Please join us for the Saturday in the Park event tomorrow from Noon-10pm in Central Park! It's going to be a family-oriented event with free live music, games, theatre, and more. I look forward to seeing you there!
Councilman David James
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This month’s District 6 Spotlight is on the Healing Place, a local recovery center that has helped over 2,700 men and women successfully return to productive lives in society.
Founded as a homeless shelter in 1989, The Healing Place has become one of the nation's most effective long-term, social model recovery programs. With 65 percent of their alumni remaining sober after one year, the Healing Place’s success rate is five times the national average for recovery facilities.
The success achieved by the Healing Place over the last twenty years allowed them to open a facility specifically for women in 2010. This expansion, located at the intersection of 15th and Hill, is an immensely valuable resource in District Six. I would like to personally thank all those involved in making the Healing Place one of the most effective recovery programs in the country! Keep up the great work!
On Wednesday, I had the pleasure of joining resident of the Hillebrand House on 3rd Street for conversation and a healthy breakfast snack. In addition to reminding them to participate in the upcoming events in the neighborhood like Saturday in the Park, I addressed all of their questions and concerns. Below is a picture of our conversation. Thanks to all those who attended!
Recently, I met with officials from Metro Safe along with several neighborhood leaders to discuss concerns over access to pedestrian or walking courts, similar to Ouerbacher Court or Floral Terrace. To date, MetroSafe has had a system that does not clearly recognize these walking courts as inaccessible to emergency services which has caused confusion and some delayed response times. Neighborhood leaders like Amy Gasson and Claudette Rego from Central Park West have stepped up with their knowledge of the walking courts in our area and provided a list of these areas to MetroSafe so they can adequately recognize these in our emergency response systems. We are all a bit safer because of the forward thinking of our neighborhood leaders and MetroSafe, so THANK YOU!
On October 25th at 5:30pm, join your fellow residents of South Louisville and myself to discuss the state of the neighborhood over a chili dinner at the South Louisville Community Center. I'll address any questions you have about what my office is doing to improve the area and look for your support in creating a new neighborhood association for South Louisville.
What: Chili dinner and conversation with Councilman James
Where: South Louisville Community Center @ 2911 Taylor Boulevard
When: Tuesday, October 25th @ 5:30pm
Please RSVP to 574-1106
Where: California Leisure Park @ the corner of Dixie Highway and West Kentucky Street
When: Saturday, October 22nd from 10am-Noon
Join Councilman James and volunteers in helping beautify and restore this wonderful green space in the California Neighborhood during the upcoming Brightside city clean day. We will need wheelbarrows and shovels to help mulch trees so please bring any that you have. Hope to see you there!
In association with the Brightside Community-Wide Clean-up and the Mayor’s Week of Service, residents of the Sixth District are teaming up for the Central Park Fall 2011 Improvement Day. The goal of the event is to make sure that Central Park is in pristine condition for all those who want to enjoy this beautiful and historic park. The Old Louisville Neighborhood Council, Brightside, Metro Parks, and Councilman James are sponsoring the event. Those who volunteer will be getting pizza for lunch so make sure to stop by and help!
WHEN: Saturday, October 22nd from 8:30AM to Noon
WHERE: Central Park in Old Louisville
Mayor Greg Fischer recently unveiled the new Mobile311 smart phone application that allows citizens to report concerns, complaints or compliments with a quick click.
Citizens can snap pictures of problems and the image is geocoded and sent directly to Metro Government’s MetroCall 311 center.
“Citizens can interact with their city government by many methods – in person, over the phone, on the web, by Facebook and Twitter and now by smart phone,” Fischer said. “This app is the latest example of innovation at work in Louisville.”
Where: Beacon House – 963 South Second Street, Louisville, KY 40206 (581-0765
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The Beacon House is a recovery half-way house and community for men. Beacon House has been serving this population since 1997. Currently there are 45 residents who are recovering from addictions. |
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Visit http://mapit.louisvilleky.gov/ and type in your address to find out when your junk pick-up date is as well as street cleanings and additional information.
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