The Louisville Independent Business Alliance (LIBA) will present the 8th Annual Buy Local Fair this Sunday, May 22 from 12:00pm - 6:00pm at Louisville Water Tower Park, 3005 River Road. Admission to the Buy Local Fair is free and parking is $5 per vehicle, or free for bicycle parking.

The fair will include a marketplace of more than 200 booths from local businesses, artists and craftspeople, community organizations, and farmers, as well as a craft beer tent sponsored by ValuMarket, over 25 food and drink vendors, a cooking competition, aerial circus acts, a silent auction, and the H2O Kid's Zone sponsored by Louisville Water. You can also BYOB (bring your own bottle - for water!) to fill up at the Louisville Pure Tap® to GO stations.

From Safari and TeensConnect camps at the Louisville Zoo, to Summer Reading and the annual Cultural Pass, Louisville is offering dozens of programs designed to keep students’ minds and bodies active during the summer break. The programs complement the hundreds of camps and enrichment activities organized by non-profit organizations, local colleges and universities, museums, churches, libraries and arts organizations.

To help families sort through the many summer offerings a new searchable database of quality Out of School Time (OST) programs was created. Thanks to the BLOCS community partnership, families can access this new tool year-round by visiting www.louisvilleblocs.org and clicking on the 2-1-1 link.

The Louisville Metro Council has teamed up with the Louisville Bats to provide tickets to deserving groups in the community for certain games. Metro Council Monday tickets are available to non-profit organizations, charitable groups, and volunteer organizations working to improve our city. If your organization is interested in this offer, contact Shelby Harding in the Bats office at sharding@batsbaseball.com. Please reference your Metro Council District, the name of your organization, and the number of tickets being requested. The dates available are May 30, June 13, June 27, July 25, August 8, August 22, and August 29. 

We sometimes hear from property owners who are confused about who is responsible for maintaining alleys adjacent to their properties. As outlined in the ordinance 156.051, the Jefferson County Attorney’s Office says, property owners must maintain the condition of their property line and alley ways (to the center line of such alley as are adjacent to or abut the premises)  in a clean and safe way. That includes making sure that weeds and other plant growth do not exceed a height of 10 inches. Anyone found to not maintain their property accordingly, could face a $100 fine. If you know of a property owner who is in violation of keeping the alley way maintained please contact Metro Call at 311.