Yearly maintenance work planned for tolling equipment

 The following overnight lane closures are scheduled to accommodate planned, preventive maintenance on tolling equipment on I-65 South.

 Overnight closures scheduled Thursday, Nov. 2 and Friday, Nov. 3

• Two or three lanes of I-65 South approaching the Kennedy Bridge

 The closures are scheduled to begin around 9 p.m. and end by 5 a.m. both days. All ramps will remain open, and all lanes of I-65 South will be open on the Kennedy Bridge.

 The lane closures will allow crews to complete yearly maintenance items including adjusting equipment and cleaning cameras, lasers and antennas. Similar work will be scheduled soon for tolling equipment on I-65 North.

 The actual starting date and duration for the work may be adjusted if inclement weather or other unforeseen activities occur. 

The Brown School PTSA is working to transform a neglected interstate easement into a secure, green, outdoor classroom for the Brown School students. The Park is a sliver of land in the margin of Interstate 65 along 1st Street across from the existing Brown School building. The PTSA has submitted a grant request to Imagine Greater Louisville 2020 to help fund this Project. Click here to leave a comment in support the K-12 Green Space!

Apprisen Free First Time Homebuyer Workshop: Apprisen, in partnership with PNC, will help you achieve your dreams by providing you the information you need to own your first home.

• Preparing for homeownership
• Working with a real estate agent
• Understanding budgets and credit history
• Finding and working with a lender
• Home inspections and home maintenance
• Preventing loan default

Each attendee will receive a HUD homebuyer certificate of completion at the end of the workshop.

There will be a $50 gift card giveaway.  

Attend this free workshop on:         Presented at:

Saturday, November 4th, 2017           Louisville Free Public Main Library

9:30 AM to 3:30 PM                            2nd Floor of the South Building

(Limited to 30 Participants)                 301 York Street

Register or find out more at:

www.apprisen.com/homebuyer

KentuckyOne Health Provides Family Health Centers with New Location West Louisville Clinic to re - open as FHC on November 6

The Westside Medical Center Primary Care clinic will become a new Family Health Centers location thanks to KentuckyOne Health. The clinic, located at 2500 West Market Street, closed on August 31, 2017 for repairs and  renovations and will reopen on November 6 as a new Family Health Centers west Market location.

People can still receive care at Louisville Medical Associates at 201 Abraham Flexner Way, KentuckyOne Health Primary Care Associates at 1067 Dixie Highway, and the Family Health Center at 2215 Portland Avenue. Join us for the Grand Opening on Monday, November 13th at 10:30 am  

Louisville Metro Government together with the Commission on Public Art is seeking submissions from emerging and professional poets for Love in the Street.  

Louisville residents can submit original poems for a chance to earn a $100 stipend and have their poem stamped into a city sidewalk on 4th Street.  

Love in the Street is a project by local poet and artist Lance Newman to curate a selection of poems by local poets and stamp them in a newly laid concrete sidewalk on 4th Street, between Chestnut and Broadway. The sidewalk stamps will be implemented through a public infrastructure project in 2018. 

Love in the Street poems will be place-based and adhere to a theme of "Love and Admiration." Poets are asked to consider the existence of love in their city. How did they first fall in love with the city of Louisville? Their answers will be poetic summarizations of the admiration they have for the city and the places that mean the most to them. Whether deeply abstract or satirically literal, Love in the Street supports the writing prowess of Louisville residents while simultaneously providing a collective public artwork built into the streetscape.

Love in the Street reminds our citizens and visitors alike that love is a universal concept and a love for the place where you live is inherent in our lives. The experience will remind us that artists living in our city can influence and affect compassion. Love in The Street inspires the writer within us all and fosters admiration for the poet and city alike. 

Love in the Street poems will be selected by Newman, working in collaboration with the Commission on Public Art and Louisville Metro Government. Up to 20 poems will be selected for the project.

Submission guidelines:

• You must be a resident of Louisville/Jefferson County. All residents of any age are eligible. Poems may be submitted by individual poets or a collaborative.  
• Each applicant is required to submit one poem. Up to three submissions is optional. Text and subject matter must be appropriate for the general public. Poems may be written in any language but an English translation is needed for review. Poems must be original work by the applicant.
• Poems cannot exceed 8 lines, 39 characters per line, including spaces.
• All entries are reviewed by the lead artist through a blind selection process.
• Up to 20 selected poets will receive a $100 stipend and installation of their poems in the sidewalk. Poets’ names will be credited on the city website, not in the sidewalk. Some selected poems may receive editing suggestions.
• The deadline for submissions is November 17.

