http://wfpl.org en http://wfpl.org/post/west-louisville-space-gives-city-something-rare-offer-plenty-land <p>The announcement last week that the city had purchased 30 acres in west Louisville with the purpose of redeveloping it spotlights a key issue for job creation in Louisville—the lack of large swaths of land that can be used for advance manufacturing.</p><p>The city is <a href="/post/city-purchases-land-attract-jobs-development-west-louisville">buying the acreage </a>at 30th and Muhammad Ali Boulevard from the state for $1.2 million; $750,ooo of which comes from a settlement in an unrelated dispute and the rest from funds set aside for redeveloping brown space.&nbsp;</p> Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:44:15 +0000 Joseph Lord 3645 at http://wfpl.org West Louisville Space Gives City Something Rare to Offer—Plenty of Land