Population and labor force growth is one of four major focus areas for BE NKY Growth Partnership (BE NKY) and our data-informed community decision-making initiative.
Like many communities throughout the United States, Northern Kentucky is feeling the effects of a labor shortage, brought about in part by an aging population and declining birth rate. Together, these factors put the region’s economy at risk of stalling.
Regional leaders will need to develop strategies to bring more people into the workforce, train and upskill our existing workforce, and increase attraction and retention rates through migration.
Click here to dive further into this topic in a LINK nky article by BE NKY Research Director David McAleese.
