Positive thinking, solid businesses keep Northern Kentucky strong

In an interview appearing in the February issue of the Lane Report, Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce President Steve Stevens says that business in the seven-county region remains strong, and ready to emerge from the recession.

Despite down activity in the construction and manufacturing sectors, Stevens says that the Chamber's job website has remained active.

"The fact is people are not hunkering down across the whole region to the point where nobody's doing anything," he tells the publication.  "There is growth here."

Stevens says that there is strong growth in the healthcare industry, citing St. Elizabeth's new complex along I-75 in Covington that will spur investment along the entire 12th Street corridor.

"Let us believe that 2009 is going to be a prosperous year even though everybody would tell you 2009 is going to be awful – and it could be," he says.  "But we're not going to sit here and let that prevent us from going out and being aggressive and encouraged that we can make business grow."

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