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Councilman
Pat Mulvihill
City Hall
601 West Jefferson St
(502) 574-1110
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 Councilman Mulvihill with Major Ryan Bates, Fourth Division Commander, left, and LMPD Chief Steve Conrad, right, at the Fourth District NNO event at Wyandotte Park.
Tuesday night, the men and women of the Louisville Metro Police Department visited with the people they serve all over the Metro area.
These community get-togethers, held at seven locations, were part of National Night Out. NNO is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, better places to live.
This year's theme for Louisville was "Unite for Peace," and gave LMPD officers a relaxed setting in the neighborhoods they patrol to introduce themselves and get to know the people who make those neighborhoods part of Metro Louisville.
Councilman Mulvihill attended NNO events for the Fourth District, at Wyandotte Park, and the Sixth District, at the Target on Jefferson Boulevard.
The events featured a variety of free activities including police and fire vehicles and displays, free food, giveaways, dunking booths, mascots, face painting, and plenty of opportunities to sit down with local leaders to discuss crime prevention strategies.
 Left to right: Major Tandeta Hettich, Sixth Division Commander, Lieutenant Glenn Simpson, Councilman Mulvihill, Linda Chesser, Mayor of Watterson Park, and Phil Kavanaugh, founding member of Camp Zachary Taylor Neighborhood Association at the Sixth District NNO event at Target on Jefferson Boulevard.
Host: Councilman Pat Mulvihill
Date: Monday, August 8th at 6 p.m.
Location: Intersection of Huon Drive & Elba Drive
Join Councilman Mulvihill and representatives of the LMPD Sixth District for a Peace Walk August 8 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., starting at the intersection of Huon Drive and Elba Drive. All are welcome.
Peace Walks are another way to encourage people to meet their neighbors, meet the men and women who patrol their neighborhoods and learn more about the ways to make our community a safer place.
The walks will change locations weekly based upon current events and the needs of the community. Information on the upcoming Peace Walks can be found each week at:
TARC has begun adding six new all-electric, zero-emission buses along the Fourth Street corridor between downtown and Iroquois Park, stopping at some of the city’s most popular destinations. With the new buses, TARC will have a total of 15 all-electric buses on the road, making it one of the largest electric bus operators in the country.
The new buses, which feature a bike rack for up to three bikes, travel everyday exclusively on Route #4-Fourth Street between downtown and Iroquois Park and also on a section of the route to Strawberry Lane on weekends. They stop at or near Museum Row downtown, the University of Louisville, Speed Museum, Churchill Downs, the Kentucky Derby Museum, Old Louisville, restaurants, hotels, and much more.
The buses provide cleaner air, fuel conservation and maintenance cost savings. They replace buses that are 16 years old and have traveled more than 600,000 miles. The harmful emissions from the old buses – more than 30,000 pounds each year into the air – will be eliminated with the electric buses. About 60,000 gallons of diesel fuel a year will also be spared.
The buses, a $4.65 million investment, were funded primarily with a $3.3 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration’s Low or No Emission Vehicles Deployment Program. Other federal and local funding covered the remaining costs.
If you would like to submit an event to be considered for the calendar, please email Sara at Councilman Mulvihill's office.
The George Rogers Clark Park Neighborhood Association presents Band in the Park August 5 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The featured band is Fast Forward.
The Monarchs and the Ladies for Liberty star in a benefit concert Sunday, August 7 at 5 p.m. at Iroquois Amphitheater. Doors open at 4 p.m. Tickets are $10 to $15.
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A Louisville favorite, the Monarchs Band was formed in 1961 and had four charted records by 1965. Their recording of "Look Homeward Angel" in 1964 was on the Billboard charts for 13 weeks and was number one in major markets throughout the US. It also charted top 20 in Canada and charted in England.
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The Ladies for Liberty enjoy performing for benefits, air shows and military functions across the U.S. and Canada flavoring their performance with the Andrews Sisters style of music, vintage costumes and hairstyles. A highlight was traveling to Normandy, France to perform for the 70th anniversary of D-Day.
USA Cares exists to help bear the burdens of service by providing post-9/11 military families with financial and advocacy support in their time of need.
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http://www.iroquoisamphitheater.com/event/1263287-usa-cares-benefit-concert-louisville/
Spectre (2015) PG-13 - Daniel Craig stars as Bond, James Bond. 8:30 p.m.
Did you know that one in four people in the United States will develop a mental disorder in their lifetime?
Mental Health First Aid Training will be offered Friday, August 19, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Family & Children's Place at 525 Zane Street in Louisville.
Mental Health First Aid is an eight-hour training for people ages 16 and over to learn the signs and symptoms of different types of mental illnesses, how they can affect a person’s daily life and what YOU can do as a first responder when you identify someone experiencing a mental health challenge.
To register for this training, or for more information on monthly MHFA trainings, contact the PAL Coalition at Family & Children's Place at 502-855-6048. Fees of $45 include lunch, snacks and manual.
Location: Petersburg/Newburg Park at the corner of East Indian Trail and
Petersburg Road. Times vary. Sponsored by Councilwoman Dr. Barbara E. Shanklin,
Louisville Metro Council District 2 and the Petersburg/Newburg Improvement
Association.
 Location: Center For Neighborhoods Headquarters at 507 South 3rd
Street. Time: 6 to 8:30 p.m.
