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 29, 2017. Collection through the week will be delayed by one day because of the holiday.

Garbage pickup in St. Matthews will also be delayed because of the holiday.

Other District 9 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 27 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.

Thanks for another successful year for the Responsible Recycling event at Louisville Water Tower Park. A BIG thank you to our volunteers who spent a beautiful Saturday with us! This year 270 vehicles came through the event to drop off shoes, medical surplus supplies, home goods and building materials, paper for shredding, electronics, hazardous materials and unused or expired medications. LMPD collected 85 lbs. of medications during the event, and Habitat Restore collected 32 donations. Please click here to check out photos from the event.

Make sure you mark your calendars for next year, Saturday, May 12, 2018.

We’d like to feature your sustainability story - a resident or business doing good things for the environment.  Riding the bus, bicycling, walking, gardening and more - our eNews will feature practices which can benefit all of us.  Send your story to Bill Hollander or Kyle Ethridge. 

Join residents in Butchertown to clean up the 800 and 900 blocks of E. Washington in preparation for the upcoming Butchertown Art Fair. Plan to meet this Saturday, May 27 at 10:00 a.m. at Freddie's Market, 841 E. Washington St. Please bring brooms, rakes, gloves, bags and your other favorite cleaning devices. Questions, please contact Adam Horton at adamhortonart@gmail.com. 

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.

Here’s the schedule for Memorial Day, May 29:

  7:30am- Boat Drop Off until 9am 
  
  8:00am- Tai Chi, Yoga, Pickleball, & Boot 
                 Camp
 
  8:30am- Booths Open
 
  8:30am- Zumba (Main Stage)

  8:50am- Kayak Rolling Contest Presented 
                 By Quest Outdoor at Harbor Point
  
               - Stand-Up Paddle Board Demos at
                 Harbor Lawn
  
 10:00am- Hikers, Bikers, Paddlers Start

Bring the entire family for this free, healthy hometown event. Various fitness demonstrations start the day including yoga, tai chi, zumba, pickleball and much more. There are numerous vendor booths available for information and giveaways.  After all of that, take your pick from a 5k hike, 9.5-mile bike ride or a paddle on the Ohio River. This event is not a race. It is open to participants of all levels and we encourage everyone to get out and enjoy the festivities!  For more information, please click here.

Work continues on MSD’s Clifton Heights Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) basin located between Mellwood and Drescher Bridge Avenues. Starting soon, traffic on Mellwood will be impacted in a big way.

You can learn more at a Pardon Our Dust meeting on Tuesday, May 30 at 6:30 p.m. at the American Printing House for the Blind, 1839 Frankfort Avenue.

This project is part of MSD’s Integrated Overflow Abatement Plan and is required per the Federal Consent Decree. The Consent Decree deadline for completion is December 31, 2018. The primary component of this portion of the project is the construction of a 20- inch Force Main Pipe. Other components include two 40-feet deep Manholes, Flood closure crossing, and Bridge crossing, and modification of CSO 088, and CSO 131 Structures. When completed it will accommodate wet weather flows within the project area to limit the occurrence of overflows of CSO’s 088, 131, 132, 154, and 167. The project will require excavation work within the roads on Mellwood Avenue; Brownsboro Road (between Mellwood Avenue and Story Avenue); Story Avenue (between Frankfort Avenue and Cabel Street); and on Cabel Street. Both one-lane traffic on Mellwood and traffic rerouting will occur.

Learn more on May 30 and watch this space next week for more details. 

My office and the Louisville Asset Building Coalition (LABC) are partnering to offer FREE summer tax preparation throughout the summer months for taxpayers with household income of $65,000 or less.

This FREE service will be offered at United Crescent Hill Ministries (UCHM), 150 S. State Street, from May 25 - August 2017. You must make an appointment by calling LABC at 814-2715. Appointment times are between 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. every other week on Thursdays beginning on May 25.

