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Driving the Next 20 Years:
Creating the
New Automotive Industry in the South

June 7-8, 2010
Lexington, KY

Hosted by Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear

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Host a Community Forum

This year, Southern Growth would like your help in discussing how communities can respond to current economic challenges — ranging from job losses to home foreclosures to government cutbacks — while at the same time positioning themselves for success in the future. Host a forum now to help your community towards recovery!

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Numbers — Southern Data & Trends

Numbers is a repository of economic and social data of interest to Southern policy makers. Numbers allows for a quick understanding of how Southern states compare to one another and to the U.S. as a whole.

Category: Numbers—Southern Data & Trends, Topics

New Southern Growth Chairman to Focus on Auto Industry

November 23, 2009. Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear today announced he will be the new chairman of the Southern Growth Policies Board. Gov. Beshear becomes Southern Growth’s 40th Chair, succeeding Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi and follows a long line of distinguished Southern leaders, including Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. As chairman, Gov. Beshear will host the 2010 Chairman’s Conference in Lexington, Kentucky June 6th through 8th. The focus will be on highlighting and strengthening the automotive industry in the South. Read more here.

Category: Numbers—Southern Data & Trends, Topics

A Conversation on Southern Energy—The 2009 Report on the Future of the South

A Conversation on Southern Energy describes the current and future role of energy in Southern economic development. The report is full of regional and individual state data about existing and alternative energy sources. The report also includes recommendations necessary to participate in the future energy economy: continue to make energy conservation and efficiency top priorities; provide accurate information about energy production and its role in the economy; and support multiple energy sources for short and medium-term energy needs. Southern Growth, in conjunction with its partner, Southeast Agriculture and Forestry Energy Resources Alliance, will continue to work on implementation of the recommendations, especially the public education component.

Category: Entrepreneurship, Green Economy, Leadership & Social Capital, Numbers—Southern Data & Trends, Talent, Technology & Innovation, Topics

Abernathy Speaks to University of South Carolina Students at the Moore School of Business

October 22, 2009. Technology, environmentalism, urbanization and globalization trends are nothing new, said Ted Abernathy, executive director of the Southern Growth Policies Board, to an audience of business students October 20. Communications technology has evolved over centuries, he suggested. Early examples of globalization include the evolution of the Silk Road and the creation of the East India Trading Company. Environmentalism has been a movement in the United States for more than a hundred years.

The choices we make and the paths we follow – the “tangents,” as he described them –in response to these issues are the key to progress and economic development. [for the complete article]

Category: Communication, Numbers—Southern Data & Trends, Press Releases, South Carolina, Talent