 As we approach
Memorial Day, we remember that it is a time to reflect on the sacrifices made
by our fallen service members and their families. While we can never repay the
great price paid by these individuals, we can definitely honor them.
Please join me in taking a moment this Memorial Day to be thankful to those who
have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
 The Subway Fresh Fit Hike Bike & Paddle is a twice annual
event held every Memorial & Labor Day. Thousands of participants
flock to Waterfront Park to enjoy a morning full of fun. Bring the entire
family for this free, healthy hometown event. For more details and a schedule
of events click here.
 President David Yates has teamed up with the Louisville Bats to provide tickets to deserving
groups in our community for selected Bats games. Metro Council Monday tickets
are available to non-profit organizations, charitable groups, and volunteer
organizations working to improve the community.
The Monday night game dates are: May
30, June 13, June 27, July 25, August 8, August 22 or August 29.
If your organization is interested in receiving tickets for a
Metro Council Monday Bats home game, contact Shelby Harding in the Bats
office via email at sharding@batsbaseball.com.
Please reference your Metro Council District, the name of your organization
and the number of tickets being requested when contacting the Bats office.
Thank you for playing a vital role in our community and Go Bats!
The Homemade Ice Cream & Pie Kitchen store, located at 2232 Frankfort Avenue will relocate to Dixie Highway, according to a post made on an official social media page for the business.
The restaurant is one of three local businesses that has been requested to open a location on Dixie Highway.
According to the post, the Frankfort Avenue store is closing on Sunday.
It is not yet known when the store will open on Dixie Highway, nor exactly where the business will be located.
See the WDRB story here or click the image below.
 Louisville residents can help shape the city’s 10-year
Solid Waste Master Plan by taking a 5-minute confidential online survey. The
survey, which seeks information about how citizens handle waste and what they
pay to dispose of it, is available on the Metro Public
Works website. The survey will remain open through June 30.
Citizens may also take part in shaping the solid waste
plan by attending public meetings to be held around the city in June.
Information from the survey and public meetings will impact every household in
Louisville/Jefferson County long into the future.
Development of the 10-year Solid Waste Master Plan got
underway last fall. The plan is focused on Mayor Greg Fischer’s goal of
diverting 90 percent of the community’s solid waste away from landfills by the
year 2042.
The planning process is led by Orlando, Florida based MSW
Consultants in partnership with Cascadia Consulting Group (Seattle, Washington)
and Abbe & Associates (Alameda, California) under a $350,000 contract with
Metro Public Works. MSW is a management consulting firm specializing in the
waste and recycling industry.
Meeting schedule:
WHEN: June 9 at 6:00 pm
WHERE: Southwest Public Library, 9725 Dixie Highway Louisville, KY 40272
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 There will be no residential garbage, recycling or yard
waste collection within the Louisville Metro Urban Services District (former
Louisville city limits) on Memorial Day, Monday May 30. Collection through the
week will be delayed by one day because of the holiday.
Residents who rely on private haulers for garbage,
recycling and yard waste collection should consult those haulers about holiday
collection schedules.
Also, the Waste Reduction
Center on Meriwether Avenue, along with all staffed recycling
centers and the Haz Bin
hazardous waste disposal site, will be closed on Saturday May 28 in recognition
of the holiday and closed on Monday as usual. A complete list of the sites and
regular operating hours is at louisvilleky.gov/government/public-works/services/recycling.
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 Come to the Reuse Symposium on June 3 to learn about
opportunities for reuse of everything from clothes to compost. The $25
registration to the all-day event includes lunch. Registration scholarships are
available. For more information call 502-852-8854.
Online registration is available at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/reuse-summit-tickets-24516801413.
Sessions during the day include an overview of the reuse
industry, reuse in action, outdoor demonstrations, curbside collection, and a
biodigester case study. The Reuse Symposium will be held at Jefferson Community
and Technical College, 110 W Chestnut Street, Louisville, 40202. On-site
registration begins at 8:00 a.m. The program runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
 Minor changes
will take effect Sun., June 5
TARC will adjust service on four bus routes effective Sun., June 5 to more accurately reflect pick-up times at stops based on traffic flow and other conditions.
ridetarc.org
Route #18 - Dixie - Preston Highway
Bus
arrival times will change by one or two minutes to reflect a recent relocation
of a bus turnaround to Upper Hunters Trace which added time to the route.
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 Since 2005, the Mayor’s Healthy Hometown Movement has awarded more
than a half million dollars in grants to more than 100 community groups!
In 2015, awards ranged $7,500-$10,000 and were awarded to
applicants, chosen by an independent review committee, for projects impacting
the following focus areas within the Healthy Louisville 2020 Plan:
- Healthy Homes and Healthy Neighborhoods
- Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies
- Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods
- Mental and Behavioral Health
- Obesity Prevention
- Social Determinants of Health
- Substance Abuse Prevention
For more
information and to download the 2016 application manual, please click here.
 Southwest
Community Ministries invites the public to our first Cha Cha for Children event
on June 23 from 6 to 9 PM at Riverside
Farnsley Moremen.
Partake of chocolates, cheeses, and champagne while
enjoying one of the best views of the Ohio River. You may watch people learning to cha-cha or
join in yourself.
Advanced tickets are
$20 / $30 at the event.
You may purchase tickets by sending an email
to: bm1swcm@gmail.com or calling 502-935-0310.
Funds raised will assist in creating our educational center for teaching
practical living classes that focus on financial and nutritional success for
our families.
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 Citing an effort to increase its ability to help small businesses and “buy local” more often, Metro Louisville announced today that it has added a new vendor portal on the Division of Purchasing’s page of the city website.
