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Does Community Size Matter in Business Success?

Michelle Cammarata, Vice President, Workforce & Location Planning, CresaPartners (Oct/Nov 09)
From new business incentives to hand-to-hand combat, smaller cities are competing in this recession; but a community’s size — large or small — does not tell all. More

Southern Exposure Equals High-Tech Innovation

Mali R. Schantz-Feld (Southern Tech Sites 2009)
This in-depth look at 14 southern states shows how technology is sparking development in a variety of industries. More

Where Are the Next Cities?

Marty Honisch, Research Analyst; Margaret Leaf, Research Analyst, Rebecca Ryan, Founder/2EO, Next Generation Consulting (Aug/Sep 09)
Young knowledge workers have said that where they live is more important than where they work, making them a highly mobile labor force capable of influencing company location decisions. More

Kentucky: Future Bets Include Alternative Energy and Revamped Auto Manufacturing

Mali R. Schantz-Feld (Aug/Sep 09)
Investments in lithium-ion battery production lead the state's push toward alternative automotive business. More
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Kentucky  At A Glance
POPULATION: 4,269,245 (2008)

LABOR FORCE: 2,042,915 (2008)

RIGHT TO WORK: No

TRADITIONAL INDUSTRIES: Agriculture, mining, manufacturing

EXPANDING INDUSTRIES: Professional and business services, education and health services, leisure and hospitality, financial activities, service providing, natural resources and mining

COLLEGE GRADUATES: (Age 25 and over) 19.7%

BASIC BUSINESS TAXES:
Corporate Income Tax:
4 percent of first $50,000 of taxable net income allocated to Kentucky; 5 percent on next $50,000; 6 percent on taxable income over $100,000

Corporation Franchise Tax: None

Sales and Use Tax: 6 percent of retail sales price of property sold, including utilities, that is used, consumed, distributed, or stored; 6 percent of rental charges and cost of admissions; no local sales tax

Property Tax: Real property is taxed at a state rate of $0.122 per $100 and is also taxed by local jurisdictions at varying rates; manufacturing machinery, telephone equipment, and pollution-control equipment are taxed only by the state at $0.15 per $100 assessed valuation

BUSINESS INCENTIVES:
Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority (direct loans and small business loans)
    State income tax credits:
  • • New and expanded manufacturing, service, and technology businesses
  • • Reinvestment projects for existing manufacturing
  • • New and expanded alternative fuel, gasification, and renewable energy facilities
  • • New and expanded environmental product manufacturing
  • • New and expanded industry sales tax refunds
Bluegrass State Skills Corp. (work force training)
Kentucky Chart
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