kentucky joined the bank in 2010 and has 13 years of America participating. Bourbon Hall of Fame inducted three new banking experience. members, including Chris Morris (Brown- Dean Dorton Technology was recently honored Forman Corp.), the late Harry J. Shapira U.S. News & World Report recently ranked with the 2017 Sage Intacct Rookie of the Year (Heaven Hill Brands), and Jerry Summers Transylvania University among the nation’s top- Award, named to the 2017 Sage Intacct (Beam Suntory). In addition, Bill Samuels, Jr. , 100 liberal arts colleges for both academics and President’s Club, and recognized as a New Chairman Emeritus of Maker’s Mark Distillery, value in its 2018 Best Colleges Rankings. Partner of the Second Half. These coveted received the Parker Beam Lifetime sales and customer satisfaction awards, given Achievement Award. annually by Sage Intacct to its top-performing SUBMIT PERSONNEL NEWS: channel partners, recognize VARs and Sage LexArts announced that Diane Boyer has Submit your company’s awards, personnel changes, Intacct Accountants Program firms (IAPs) for joined the staff as director of major gifts, additions, or promotions for Business Focus to their success in helping clients migrate to Sage responsible for leading efforts to increase [email protected] . Information is Intacct’s cloud financial management solu - fundraising through the strengthening of the published in the order received & as space permits. tions. united arts fund’s major gifts program. LexArts also announced the election of four new mem - Denham-Blythe Company named Casey Dunn bers to its board of directors, including Anna as vice president, operations and insurance. Hess (Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras), Greg Padgett (Padgett Construction), Jon Chambers 2017 High Net Worth (HNW) Guide Stewart (Kentucky Employers’ Mutual named Dickinson Wright PLLC ’s Private Insurance), and Frank X. Walker (poet, profes - Wealth Law practice in Kentucky as a “Top sor, and playwright). Ranked” practice. Attorneys Jeffrey L. Gehring and Henry C.T. Richmond, III were listed in the guide as “Leaders in Their Fields.”
Dickinson Wright PLLC announced that three Lexington attorneys were included in the Best Lawyers in America 2018 list, including Brian M. Johnson , David A. Owen , and Henry C.T. Richmond III . Additionally, attorney David A. Owen was named “Lawyer of the Year” in the Best Lawyers in America for Litigation- Construction.
ECSI LLC ’s project geologist, Donald K. Lumm , Ph.D., C.P.G. was recently accepted as a Certified Member of the International Institute of Mineral Appraisers (IIMA), a professional organization of qualified members who spe - cialize in the appraisal of properties containing minerals.
JRA Architects announced that P. Matthew DeLuca passed his architectural exams and is now a licensed architect.
Keller Williams Greater Lexington added the following new agents: Kelsey Caskey, Angelia Dobrzynski, Paula Mata, Melinda Nunley,
OCTOBER 2017 BUSINESS FOCUS 19 Periodical Postage PAID at Lexington, Kentucky Commerce Lexington Inc. 330 East Main Street, Suite 100 P.O. Box 1968 Lexington, KY 40588-1968
COMMERCE LEXINGTON INC. UPCOMING EVENTS
OCTOBER 2017: NOVEMBER 2017: Leadership Lexington Youth Program presented by UK Leadership Lexington Youth Program presented by UK 4 HealthCare : Economic Development Day. 1 HealthCare : Health & Human Services Day.
@330 Series presented by Manpower of Central Kentucky , Business Link presented & hosted by Lexmark International 10 3:30 - 5 p.m., at CLX 1st floor conference room. - SEE PAGE 8 2 (740 W. New Circle Rd.), 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. - SEE PAGE 9
Leadership Lexington co-presented by Child Care Council of Leadership Lexington co-presented by Child Care Council of 12 Kentucky and McGregor and Associates, Inc. : Arts Day. 9 Ky. and McGregor and Associates, Inc. : Public Safety Day.
Kentucky Regional Tour presented by Stoll Keenon Ogden, New Member Luncheon presented by Windstream 16-17 PLLC to Louisville region. - SEE PAGE 6 9 Communications , 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., at Commerce Lexington’s first floor conference room. Leadership Central Kentucky presented by LG&E & KU Energy 18 at Scott County. @330 Series presented by Manpower of Central Kentucky , 14 3:30 - 5 p.m., at CLX 1st floor conference room. SPOTLIGHT Series presented by Fifth Third Bank , 8:30 - 10 a.m., 24 at Fayette Circuit Court (120 N. Limestone). - SEE PAGE 7 Leadership Central Kentucky presented by LG&E & KU Energy 15 at Franklin County. 5 Across at Awesome Inc., 5 p.m.; Admission: $5 per person; 25 More information, contact [email protected] .