For the first time, Commerce Lexington and Greater Louisville Inc., are teaming up this year for their annual leadership visit to another city. More than 320 business, educational and government leaders will head to Pittsburgh on Monday for the three-day leadership conference.
But even though the trip has expanded, the number of Lexington attendees is down as shrinking budgets and other factors reduce the number of city council visitors and others.
For Lexington leaders, these conferences have been held annually in various U.S. cities for about 70 years, said Robert Quick, CEO of Commerce Lexington.
Pittsburgh's appeal is its rebirth over the last two decades, as well as the fact that officials there and throughout Pennsylvania have united with their counterparts in Ohio and West Virginia to work together from a tri-state standpoint, Quick said.
Pittsburgh, in particular, has dealt with a lot of issues that are now facing Lexington and Louisville, he said. Kentucky's urban areas especially need to work together when it comes to dealing with the state legislature, which is controlled more by smaller cities and counties, he said.
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