The dates are:

May 25
June 8
June 22
July 6
July 20
August 3

Clients will need to bring the following with them:

• Social Security Card for everyone on tax return
• Picture ID for taxpayer and spouse
• W-2 and 1099 from employer
• List of other income/expenses
• 1098 for educational credit
• 1095-A for certain healthcare credits
• Blank check or account number for direct deposit

For more information and to make an appointment, contact the Louisville Asset Building Coalition at 814-2715 or visit http://www.labcservices.org.

The Butchertown Art Fair is scheduled Saturday, June 3 and Sunday, June 4. Volunteers are still needed. There are many duties available for all types of schedules and flexibility (time and otherwise). Volunteers will get a free T-shirt and the gratitude of all the folks in the neighborhood! Click this Signup Genius link to select your duties with slots available from June 2-4. Contact Stevie Finn if you have any questions.

The 2017 Butchertown Art Fair is scheduled for Saturday, June 3 from 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, June 4 from 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. along the 800 & 900 blocks of East Washington. Enjoy artists, live music, food trucks, beer, wine, and mixed drinks.

Mark your calendars for the 23rd Annual Crescent Hill Garden Tour on Saturday, June 3, from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. The tour will feature 10 private gardens created and maintained by homeowners in the Crescent Hill neighborhood. Tour-goers will experience creative gardening in small spaces, from organic gardens to shade gardens, and walk away with innovative ideas to try in their own outdoor space.

Tickets are $15 and available the day of the tour at the Peterson-Dumesnil House, 301 South Peterson Avenue, where the tour begins. You can also purchase tickets in advance at: http://www.crescenthillgardentour.org/tickets. For more information, visit www.crescenthillgardentour.org.

Getting to jobs, the movies, recreational activities and fun events around Louisville is affordable and easy for young people with the TARC Summer Youth Pass, which is now on sale.

The pass costs $30 and is available to anyone 6-19 years old.  With the pass, youths can take unlimited TARC rides on all routes from June 1-Aug. 31.

The pass can be ordered from TARC’s website, www.ridetarc.org, or purchased at the following locations:

• Union Station, 1000 W. Broadway
• Nia Center, 2900 W. Broadway
• All Fifth Third Banks
• Louisville Free Public Library, 3rd & York

To order by mail, send a check or money order for $30, with your name, address and phone number, to SUMMER YOUTH PASS; c/o TARC cashier; 1000 W. Broadway; Louisville, KY  40203.

The Louisville Bats are hosting two types of Louisville Metro Government Nights.

Metro Council Mondays: For this program, the Bats will host groups and organizations doing the good of the community. This includes 12,000 total tickets distributed for use on any of these Monday nights: June 19, July 17 and August 28. Examples include school fundraisers, charity auctions, and several others.

Community Nights: The Bats will host two community nights, providing tickets, hot dogs, and soft drinks to non-profit groups who would not be able to afford a Bats game under regular circumstances. These two nights include 4,000 guests for each game on July 18 and August 2. Groups will need to contact the Bats office directly to sign up for the program and each group member will get a voucher for a ticket, hot dog and soft drink. Examples include mentoring organizations, social service agencies, and many more.

To request tickets for either part of the program, organizations should contact Shelby Harding at sharding@batsbaseball.com. Please include your Metro Council District, organization name, contact name, mailing address, daytime phone and number of tickets requested. Email requests are preferred, but if email is not available please call 614-4502.

The 9th District Urban Services District (USD) will have junk collection set-out on a select weekend in June, depending on your address.  You may begin setting out your junk Friday afternoon prior to your junk pick-up week and must have it all out by Monday at 6:00 AM.  For your specific junk set-out weekend please visit http://www.louisvilleky.gov/government/metro-council-district-9 and scroll to the bottom of the page to “MyLouisville” and enter your address, call the office at 574-1109, or email Kyle Ethridge.  For collection guidelines please visit https://louisvilleky.gov/government/public-works/services/junk-and-bulk-trash-disposal. You may now sign up for junk set out reminders by email and text under “MyLouisville”.