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Stephen Reily @StephenReily

Entrepreneur and community-builder. Founding Director @theremuseum Founder: @IMCLICENSING @SeedCapitalKY

Joined December 2008
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Government likes saying “Buy American” but doesn’t like doing it - USDA cuts funding for schools and local farmers and calls the best way to invest taxpayer $ in our communities a “left-wing effort”. lpm.org/news/2025-04-23/kent…

Kentucky schools and farmers lament USDA cuts to local food purchasing programs

Kentucky schools and farmers are reeling after the Trump administration cancelled more than $1 billion nationally in grant allocations for schools and food banks to buy local produce.

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A city without a healthy public transit system cannot succeed. Do we want Louisville to succeed or fail? courier-journal.com/story/ne… via @courierjournal

TARC is driving toward a 'fiscal cliff.' What lies ahead for public transit in Louisville

TARC is driving toward a fiscal cliff — a problem only deep cuts or new funding can solve.

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Local groups look to help Kentuckians get criminal records cleared lpm.org/news/2025-01-06/loca…

Local groups look to help Kentuckians get criminal records cleared

Many Kentuckians with criminal records are eligible to clear them but haven’t. Local advocates and organizations want state lawmakers to make the process easier.

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I wrote this to reflect on how little has changed over the last 50 years in Louisville AND how what defines us can also inform a vision for growth that offers opportunity for all. Can Louisville envision a positive vision for its future? courier-journal.com/story/op…

50 years after Louisville’s profile in The New Yorker, what’s changed? Not much. | Opinion

Since 1974, every other major city in our region (Indianapolis, Nashville, Cincinnati, Columbus) has outpaced Louisville in growth and vitality.

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Sadly for Kentucky, AppHarvest was a fraud before it started and both its founder and lead investor are shape-shifters, counting on gullible Americans who will buy their latest message. They may even believe it themselves. But we don’t have to. nytimes.com/2024/10/22/us/po…

For Vance, an Idyllic Appalachian Startup Became a Hard Lesson (Published 2024)

During JD Vance’s brief career as a venture capitalist, few startups attracted his support more than AppHarvest, a now bankrupt plan to build greenhouses across Appalachia.

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If I were Tim Walz I would has asked JD Vance: As you know, Mr, Smarty Pants lawyer, the Constitution prohibits anyone from being elected President more than twice. If Donald Trump was elected president in 2016 and in 2020, how can he be elected again in 2024?
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Emily Bingham @emilybingham1
23 Sep 2024
Happy paperback publication to this baby! Available at ⁦@carmichaelsbook⁩ and wherever 📖s are sold. Also audiobook available—read by the ✍️
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alain servais @aservais1
25 Jul 2024
American Museums Have New Missions. Have Their Operations Caught Up? While more American museums center the public in their mission statements than ever, there exists significant gaps between trust and transparency aspirations and reality. By @StephenReily observer.com/2024/07/how-ame…

American Museums Have New Missions. Have Their Operations Caught Up?

The shift from object-focused to public-focused museum missions represents one of the most radical transformations of any group of public institutions in the last 50 years.

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John Boel @JohnBoelWAVE3
17 Jun 2024
My special report tonight: Shootings, brawls, chaos: Troubleshooters investigate one of Louisville’s ‘go-to’ hotspots wave3.com/2024/06/17/shootin…

Shootings, brawls, chaos: Troubleshooters investigate one of Louisville’s ‘go-to’ hotspots

Bonnycastle Club at Bardstown and Bonnycastle is the heart of where people live and work who’ve been pouring complaints into the WAVE Troubleshooters about crime there.

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“Few U.S. Art Museums Are Upfront With Data That Could Help Them Achieve Their Public Service Missions, [@TheRemuseum] Research Reveals” barrons.com/articles/few-u-s…
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IMC Licensing @IMCLICENSING
17 Apr 2024
ICYMI: IMC is honored to be named again among the best and brightest global licensing agencies. Thanks @licensemag for our recognition in the Top Global Agents Report! bit.ly/43YhbI2
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No one should miss the best Derby party ever, with the best music too!
Louisville Urban League @LouisvilleUL
3 Apr 2024
The Louisville Urban League thanks @StephenReily and Emily Bingham for sponsoring the 2024 Derby Gala "Mardi Gras Louisville" ft @JonBatiste and @MannieFresh. 🎟️ lul.org/derby-gala
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Louisville Urban League @LouisvilleUL
14 Mar 2024
Bold philanthropy may look like self-funding an expungement clinic in the face of people telling you it's unsustainable. @StephenReily expresses that boldness. Hear the story in Listen Up! Podcast S2E6 "Service & Expertise". ow.ly/tICc50QSVSC
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Feels like this is more about affordable housing than process - has any council member opposed the ways that too many market-rate developers do the same thing? @LDG_Development should not bear an undue burden to do its good work. tinyurl.com/yjap79zv
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The corner property where Baxter meets Bardstown is for sale: how about making this the new HQ for LMPD's 5th Division? bizjournals.com/louisville/n…

High-profile Highlands property at intersection of Bardstown Road and Baxter Avenue is for sale

The property has been home to several restaurants, including KFC, the short-lived KFC Eleven, Yang Kee Noodle and, most recently, Maple Street Biscuit Co.

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With love to all the Greenbergs, this photo is a great way to remember a mother who was outrageously proud of her son Craig, her daughter Jennifer, and her grandchildren. She was also an advocate for women’s health, a cause her adopted state rarely embraces. A legacy to honor.
Mayor Craig Greenberg
 @LouisvilleMayor
1 Feb 2024
Right as I left the State of the City today, I got the news my mom, Ruth, passed away after a brief illness. She was an amazing person who made a positive impact on so many people’s lives. 1/2
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Louisville Urban League @LouisvilleUL
30 Jan 2024
The expungement process is prohibitively lengthy and expensive. The Reily Reentry Project provides free expungement services to those who qualify. Visit lul.org/justice
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It’s hard to imagine Louisville if Ben Richmond had not come to lead the @LouisvilleUL in 1987. His decades of service made us a better city and supported a next generation of leaders like Sadiqa Reynolds and @sonofEarl33. RIP. courier-journal.com/story/ne…

Former Urban League President Ben Richmond dies

Ben Richmond was remembered as a cornerstone of local social activism and as an advocate for economic equality.

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Everyone in Louisville should read this excellent and shocking story detailing the generations of LMPD officers who have openly abused West End and South End citizens, laughed about it, and faced too little consequences for too long. We need to demand better.
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20 Dec 2023
Louisville Police officers from an "elite" unit threw drinks at civilians from unmarked cars. They recorded their attacks. Today @courierjournal is publishing some of those videos, alongside a look at how that kind of misconduct proliferated. My latest: courier-journal.com/story/ne…
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Who expected the definitive story of Louisville’s biggest win in the last decade would be published in @runnersworld? Even if you think you know all about the @NortonSLC read this to remember that Louisville can do transformative things when we support leaders with real vision.
Runner's World
 @runnersworld
14 Nov 2023
The Track That Louisville Built trib.al/g0cfXAF
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