Florence partners with Boost

The city of Florence has signed on as the first strategic partner in Northern Kentucky Tri-ED's NKY Boost program.  Joshua Wice, Florence's economic development director, said the goal is to meet with primary industry companies to find out what the city can do to help them grow or remain profitable, reports the Cincinnati Enquirer: "From a city standpoint, we've been looking at a formal business retention and expansion program for a few years," Wice said. "We participate on the Economic Competitiveness Working Group through Vision 2015, which is kind of an economic development roundtable. Through those discussions the issue of a formal business development program for the entire region really became a top priority." Read the full story here.