The “Daughters of Greatness” breakfast series features prominent women engaged in social philanthropy, activism, and pursuits of justice. The stories and reflections they share are motivational to some people, transformative to others, and inspirational to all. The Daughters of Greatness series provides a place for dialogue and discussion on current issues of justice, community engagement, and social movements within the Louisville area and beyond. January 2018 Daughter of Greatness speaker was Jamillah Ali Joyce, daughter of Muhammad Ali.

Muhammad Ali’s twin daughters Jamillah and Rasheda with Uncle Rahman.

 Logan Street Market will be a year-round farmers market, set to anchor a new mixed-use development plan in the former Axton Candy & Tobacco Co. building at Logan and East Kentucky streets in the Shelby Park area. Mike and Medora Safai, owners of Safai Coffee Co., are planning to allocate roughly 20,000 square feet of space for the year-round farmers market, which would be stocked with produce, meat, cheese and fish vendors as well as prepared food stations and a beer garden,  In addition to the farmers market, there are  plans to add a microbrewery and a coffee roastery and possible coffee bar inside the roughly 51,000-square-foot building, both of which would be operated by the Safais. The project also calls for a roughly 3,000-square-foot event space that would have seating and a stage for different types of productions. Welcome Logan Street Market!

The Center for Women and Families, pays tribute to five Women of Distinction who have spent their time and talents advocating for women and girls in Kentuckiana at their Annual Celebration of Service & Survival. Since 1988, this annual celebration has honored more than 100 Women of Distinction as a way of supporting the mission to provide survivors of intimate partner violence and sexual assault opportunities to transform their lives, and as a result, the lives of their families and communities.
Carolle Jones Clay and Cathe Dykstra at Breakfast honoring the Center for Women & Families' 2018 Women of Distinction.

The 2018 Women of Distinction honorees are: Sophie Maier, Kathryn Kennedy Wallace, Cathe Dykstra, Councilwoman Barbara Sexton Smith and Sally Wilson Erny. 

The women of Dismas Charities building great lives - Together! Many thanks to Phyllis FitzGerald for bringing life skills and much needed training to these women and their families.

One year after Louisville and cities around the world held their first Women's Marches, rallying for women's empowerment, the crowd came out once again, this time with a message of unity, bringing together many causes, including racial equality, education, LGBT rights, immigration, gender equality and healthcare, to work and fight together.

The Home of the Innocents launched a new program to help foster kids get the help they need sooner.

This beautiful mural project was created by the children at the Home of the Innocents with an artist thanks to help from the Fund for the Arts. The Red Door of Opportunity.

Eulalia Fee has served the children at the Home of the Innocents for more than 25 years. Thank you!

The LMAS shelter is in need of blankets! We'll accept all blankets, but FLEECE is the best. Many stores have them on sale for $2.50-5. Used blankets should be WASHED before being donated, please.
The shelters is located at 3705 Manslick Rd or you may also drop them at Animal House at 3516 Newburg Road. Donations can be dropped off from 12-6pm Monday-Friday.
We thank you in advance for helping our shelter care for Louisville's homeless pets!!!!

Meet your legislators at the Louisville Free Public Libraries in 2018. The purpose of Café LOUIE is to provide constituents and their elected representatives a chance to engage and “get-to-know” each other in an informal setting. 
From 9:00 am to 10:00 am each Saturday morning from January 20 through April 7, participants are offered refreshments and conversation.  Elected officials will be given a brief time for prepared remarks and to answer a few pre-selected questions submitted by attendees.  The focus of these meetings is engagement through personal conversations.

Mark your calendars and join Councilwoman Barbara Sexton Smith:

Saturday, January 27- Portland, 3305 Northwestern Pkwy
Saturday, February 3 – The Main Library,  301 York St

Saturday, March 17- Western Library,  604 S 10th St.

For a complete listing of Café LOUIE events, please click here.

Make your voice heard as Russell transforms, and be entered into a drawing for one of 75, $100 prizes!

Be on the lookout for a survey that is being mailed to property owners and individuals/businesses that own/operate businesses within the Russell neighborhood. The survey is designed to gather feedback and help prioritize the work of the Vision Russell team.

 
The Vision Russell team will use the results to focus their transformation efforts, working to make the neighborhood more attractive for existing investors and more enticing to future investors.  

