Your LIBA Interview - Louisville Magazine

Let's get started: First, what’s your name? (First and last would be great, but whatever you’re comfortable with, including remaining anonymous.)

We'd love to share back with you some of what you and the other LIBA members share. If it'd be OK to get in touch, what email address is best?

Would you prefer we use your name if we quote you?

I’d rather remain anonymous

Yep, you can quote me

OK, let's get into it: What business are you a part of, and what do you do there?

Since this time last year, Louisville as a city has…?

Taken two steps forward

One step forward

More or less stayed in place

One step back

Two steps back

What made you answer that way?

On a scale of 1 (less committed than ever) to 5 (more committed than ever), how would the people who know you best — your family, friends and colleagues — describe your relationship to your job right now?

What made you answer that way?

Reflecting on your past month at your business, what one word best describes how you feel?

In one word (or so) — based on conversations you have with family and friends and colleagues about our city — what’s something about Louisville that other people seem to worry about a lot more than you do?

And in one word (or so) — based on conversations you have with family and friends and colleagues about our city — what’s something about Louisville that you seem to worry about a lot more than most people you know?

What's a locally owned businesses that you can't picture Louisville without? (Besides the local business you're connected to.)

What’s a newer business (so within the past three years or so) that you find amazing but doesn’t seem to have any buzz? (Besides the local business you're connected to.)

What business has been around for ten years or more that you find amazing but doesn’t seem to have any buzz? (Besides the local business you're connected to.)

Thinking about how to improve the world of independent businesses in Louisville, what’s one thing, big or small, you’d definitely suggest should be done?

What’s one thing, big or small, you’d definitely warn against?

And what’s one idea that’s probably ridiculous but you wonder if it just might work?

What's the biggest misunderstanding about the world of small businesses in Louisville?

In one word (or so), fill in the blank: In Louisville, is power.

And finally: We always like to include this space here, in case you have anything else you want to share — about your answers or anything else.

Louisville Magazine x LIBA

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