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 Buy Local Fair
Sunday, May 21, 12n-6pm
Louisville Water Tower Park
www.keeplouisvilleweird.com/buylocalfair
The Buy Local
Fair returns for its 9th year on Sunday, May 21 from 12n to 6pm at the
Louisville Water Tower Park.
This local
favorite will include more than 200 booths from a variety of local businesses,
artists and craftspeople, community organizations, and farmers, as well as live
music, Trend Appliances cooking competition, craft cocktail competition, food
and drink vendors, ValuMarket craft beer tent, Cox’s Back Porch area for the
grownups and a children’s area as well. Presented by the Louisville Water
Company, the event also gets major support from Amish Hills Furniture and
Louisville Metro Council.
“It’s a great feeling to hear from our visitors
and vendors about how much they love the Buy Local Fair,” says Jennifer
Rubenstein, Director of the Louisville Independent Business Alliance. “We put
this event on with our member businesses as the focal point, and the public
really digs it. There’s such a variety of local independent businesses that are
unique and fun – and that makes a community impact by keeping more dollars
circulating locally!”
Attendees may
not have the local economy on their mind when they’re buying the perfect
birthday gift, or chowing on their favorite local burger, but the Louisville
Local Impact Study shows that the money spent will circulate locally over 3
times more than when spent at a chain. And that’s the beauty of the Buy Local
Fair – building community while having a remarkable experience.
Admission to
the Buy Local Fair is free and parking is $5 per vehicle (or free for bicycle
parking). Visit www.keeplouisvilleweird.com/buylocalfair for more info.
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 Three-year-old Ra’jah now calls Louisville Metro Animal
Services her home, but the shelter is a very stressful place for pets. While
the LMAS staff does its best to make their stay as comfortable as possible,
pets don’t understand why they are in the shelter or if/when they’ll ever get
to leave. Will you please help change Ra’jah’s status from homeless to
home-bound? She is FREE to an approved adopter. Not only has she been spayed,
microchipped and vaccinated, she is THE SWEETEST pup in town. Ra’jah is an LMAS
staff favorite. She loves belly rubs, but she can’t seem to get enough of them
in the shelter. She is easy-going and very friendly. She loves both humans and other
dogs. Ra’jah has been “dog tested” with large and small dogs, kittens and a
grown cat. She passed each test with flying colors!
Stop by the LMAS Animal
House Adoption Center (3516 Newburg Rd.) today to adopt Ra’jah! Doors open at
noon.
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 One-year-old Fancy was living life as a stray before she
found her way into Louisville Metro Animal Services. She’s over taking care of
herself. She no longer wants to hunt for her own food or sleep on the hard
ground outside. She’s ready for someone to welcome her into their cozy home,
and keep her belly full and her heart happy. Fancy will be sure to reciprocate
the good deed with cuddles and love. She is an immensely sweet girl, who will
rub against you for affection. She has been spayed, microchipped and vaccinated,
and is FREE to an approved adopter! Stop by the LMAS Animal House Adoption
Center (3516 Newburg Rd.) today and take this gal home with you!
For more information on Ra'jah & Fancy and all of the wonderful pets available for adoption at Metro Animal Services, please visit their website here.
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 Councilman Blackwell was on hand earlier this year when the 2017 South Points Scenic Area map was unveiled at the Kentucky Derby Museum in March.
The new map features famed attractions such as Churchill Downs, and includes restaurants, libraries, parks, businesses and museums.
The South Points Scenic Area attracts 1.4 million visitors annually. The project also includes highway signage to direct visitors to points of interest. Four signs along Kentucky interstates and 52 signs along main thoroughfare with the South Points Scenic Area logo direct visitors to attractions.
Check out the South Points Scenic Area Facebook page here for the latest news on attractions and events in South Louisville!
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 Develop Louisville needs your help in updating Louisville's Comprehensive Plan. A comprehensive plan establishes a framework to guide public and private decisions about future growth, preservation and changes within a local government. The current comprehensive plan, Cornerstone 2020, goes through the timeframe of 2000-2020 and Kentucky State Law requires that a new comprehensive plan be adopted to establish guidelines for the physical development and economic and social well-being of the area.
