TAMPA — Talk about slugging a town when it's down. Armed with Kentucky Derby tickets and top-shelf bourbon, Louisville officials will be in Tampa on Thursday trying to woo back former Kentuckians. Their pitch: ”Move to Possibility City“ — and away from a Florida town recently dubbed by Forbes as the worst major U.S. metro area for young professionals for a second straight year. Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson plans to throw a ”Louisville Reunion“ party, an event that is in its sixth year and has visited San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas and Atlanta. This is its first Florida visit. The invitations go to people with ties to Kentucky, and Abramson said the Tampa-St. Petersburg area is home to one of the largest alumni groups of the University of Louisville. ...
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