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  • Downtown Louisville Revitalization Team Adds Major Business Leaders   A new downtown revitalization team created by Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer counts numerous business and community leaders among its ranks. The city this week unveiled the full list of members and the steering committee for the new group, which is tasked with creating an action plan to aid downtown’s rebound from the effects of Covid-19. The pandemic has hurt downtown business and foot traffic because of mass remote working and the loss of events. The new group held its… Click here to read more
  • SMALL BUSINESS, BIG MISSION: Weyland Ventures on Being ‘More Prepared for the Next Surprise’ Bill Weyland and Mariah Gratz were profiled in Louisville Business First’s Small Business, Big Mission. Hear their thoughts on how the pandemic affected business here. Click here to read more
  • Family Business Magazine Names Mariah Gratz as Family Business CEO to Watch Family Business Magazine has named Mariah Gratz as one of their 28 Extraordinary Family Business CEOs To Watch in 2020. Mariah is a second-generation CEO and is featured in the magazine’s November/December issue. Originally responsible for leading a cross-functional development team in the planning, design and construction of urban real estate development projects, Gratz held leadership positions in several departments of the organization before becoming Weyland Ventures’ CEO. Weyland Ventures is a multidisciplinary real estate development firm known for creating… Click here to read more
  • Bill Weyland Reflects on 25 Years of Reimagining Downtown Louisville Rome wasn’t built in a day, as the old saying goes. Nor was downtown Louisville reimagined in a day. But it was the inspiration of Rome on young architecture student Bill Weyland that provided the impetus for downtown Louisville to experience a sustained renaissance that started in the early 1990s with the restoration of what is now the headquarters of Hillerich & Bradsby and the Louisville Slugger Museum. Bill’s passion and inspiration led to a career focused on bringing languishing… Click here to read more
  • Tenant Tasting Experience Poured It On Weyland Ventures treated tenants of its residential properties to a special Tenant Tasting event, featuring Rabbit Hole Distillery, on Thursday, Aug. 23, at The Henry Clay. Chris Wilkins, Market Manager for Rabbit Hole, kept attendees engaged with his storytelling skills as he told the back story to the creation of the relatively new bourbon, launched by former Chicagoan Kaveh Zamanian, whose love for bourbon and his wife, Heather, drew him to Kentucky and this new adventure in the bourbon industry.… Click here to read more