West Louisville welcomes Passport Health and Well-Being as we broke ground together in District 4! We celebrate all the women working to make this dream come true.

Theresa Bridgewater is a true champion for staying the course to get the job done. Thank you!

Verne Goatley can always be found bringing folks together to build up West Louisville. Thank you!

Mark Carter, CEO of Passport Health with Kevin Fields, CEO of Louisville Central Community Center working together to build up West Louisville.
 
Ms. Elmer Lucille Allen with Park Varga, CEO of Brown-Forman.
 
Tierra Kavanaugh (Turner) Wayne, CEO of TKT & Associates providing diversity, inclusion, talent fulfillment and managed services. We salute you!

Lamont Anthony from Cedars of Mount Lebanon celebrating the Groundbreaking for Passport Health and Well-Being at18th and Broadway.

Barry Barker of TARC along with Ellen Hesen are all smiles as we broke ground together in West Louisville.

We’re ready to build that building. Ready, set, go! 

Jackie Floyd and Ebonique Burns with Mayor Fischer and Ebonique’s mom.

Maria Gratz of Weyland Ventures, David Snyder of New Directions Housing Corporation  and Evon Smith, CEO of OneWest are on hand to witness history.
 
LCCC Kids Art Academy performed their version of a Stevie Wonder song with lyrics about Passport Health and Well-Being.

Passport also unveiled the “Faces of Passport” mosaic that was created out of more than 1,500 selfies that were posted on social media. The mosaic – which uses an iconic portrait from Legendary Louisville photographer Bud Dorsey– will hang in the lobby of the new headquarters building once construction is complete for all to view. Until then, it will be displayed for viewing at the current Passport offices. A high-resolution version of the mosaic can be viewed online at http://bit.ly/2tIBwng.

Squallis Puppeteers and Margaret Harris with
Captain Ronel Brown.
 
Keith Anderson proudly displays his work of art for this year’s Derby Woodford Reserve collector version.
 
Richard Sullivan is an artist and former professional baseball player with the Atlanta Braves. Born and raised in Louisville, KY, he studied at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) where he received a BFA in Illustration. Proud graduate of Ballard High School unveils his portrait of Cassius Clay - young Muhammad Ali.
 
Clarence Yancey receives 2018. Volunteer of the Year Award at Community Connections Breakfast. Congratulations!

Love City founders Shawn and Inga Arvin were living in the Crescent Hill neighborhood of Louisville when they had a tug on their hearts to move to the Portland Neighborhood. When they made an offer to buy a house. The owner agreed to sell on the condition the Arvin's would also buy the Mackin Center Gym. They said yes!

Lucille Leggett , 99, a retired teacher from Jefferson County Public Schools, served 10 years as the Russell Block Watch Captain for Division 1 of the Louisville Metro Police Department and volunteered for 15 different mayoral campaigns and helped a number of other officials get elected in Louisville over a 60-year period. She works with Operation Brightside to fight blight in Louisville and is an active member of the American Garden Association. She was honored in the 1990's with the National Peace Pole for her work with the Russell Community Garden, the first community garden planted in West Louisville. Leggett continues to mentor youth, has served as an active member of the NAACP and most recently played an active role in reopening the Parkland Boys and Girls Club. Leggett said she's always danced to her own beat. She doesn't have a magic formula to explain her impressive mental and physical shape, but she has a pretty good idea of what sets her apart. Her life is full of people and she's always doing something, talking to someone.

Miss Lucille is a spring 2017 graduate of Center for Neighborhoods Neighborhood Institute. She once said, “There are a lot of neighborhoods in Louisville, and they have lots of folks in them. When they all come together, with churches and businesses and everybody helping out, they join with the mayor and the Metro Council to make this city work. It’s like putting a puzzle together or a patchwork quilt: If one piece is missing, it’s not complete. That’s what being a neighbor is: making (your) neighborhood, and the city, complete.”

March 24, 2018 will mark the second year of Bock Beer celebrations in the city of Louisville.  NuLu is home to two coincidentally named alleys- Nanny Goat Strut and Billy Goat Strut, thus making it a fitting place for the Bock Beer Fest!  Join us as we drink locally brewed blessed bock beers, and as we enjoy safe and fun racing of the goats on Market Street.  The 2018 NuLu Bock Fest will be a day full of great traditions, beer and fun!  Don't forget, all goat costumes, and fashions will be encouraged.