How is the plan being updated?
As Cornerstone 2020 is approaching its effective timeframe, a new comprehensive plan is being prepared to guide actions beyond 2020. The new plan, which will have a horizon of 2040, builds on Cornerstone 2020. In addition, it will incorporate objectives of several other plans and initiatives into a single foundational policy document (such as Vision Louisville, Sustain Louisville, Move Louisville, the Consolidated Plan, Making Louisville Home for Us All, Healthy Louisville 2020 and the Downtown Louisville Master Plan). The new plan will serve as the community’s official statement about how it hopes to change over the next 20 years.
Develop Louisville, specifically the Offices of Planning & Design Services and Advanced Planning, will focus on drafting of the Comprehensive Plan update. In support of developing the policies, planning staff will rely on the assistance from other divisions of Develop Louisville and Louisville Metro as well as community and business organizations, outside agencies and citizens. Work on the new comprehensive plan is underway with data collection and analysis. The official kickoff was August 31, 2016.
staff has been engaging with the public
on an update to the Comprehensive Plan. Some methods of engagement have
included work groups, an Advisory Committee, outreach to local municipalities
with zoning authority and appearing before various bodies and organizations
including the Committee of the Whole.
In the coming weeks, Develop Louisville will be holding six open house
forums to provide the public with an opportunity to view and to comment on the
work done so far.
The dates, times and locations for the forums are:
Monday, May 22: Main Library (301 York St) at 4 pm
Wednesday, May 24: Southwest Library (9725 Dixie Hwy) at
6 pm
Tuesday, May 30: Bowman Field (2815 Taylorsville Rd) at 6
pm
Saturday, June 3: The Table (1800 Portland Ave) at 9 am
Monday, June 5: Fern Creek High School (9115 Fern Creek
Rd) at 6 pm
Tuesday, June 6: The Jeffersonian (former Jeffersontown
Community Center) (10617 Taylorsville Rd)
at 6 pm
The forums will allow for additional input on the work
completed to date (draft goals and objectives) and will help us develop
policies. These meetings will be open house style with a short
introductory presentation.Please mark your calendar to be a part of the process!
Visit the Develop Louisville website for more information on the plan.
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 Final design plans are taking shape for The New Dixie Highway
project, meaning that look, feel and flow of the corridor will be greatly
improved. Among those improvements:
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6-foot
and 8-foot wide, boulevard-like sidewalks
through almost 4 miles of the most-traveled section of Dixie Highway –
improving safety and the “look” of the corridor. (Photo above is an
area that will benefit from these new sidewalks.)
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Nearly
four miles of badly-needed non-mountable landscaped medians
in a section that experiences a very high rate of crashes. Medians
like these have dropped crash rates by 30 percent or more in similar
highways. We expect a significant drop here as well.
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Miles
of new fiber optic cable, linking the entire corridor’s traffic signals
for the first time. This will allow for more efficient, responsive traffic
signals, including signal priority for rapid transit buses so bus traffic
doesn’t slow travel for everyone else.
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Smart
reconfiguring of some key intersections
to make travel safer.
And nearly
100 new trees, plus new grass and native plants to beautify the highway
and designate Dixie Highway as an attractive, desirable place to live, visit
and do business.
For more information on the New Dixie Highway Project, please visit the website at www.thenewdixiehighway.com.
 Alva Drive- Metro Public Works has issued a lane closure notice for paving between the hours of 8:00 am - 5:00 pm through May 19.
Trappers Ridge Circle - Metro Public Works has issued a lane closure notice for paving between the hours of 8:00 am - 5:00 pm through May 19.
Trackers Way - Metro Public Works has issued a lane closure notice for paving between the hours of 8:00 am - 5:00 pm through May 19.
Hunters Point Circle - Metro Public Works has issued a lane closure notice for paving between the hours of 8:00 am - 5:00 pm through May 19.
Tarkington Way - Metro Public Works has issued a lane closure notice for paving between the hours of 8:00 am - 5:00 pm through May 19.
For more details or to see additional permitted work throughout Metro Louisville, visit the map here.
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