For more information Click Here

Passport’s Health and Well-Being Campus and the Republic Bank Foundation YMCA present Community Conversation Chestnut Street Family YMCA - 930 W. Chestnut Street  Tuesday, November 28th - 5:30-7:30 pm  5:30 - Light meal served ** 5:45 -Presentation/discussion  6:45 - Community feedback and networking 

 You’re invited to a neighborhood meeting to discuss the progress of the new YMCA and the Passport Health Plan campus in West Louisville. Together, these projects create a health and well-being destination that brings community resources together at 18th and Broadway. We’ll review feedback from the June 1st neighborhood meeting, share how this input has shaped the projects, and continue gathering your input. Please join us! 

 Leaders from MSD and TARC will also be available to provide information on happenings that are bringing  additional programs and services to the surrounding neighborhood. Please join us to share your thoughts. 

 Free child care and homework help provided by the YMCA.  Please RSVP at: http://passportwellbeing.com or by calling: 502.585.7301

LIHEAP Early Registration

Louisville Metro Office of Resilience and Community Services' LIHEAP Program is a federally funded program that provides financial assistance to help low-income residents pay utility bills. The Subsidy component of LIHEAP will begin November 6, 2017.

Pre-registration opportunities for the Subsidy Program will be offered during October for those residents who are on a fixed income, and who are elderly (age 60 or over) or disabled receiving social security, SSI, pension or Black Lung benefits.

Click here for a downloadable flyer that you can share with eligible residents.

 Programs ramp up efforts to move properties from vacancy into productive use 

The Louisville Metro Vacant & Public Property Administration (VPPA) today announced three new programs  designed to more rapidly move vacant properties back into productive use. All eligible properties are owned by the Landbank Authority, a cooperative effort by the city of Louisville, Commonwealth of Kentucky and Jefferson County Public Schools (main taxing authorities) that acquires, manages and sells distressed and unimproved  properties to responsible property owners who can increase property values and stimulate the tax base. 

The three new programs are: 

Last Look

Because VPPA uses demolition as a last resort, the Last Look program strives to provide an opportunity for  buyers to rehab demolition candidates. All future demolition candidates will be a part of this 60-day program, which involves two phases — Save the Structure and Demo for Deed.  Throughout the first 30 days, a buyer may Save the Structure and acquire it by demonstrating proof of funds and committing to making exterior and structural renovations within 6 months and interior renovations within 18 months.  During the second 30 days, if no one has committed to rehabbing the structure, a buyer may Demo for Deed -- purchasing the property if they can show proof of funds to demolish the structure within 45 days. 

Cut It, Keep It 

This program allows a property owner to acquire a vacant lot for $500 if they agree to maintain it and pay property taxes for at least three years prior to selling it. The buyer may develop the lot themselves within three years, with approval. To be eligible to acquire a vacant Landbank lot through Cut It Keep It, the buyer must own an occupied structure on the same block as the vacant lot. Cut It, Keep It is designed to encourage neighborhood  redevelopment by incentivizing neighbors to play an active role in the revitalization of their block. 

New Flex Rate Policy

 This initiative is for buyers interested in purchasing a Landbank Authority-owned lot who have detailed plans to develop the lot but don’t yet have the money to complete the work. The goal of the program is to increase the pool of potential buyers by easing the prerequisites for eligibility. Previously, vacant lots were available for purchase only by buyers with proof of funds to complete the project and a construction timeline. Under the new program, properties will now be available for purchase by buyers with detailed development plans and an itemized budget for the project, even without proof of funds or a construction timeline. Purchase prices vary depending on lot size and proof of funds, ranging from $500 to the assessed value of the property. 

Buyers without proof of funds to complete the project will pay a slightly higher up-front cost for the property. The Landbank Authority has about 400 properties in its inventory, about 80 of which are structures.  

For more information on all the new programs and to view lists of lots and structures for sale,  please visit www.louisvilleky.gov/vacant.  

If you would like to purchase a Landbank Authority-owned vacant structure or lot, please call VPPA’s Real Estate Coordinators at 502-574-4200.