Since the pandemic, Louisville has struggled to bring workers back to businesses downtown. It's also struggled to increase the number of people living downtown. LPM's Bill Burton spoke with the executive director of the Louisville Downtown Partnership, Rebecca Fleischaker about what the city is facing.
Bill Burton: Let's start with the business aspect. The city's been trying to lure workers back downtown. Where do things stand at the moment?
Rebecca Fleischaker: Well, there are more workers coming downtown. It is just very slow progress. When I started this job at the very end of 2021, people were still basically working from home. If you remember the Omicron variant, we were still wearing masks and getting tested every week, which just seems like worlds away now. But we have more people