Is Louisville's lack of population growth a cause for concern? We talk about that on this week's Access Louisville podcast.

LBF Reporter Piper Hansen recently finished a story examining population trends in Louisville.

Estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau released in June show Jefferson County’s population decreased by 1.4%, nearly 11,000 people, between April 2020 and July 2023. Meanwhile, the Louisville MSA gained only 2,602 people (0.2%) while the Nashville MSA gained 80,929 people (4%); the Cincinnati MSA gained 19,5050 (0.9%) and the Indianapolis MSA gained 45,723 (2.2%).

Sure, there are people who like Louisville the size that it is and they don't want to see the population explode like it did in Nashville. That comes with its own set of problems.

But we're not exactly on that road right now — or even going in the direction of that road.

“We’re not going to be the next Nashville overnight, everybody can relax,” Christine Tarquinio, GLI’s vice president of talent, workforce and brand strategies, who launched the Live in Lou initiative, told Hansen for her story.

After the population talk we switch to a few lighter topics, including:

• Renovations at the Holiday Manor Kroger store and the groundbreaking of a new Kroger in Highview;

• A couple of new shops around town, including Kawaii Candy & Karaoke in Anchorage as well as Goldie's "For the Love of Food" in Nulu; and

• The end finally coming into sight for the Sherman Minton Renewal Project.

Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. You can find it on popular services like Apple Podcasts and Spotify.