Reporting potholes is easier than ever! Keeping our roads and community pristine is an important issue to everyone in the area. Follow any of the three simple methods listed below when you see a pothole and Public Works will respond as soon as they can in order to fill them.

·  Click here to use our easy online form.

·  Use Twitter by including the hashtag #502pothole and the location of the hole in any tweet.

·  Call MetroCall 311 or 574-5000 to report potholes or any other issues. You may also email them at metro.call@louisvilleky.gov         

Councilwoman Sexton Smith is participating in the discounted recycle cart program with Solid Waste. District 4 residents benefit! The 95-gallon and 65-gallon recycling carts are available for District 4 residents for only $25 -- this is a 50% discount off the cost. To order your recycle cart call Solid Waste Management (SWMS) at 574-3571 or download the form here:
 https://louisvilleky.gov/sites/default/files/public_works/pdf_files/3-8-17_garbageandrecyclingcart_recyclingbin_95-65.pdf  

Then mail in the completed form and $25 to SWMS at: 

Louisville Metro Solid Waste Management

Attn: Collection Division

600 Meriwether Avenue

Louisville, KY 40217-1146

While we take stock, contact insurance agents and assess the damage from a week of record-breaking floods, we need to look forward and be clear about the steps everyone must take to protect the region we love from rising water.  

The proposed MSD critical repair and reinvestment plan to improve Louisville’s aging wastewater, stormwater and flood protection systems is more than critical to the future economic growth of our city. It is vital to the public safety and well-being of our citizens.

This fact was recognized last year when Mayor Greg Fischer and several members of Metro Council put forward a plan to fund needed repairs to our city’s sewer system. Continuing to ignore the potential impact of this issue is actively putting the lives of Louisvillians at risk and simultaneously eroding the ability of Louisville to become a world-class city. Our organizations have supported this plan for more than a year and this past week’s weather underscores why Metro Council must act immediately.

Much of Louisville’s infrastructure was constructed in the mid-1800s, around the time of the Civil War. Louisville residents and businesses are affected when century-old sewers inevitably fail – such as the Aug. 30, 2017, collapse at East Main and Hancock streets that was due to a failure of a 102-inch concrete sewer pipe installed in 1948. This segment of pipeline carried 35 to 40 million gallons of wastewater per day, which is approximately one-third of the flow in Louisville Metro. 

Fortunately, no one was injured in this incident, but the cave-in resulted in more than six weeks’ worth of work, street closures and neighborhood disruption. MSD has previously reported that it is averaging nine cave-ins per month. Serious failures are occurring at an increasingly rapid pace.

Clearly, Louisville’s aging system of pipes, pumps, treatment plants and floodgates is in urgent need of repair. Additionally, rainfall totals that once could be managed by the system now overwhelm it. This risk is heightened by an increased frequency of intense and extreme storms. 

Louisville’s population growth, from 68,000 at the time of construction of our current infrastructure to more than 780,000 today, demands immediate attention to the crisis we are facing. As we continue to grow and develop into a world-class region, we must outline and fund a long-term plan for rebuilding MSD infrastructure.

Without a stable and strong infrastructure, the region’s public safety, real estate investments and ability to grow and compete economically are at constant risk. 

MSD leadership and its board have worked the past year to educate the community on the need for a significant investment in our aging stormwater, wastewater and flood control infrastructure. We need the full Metro Council to rally behind the mayor and Metro Council members currently supporting this plan and invest in our city’s out-of-date infrastructure. 

It is clear that our community’s antiquated infrastructure endangers the safety, health and livability of our entire community. With cave-ins happening at a rapidly increasing pace, the magnitude of risk to public well-being and economic growth is too great to ignore.  

The time has come to bring MSD’s infrastructure into the 21st century. 

Pat Durham, Building Industry Association of Greater Louisville executive vice president

Ashley Haury, Mortgage Bankers Association of Louisville president

Kent Oyler, Greater Louisville Inc. president and CEO

Lisa Stephenson, Greater Louisville Association of Realtors CEO      

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.

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:

  120 S. Floyd St.

Case Number:    WR1051347

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:

3/29/18

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