Local Businesses
As Louisville’s destination marketing organization, our job is to generate economic impact for the city through tourism. We work to inspire and drive visitation by curating all the assets of Louisville’s authentic hospitality industry and marketing our community to the world. While that marketing is on pause in these uncertain times, our commitment to Louisville and our partners is not. Our focus right now is to be a resource for locals and the 27,000 workers who make Louisville an extraordinary destination. Below is a curated list of resources to help during this time, as well as some creative ways industry partners are pitching in.
Donation Opportunities
- One Louisville: COVID-19 Response Fun
- Norton Healthcare Community COVID-19 Fund
- Team Kentucky Fund
- Metro United Way Louisville
- Cultural Lou Recovery
Hospitality Industry Resources
If you are in need of assistance because of the COVID-19 pandemic or would like to help, here is a list of resources available to the hospitality industry:
- Rye & Galaxie Family Meals
- The Lee Initiative – Restaurant Workers Relief program
- Chefs Damaris Phillips, Anthony Lamas raising funds for restaurant workers with online cooking classes
- KentuckianaWorks
Other Local and Business Resources
Louisville Forward Small Business Resources Center
CARES Act – Small Business Support
Kentucky Small Business Development Center
Facebook Small Business Grant Program
Small Businesses Covid Guidelines
Jefferson County Public Schools Information
The Industry at Work: Stories of Pitching In
Bourbon Distilleries Producing Hand Sanitizer
- Brown-Forman and Rabbit Hole
- Jefferson Artisan
- Evan Williams Bourbon Experience
- #TeamKentucky Hand Sanitizer Request Form
Food Donations
- Kentucky International Convention Center (KICC)
- Omni Louisville Food Donations
- Brown-Forman Donating Meals for Month of April
- Churchill Downs culinary teams are helping to donate meals
Distillery Donations To Help Hospitality Industry