The Louisville Economic Development Alliance, or LEDA, was created a year ago to help bring new jobs to the city. Trevor Pawl is LEDA’s executive director. He spoke with LPM’s Bill Burton about the organization’s work thus far and his goals for the future.

This conversation has been edited for brevity and clarity.

Bill Burton: So let's talk about the concept of the public private partnership, which is what LEDA is. How does it work in this particular instance?

Trevor Pawl: The Louisville Economic Development Alliance is a 501 c6, and this partnership may be new to Louisville, but all of the cities that punch above their weight in economic development have some version of a LEDA in their market. Columbus has it. Indy has it, Nashville has it. Cities that you're like, how did that factory

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