The Green Institute is an
environmental leadership-education program established in 2012 by the Center
For Neighborhoods, and equips neighborhood leaders with the skills and
resources needed to improve the environmental, social and economic resilience
of their communities.
Classes meet every Thursday for 12
consecutive weeks (August 25th – November 10th), followed by a Graduation
Celebration on November 17th. Dinner is provided each week, and the class is
offered free of charge.
The Green Institute 2016 is open to all
neighborhoods, Metro Council Districts and the whole community.
 Location: Iroquois Park. Time: 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Kentuckiana's largest annual HIV/AIDS awareness and fundraising
event, the Louisville AIDS Walk directly supports the individuals served by the
Kentuckiana AIDS Alliance.
 Join Councilman David James for Jazz in Central Park Sunday, August 28. The event, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., features Herlon Robinson, TRI+ADD Music, Urban Jazz Coalition, Jerry Tolson Group, Craig Waggner and Carly Johnson. Miss Krystal from 104.7 FM and Dawne Gee of WAVE 3 will host.
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 Louisville Metro Animal Services is
offering a special encore presentation of the “Rockin' and Ready” adoption event. Originally named in honor of the Forecastle Festival, the agency is adding dates for residents to add to their "house band."
The event includes $20 cat and kitten adoptions and $40 adoptions for select dogs, with
approved application.
Visit LMAS at 3516 Newburg Road to add a new
star to your lineup.
Open Tuesday through Sunday 12 to 6 p.m., and
Wednesdays until 7 p.m. Closed Monday. For more information call (502)
473-7387.
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Do you have old prescription drugs you'd rather not have around the house? The LMPD's Narcotics Division will provide a drive-thru Prescription Drug Drop Off Wednesday, September 7 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Zion United Church of Christ, 1310 East Burnett Avenue at the
corner of Minoma Avenue.
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer announced Monday that the city and Schwinn bicycle company will provide free bicycles to 100 children, who will earn the opportunity by completing Bike Louisville's Bike Sense program at 12 Metro Parks and Recreation Centers.
The program teaches bike safety skills, and several hundred children participated this summer. Bike Louisville will choose 100 children who met the program requirements to receive a bike, helmet and bike lock.
The bikes will be presented at a street festival planned at the Muhammad Ali Childhood Home Museum on Grand Avenue on Sept. 17.
The festival will include music, refreshments and kids' activities. It's an effort to honor the things for which Ali stood.
"We do that by treating others with respect and compassion with all of our interactions, and that's how we build on the legacy of the greatest Muhammad Ali, with the little literally, as I like to say, and the legacy of a great police officer, Joe Martin," Fischer said.
Martin was the police officer who helped the young man, then named Cassius Clay, start boxing. Clay met Martin at the Old Columbia Gym, saying he wanted to beat up the person who stole his bike. Martin told him if that was the case, he should learn to fight. The officer ran a boxing gym.
To enroll in future Bike Sense programs, visit your local Metro Parks community center. Find the community center nearest you by clicking here.
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 It's known as MetroCall 311, but there are several ways to contact Louisville Metro government:
- Email metrocall@louisvilleky.gov
- Visit www.louisvilleky.gov/metrocall where you can
- fill out an online form for a 311 service request
- download the free mobile 311 application
- Tweet @LouMetro311
- Call 3-1-1 or 502-574-5000
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Extremely hot weather can cause serious health effects such as heat exhaustion and heat stroke which may lead to death.
This is the time to watch out for elderly or medically fragile friends and neighbors and encourage them:
- Do not rely on a fan as a primary cooling device during an extreme heat event.
- Don’t use the stove or oven to cook. That will only make them and their house hotter.
- Wear loose, lightweight, light-colored clothing.
- Take cool showers or baths to cool down.
- Drink plenty of water and don’t wait until you’re thirsty to drink.
- Check the local news for health and safety updates regularly.
Seek medical care immediately if you have or someone you know has symptoms of heat illness like muscle cramps, headaches, nausea or vomiting.
For more information on heat safety, visit http://www.crh.noaa.gov/images/pah/pdf/heatsafety.pdf
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 Louisville is joining cities around the country in partnering with Nextdoor (www.nextdoor.com), the private social network for neighborhoods that is designed to improve city-wide and neighbor-to-neighbor communications.
Louisville Metro Police have been using Nextdoor since April to convey targeted information to residents of neighborhoods that have signed up for the free service.
Now, all of Louisville Metro Government, including the Mayor’s Office, Department of Public Works, the Fire Department and LMPD will use Nextdoor to build stronger, safer communities, working with neighbors to increase safety and strengthen a virtual neighborhood watch.
With Nextdoor, residents can create private neighborhood websites to share information, including neighborhood public safety issues, community events and activities, local services, and even lost pets.
All members must verify they live within the neighborhood before joining. Information shared on Nextdoor is password protected and cannot be accessed by Google or other search engines. Police and city officials cannot access residents’ contact information or content, but can share targeted messages. Visit www.nextdoor.com to sign up.
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The Waste Reduction Center at 636 Meriwether Avenue provides a means for all Louisville/Jefferson County residents to properly dispose of tires and household bulk waste including metals, appliances, electronics, tree limbs and stumps up to three feet in diameter, unbagged yard waste, construction debris and furniture. Up to three household junk items may be dropped off at no charge.
Hours of Operation
- Tuesday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Saturday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Go to https://louisvilleky.gov/government/public-works/waste-reduction-center for more information.
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