 For more information about the survey please visit www.visionrussell.org

West Louisville Math and Science Project-Volunteer Tutors Needed

The Western Branch Library is searching for volunteers who are willing to help tutor students in math. There have been several requests from students attending Central High School and other West Louisville schools for additional help with math and science. If you are interested or know someone who might be able to assist, please visit www.lfpl.org/form/volunteer-form.php

Louisville Youth Voices Against Violence Fellowship-Apply Now!

Youth from West Louisville (Algonquin, California, Chickasaw, Park Duvalle, Park Hill, Parkland, Portland, Russell, or Shawnee neighborhood) between the ages of 16 and 24 are eligible to participate in our Fellowship program. The youth will work (and be paid for) 20 hours a week and be engaged in sessions that will be beneficial to their cultural identity, professionalism, and leadership development. They will be engaged in designing and implementing our social norming campaign which seeks to influence the social context of youth in Louisville. The youth will also participate in dialogue and sessions around difficult issues such as racial and social justice to raise their critical consciousness and become social agents of change in the community. If you or any interested youth would like to apply or have any questions, feel free to email ophp@louisville.edu or call (502) 852-2399.

 Used Computer Donation Drive

Saturday, January 27th 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

South Central Regional Library, 7300 Jefferson Boulevard

Don’t let your old computers collect dust – donate them! Louisville Metro Government, Louisville Metro Housing Authority and Louisville Free Public Library will be hosting a used computer drive and Fern Creek High School computer science students will refurbish the computers as part of their school curriculum. Refurbished computers will be distributed to families in need, including public housing residents. For more information please contact Edward.blayney@louisvilleky.gov

The Russell Homeownership Incentive  Program is an excellent way to move into a neighborhood rich with history and a wonderful housing stock. Louisville Metro Government (LMG) is placing a priority on  incentivizing homeownership in an effort to further  stabilize the Russell neighborhood. 

 Criteria: 

• Committed to keeping the home as your primary residence for five years. 
• Excited about making up to $24,999 in qualified improvements to your home. 
• Willing to complete homeownership counseling, if a first-time homebuyer.  
• Willing to conduct a lead inspection on the property if it was built prior to 1978.  

For more information, please contact Donnie Adkins at (502) 574-8020.

 “Am I Eligible” invites individuals to complete a brief online survey to determine which RCS programs and services are available to them. 

This tool is featured on the RCS homepage at https://louisvilleky.gov/government/resilience-and-community-services or can be accessed at https://amieligible.louisvilleky.gov/.  Survey participants are asked to answer questions related to household size and monthly income; whether or not there are children present in the household; is there a disability; as well as what programs are of interest.

Based on the answers to the questions, participants receive a customized list of programs and services for which they may be eligible including educational scholarships, housing and financial assistance, help starting a microbusiness, assistance with budgeting or opening a bank account, and more.

 “Am I Eligible” can be completed anonymously or participants have the option of submitting their name, contact information as well as selecting a Neighborhood Place most convenient for them.  An RCS staff member assigned to the designated Neighborhood Place will then contact the participant by phone or email for further follow-up.

There are eight Neighborhood Place sites at the following locations:

• Bridges of Hope, 1411 Algonquin Pkwy., 40210
• Charmoli, 200 Juneau Dr., 40243
• First Neighborhood Place, 1503 Rangeland Rd.,, 40216
• Greater Cane Run Area, 3410 Lees Lane, 40210
• NorthWest, 4018 W. Market St., 40212
• South Central, 4255 Hazelwood Ave., 40215
• South Jefferson Fairdale, 1000 Neighborhood Pl., Fairdale, KY 40118
• Ujima, 3610 Bohne Ave., 40211

City's External Agency Fund Applications Open

Grants available to social services and arts and creative industry organizations

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Jan. 5, 2018) - Louisville Metro Government will begin accepting applications for External Agency Fund grants Saturday, January 6, 2018 at 8 a.m. for the service period of FY19 (July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019). These General Fund grants are awarded to non-profit, non-governmental, or "external”, agencies that contribute to the city's cultural, social and economic vitality. 

All agencies wishing to submit an application are required to have at least one representative participate in a mandatory application orientation.  The mandatory orientation is available on the External Agency Fund (EAF) website at https://louisvilleky.gov/government/external-agency-fund, and will provide information about the deadlines, how to access the application and general information about the application.