Local businesses interested in registering can submit information through the new portal. Louisville Metro agency buyers and Purchasing Division staff will be able to utilize the business information primarily when seeking purchasing opportunities below $20,000. Any purchases above $20,000 require, by state law, a competitive bid process.
In order for Louisville Metro to procure services and products, the business must be registered and compliant with the Revenue Commission and Human Relations Commission. Some common purchases by the city are construction, painting, roofing, pest control and a variety of business services.
Louisville Metro encourages and assists small business development and growth through the work of its Small Business Development staff and partnerships with other resource providers in the city.
Submitting a Vendor Interest Form is not a guarantee for doing business with Louisville Metro Government, nor is it a bid notification system. The portal is a method for presenting local business capabilities and qualifications directly to decision-makers across all Metro agencies.
To complete the Vendor Interest Form, local business owners should visit
https://louisvilleky.gov/government/management-budget/purchasing.
 Serving
on a board or commission is a great way to utilize your talents. We hope you
will consider volunteering your time with us and encourage you to browse the
openings regularly for opportunities that would best utilize your experience
and knowledge. We have approximately 100 boards and commissions with
many areas of interest, including business and economic development, land
planning, parks and recreation, public health and public safety. It is
important that these boards have adequate representation from all areas of
town, including District 25 and Southwest Louisville, as they are responsible
for evaluating many important decisions that impact our city and its citizens.
The following Boards and Commissions will have vacancies needing to be filled between now and June. Metro Louisville is actively seeking nominations and applications to fill these boards. Please consider applying for one or more of the following:
- Metropolitan
Business Development Corporation
- Affordable
Housing Trust Fund Board
- Bardstown
Road Overlay District
- Building
Code Board of Appeals
- Cemetery
Board
- Civil
Service Board
- Code
Enforcement Board
- Community
Action Partnership
- Jefferson
County Public Law Library
- Deputy
Sheriff Merit Board
- Downtown
Development Review Overlay Board
- Downtown
Management District
- Ethics
Commission
- Fire
Protection Districts (Fairdale, Harrods Creek, Highview, Lake Dreamland,
Lyndon, Middletown, Okolona, St. Matthews & Worthington)
- Hazard
Materials Ordinance Appeals & Overseers Board
- Housing
Authority Board
- Human
Relations Commission
- Advocacy Board
- Human
Relations Commission Enforcement Board
- Kentuckiana Works
- Landmarks
- Library
Advisory Commission
- Louisville
Arena Authority, Inc.
- Louisville
Public Media
- Merit
Board
- Medical
Center Commission of Jefferson County
- PARC
Board of Commissioners
- Police
Merit Board
- Redevelopment
Authority
- Science
Center
- Urban
Renewal Commission
- Vacant
Property Review Commission
- Waterworks
- Zoo
Foundation Board
Please click here
for more information. Be sure to alert the District 25 office once you
have applied. Thank you for your interest!
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 1. A local BBB employee received a fake “notice to appear in court”email. The email appears to be from District Court, and informs the recipient to appear in court for a case hearing, then asks the recipient to click on an attachment for more information. Don’t click it! You could end up with a virus on your computer!
2. Beware of deceptive flyers that may be posted on your front door at this time of the year. Local residents have been receiving some of these deceptive marketing pieces. The flyers often state, “sorry we missed you,” and tell the resident to call a phone number. Sometimes these are less-than-reputable companies or downright scams. Check out BBB Business Reviews at bbb.org.
3. Also this time of year, beware of scammers selling fake magazine subscriptions. The seller may claim he/she is raising money for a school, charity, or veterans. The subscriptions are usually three times the typical price, but the “money goes to a good cause,” so you purchase it. Months pass, and your magazine never arrives, and the charity never gets any money. The fundraiser is a fake
4. Businesses – beware of overpayment scams. A local business that deals in western gear, was contacted by a scammer who wanted to buy a saddle. The scammer sent a cashier’s check, with an overpayment that was supposed to be wired to someone that was being paid to “ship the item.” Don’t fall for it.
5. It’s a Dropbox phishing con. You receive an email that appears to come from Dropbox. It includes the logo and and the subject line states: "Drop Box - Pending Documents" or "<Contact Name> used Dropbox to share a file with you." The email instructs you to click a link to access the shared file. Don't fall for it! The link downloads malware to your computer!
6. The Governor of the Bank of England has not set aside $6.5 million for you. It’s the latest version of a Nigerian Scam. Victims are told they could receive a large sum of money, if they pay some fees upfront. To make it appear legit, the email comes with what appears to be the Governor’s personal identity card.
7. Scammers are contacting individuals who filed for bankruptcy,spoofing caller ID with the name and number of the person’s attorney (which is available in public records). The scammer poses as an associate of the attorney with news about a problem with paperwork and an unpaid debt. The victim is told they will be arrested if they don’t pay immediately through wire transfer. This is a scam.
8. There are reports in several states that scammers are phoning parents, claiming they’ve kidnapped their child. The scammers aggressively demand immediate payment of a ransom. Victims report hearing the sound of a child screaming in the background. The scammer insists the victim stays on their cellphone while they get cash and wire it to them.
9. Don’t fall for fake Facebook comments. Scammers create an account with an official sounding, security-related name, so victims think the comment has come directly from FB. The comment, which states, “your account has been reported by others for abuse,” warns the user that his/her account is about to be disabled. A link redirects the FB user to a fake FB page, which phishes for personal information.
10. Beware of these Memorial Day Scams: Fake charities raise funds on behalf of military organizations; con artists pose as the Veterans Administration, contacting vets saying they need to update their credit, bank, or other records with the VA; and, scammers offer “instant approval” military loans with hefty interest rates and fees.
For more tips, go to bbb.org or call 1-800-388-2222.
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