The grants are available for Social Services programs, administered by the Louisville Metro Office of Resilience and Community Services (RCS), and for Arts and Creative Industries programs, administered by the Louisville Metro Department of Economic Development. The External Agency Fund grants are awarded annually to non-profit organizations offering programs or services in Louisville/Jefferson County that align with the Mayor's and departments' strategic goals.

Applications will be reviewed by two External Agency Fund panels, which include Metro Council members and community members. Recommendations will be included in Mayor Fischer’s Recommended FY19 Metro budget, available in late spring.

For the Social Services funding program, qualified non-profits committed to providing services that achieve meaningful outcomes for Louisville citizens in the following key areas are encouraged to apply:

• Decreasing homelessness
• Increasing household financial stability
• Increasing youth, teen, and/or young adult engagement in quality programming; or
• Increasing access to services and resources for a targeted population.

For the Arts and Creative Industries funding program, non-profits committed to providing arts and cultural attractions and opportunities to the Louisville community are encouraged to apply. Eligible arts and creative industries organizations should demonstrate how a program supports the following primary focus areas of Mayor Fischer's Strategic Plan:

• Economic development initiatives related to arts and creative industries
• Creative place making and arts-based programs in neighborhoods that have experienced disinvestment
• Opportunities for citizens to access and engage with visual, performing and other arts experiences 

Louisville Metro Government employs a competitive granting strategy and strives to award funding to agencies that demonstrate measurable positive impact in the community and are good stewards of taxpayer dollars. Successful grantees will be required to report their success in meeting goals and outcomes.

The deadline to submit an application is Friday, February 9, 2018 by 5 p.m.

For more information about EAF, and to access the application orientation, visit https://louisvilleky.gov/government/external-agency-fund. Please submit all questions to EAF@louisvilleky.gov.  

Public Health and Wellness Offering Free Class Series to Prevent Diabetes

The Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness will sponsor a free 16-week class series, PreventT2, to help people prevent or delay the onset of Type 2 diabetes.

 Classes begin on Friday, January 19 at 11:30 a.m. and will be held for one hour each Friday at the South Louisville Community Center at 2911 Taylor Boulevard from January 19 until May 4. For more information or to enroll, call (502) 574-6663 or email andrea.doughty@louisvilleky.gov.

 PreventT2 is designed to help people with prediabetes make relatively small lifestyle changes that can prevent or delay the onset of full-blown Type 2 diabetes and its devastating health consequences such as heart disease, kidney failure, stroke and blindness. It is estimated that one out three people in the United States has prediabetes and ninety percent of them don’t know they have it.

Those most at risk for prediabetes include those who:

• are age 45 or older
• are overweight
• have a family history of Type 2 diabetes
• get little physical activity
• have had gestational diabetes
• have given birth to a baby who weighed more than 9 pounds.

If you fall into even one of these categories, you should seriously consider taking this course.

 PreventT2 participants will work with trained lifestyle coaches on activities proven to help lose weight, eat more nutritiously and become more physically active. PreventT2 groups meet for a year, weekly for the first 6 months and then once or twice a month for the next six months to maintain healthy lifestyle changes.

PreventT2 is part of the CDC’s (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) National Diabetes Prevention Program. Public Health and Wellness has partnered with the Kentuckiana Regional Planning & Development Agency (KIPDA) to offer the course in Louisville.

Notice of Application for Demolition Permit of Historic Structure      

 The Office of Planning Permitting and Design--Construction Review has received a demolition permit application for the property listed below:

 Subject Property:  2219 Congress

Case Number:    WR1045945

 The above reference property is listed or potentially eligible for listing in The National Register of Historic Places.

Per LMCO (150.110), the requested demolition permit can be issued on the following date:

2/3/18

For additional information regarding this application visit the website: https://louisvilleky.gov/government/construction-review 

or contact Mike Beard, Plan Review Supervisor at 574-3321 or

Cynthia Johnson, Metro Historic Preservation Officer at 574-2868.

Louisville Metro Develop Louisville, Office of Planning Permitting and Design--Construction Review

444 S. Fifth Street, Suite 100, Louisville, Kentucky 40202-4313