While we anxiously await the fifty or so trees to be planted soon along Frankfort Avenue, here’s a reminder that it’s a good time for you to plant trees, too - and that a rebate is available from the non-profit organization Trees Louisville.
While many of us typically imagine springtime when thinking about tree planting, cold weather months are actually a great time to get a new tree in the ground! Planting a tree while it's dormant will give it the opportunity to establish in its new home before leafing out when spring rolls around.
If you're thinking about planting a tree at home, now's the perfect time to do it. Make sure to take advantage of Trees Louisville’s Shade Tree Rebate Program -- you'll save money and help our tree canopy!
Visit treeslouisville.org/rebate for eligibility requirements and to learn more.
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.
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The Coalition for the Homeless, in partnership with Centerstone, has scheduled the 2019 Homeless Street Count for Thursday, January 31, from 4:00 a.m. – 6:00 a.m. Conducted each year in January, the goal of the Street Count is to verify the number of people sleeping outdoors in Metro Louisville. This year’s Street Count will also include the number of people staying at the recently opened low-barrier shelter located at Wayside Christian Mission. The Coalition and its partnering homeless service providers rely heavily on volunteers for this effort and will need hundreds of people to help conduct the count again this year.
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Anyone interested in participating can sign up at www.louhomeless.org. All volunteers will need to attend a mandatory training session on Wednesday, January 30, from 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at Hotel Louisville, located at 120 West Broadway. They will then meet at Hotel Louisville just before 4:00 a.m. on the morning of January 31 to break out into teams and conduct the survey. After searching known homeless locations all over the county, volunteers are invited back to Hotel Louisville for a warm breakfast, provided by Aetna.
Over 300 people have already signed up to participate this year and I will again be joining them. For more information, visit www.louhomeless.org or call (502) 636-9550.
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Dr. Erica Dunbar, author of Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave Ona Judge, will be in Louisville on February 7. There are two events in D9.
Session 1 is a “Chat With the Author” from 11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. on February 7 at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 330 North Hubbards Lane. The lunchtime event will be a conversation with the author as well as with Speed Stodghill and the Rev. Whit Stodghill about what it is like for white people to become conscious of their family’s historical connections to slavery. Tickets for this lecture are free. However, you can purchase lunch in advance for $15. Lunch will be provided by Tazki’s Mediterranean, buffet-style with beef, chicken and vegetarian options.
Session 2 is a “Conversation with the Author” from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Crescent Hill Baptist Church, 2800 Frankfort Avenue.
Both events are free and open to the public but registrations are required. You can register for the luncheon by clicking here and for the evening conversation by clicking here.
My office is partnering with the Louisville Asset Building Coalition (LABC) to provide FREE tax preparation services again in 2019. The service is FREE if you earned $64,000 Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) or less in 2018 or if you qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Call the appointment line today to see if you qualify and make your appointment! Appointments are available every Friday beginning February 1 through the end of tax season between 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at United Crescent Hill Ministries, 150 S. State Street, in Clifton. Please call the appointment line at 502-305-0005 to make an appointment or visit https://louisvillekyvita.cascheduler.com and please share this with anyone you think may be eligible. You may also call the D9 office at 574-3908. Click here to view brochure.
Do you instead file your own taxes? Through the LABC website there are two options to self-file online. The “Turbo Tax Freedom Edition” is available if you have $33,000 or less in income. The software has a well-designed interview process that guides you through the process of making decisions about your filing status, inputting your income and making decisions about deductions and tax credits for which you may qualify. The other option is “My Free Taxes”, which is available if you make $64,000 or less. This program is developed by H&R Block and uses an interview process. Please visit, http://labcservices.org/index.php/free-tax-filing-at-labc-services, for more information.
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There’s a new resource for Clifton residents and it’s worth a look. The Clifton Digital Archives (CDA) have been a long-term goal for past Clifton Community Council (CCC) boards, some current board members, and other neighborhood leaders. The effort to make it happen took the past two years. There are over 7,000 individual records (documents, photos, maps) on Clifton history, the CCC, individual streets and addresses (where land use and preservation cases will be found), the local preservation district, and general topics. CCC also added a recordings folder, which is lightly populated at the moment, with the intent of providing easier access to the visually impaired community. Do check out the recordings of historic articles on ladies of the night, the Clifton boy gang, the bear, and mysterious grave sites near the "Blind Asylum."
The CDA content came from records of Pam Vetter, past CCC board members, City of Louisville and Louisville Metro records, U of L archives, and archived newspaper articles. There's also a search feature for the entire archive that requires a simple guest log-in (instructions provided). Some of the individual records are also text-searchable.
Thanks to Leslie Barras for her work in creating the archive and Kevin McAdams, the current site administrator.
The Clifton Digital Archives can be found at http://bit.ly/CCCArchive.
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For basic details for all of below case/s please visit http://www.louisvilleky.gov/PlanningDesign/. Click on “Search Case Information” link on the left navigation bar. Then select the “home” tab and select the type of case and enter the above case number.
You can also click on the image below to go to the application page, although the page may be slow to load.
For specific case information please call or email the listed case manager. If you have any questions please contact Planning & Design directly at 574-6230.
   
When a business applies for an ABC license, it must follow a certain procedure with Louisville Metro. A summary of that process to approval or denial is below.
A business submits a complete State ABC application to Louisville Metro along with the application fees and required documentation. Then the applicant contacts Planning & Design for a zoning confirmation. Then the Revenue Commission reviews to ensure all delinquent taxes to Louisville Metro have been paid. Every ABC applicant must obtain a health certificate from the Health Department. Then the applicant must advertise their intent for a license in the Courier-Journal. (The D9 office posts these notifications for D9 locations in our weekly eNews.) Finally, if all other steps have been completed, the applicant can send to the State ABC office.
While Louisville’s Director of Codes & Regulations can initially approve or deny a license application, these decisions can be appealed to the State ABC board. In several recent cases in D9, local denials of 4:00 a.m. license applications have been reversed in Frankfort.
The State ABC office is where residents, businesses and other interested parties can send a letter objecting to the license application. The address is Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 1003 Twilight Trail, Frankfort, KY 40601. The public comment period is thirty (30) days from the notice in the Courier-Journal.
To view active permits on a map, you can click here. You can also sign up for electronic alerts for District 9 ABC Notifications. Please click here and enter your email address.
Below are some Ninth District calendar events! To view a full listing of events please visit the District 9 Blog at http://district9news.wordpress.com/. If you would like to submit events to be considered for the blog calendar please email Kyle Ethridge or call 574-1109.
Thursday, January 24: Carmichael's Bookstore, 2720 Frankfort Avenue, to host Chris McGreal at 7:00 p.m. McGreal is the author of American Overdose The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts. Questions, please contact the store at 896-6950.
Saturday, January 26: St. Matthews Community Center, 310 Ten Pin Lane, will host Cafe LOUIE at 9:00 a.m. Join us to meet your local legislators! Legislators include state representatives and senators along with Metro Council and suburban city elected officials.
Tuesday, January 29: Curious about being a foster parent? Plan to attend a free informational meeting from 10:00 a.m. - Noon at Vint Coffee Shop, 2309 Frankfort Avenue. If you would like additional information, please call Virginia at 813-8280 or email cornettv@safy.org.
Tuesday, January 29: Crescent Hill Library, 2762 Frankfort Avenue, will host eBay for beginners at 2:00 p.m. Questions, please call the branch at 574-1793.
Wednesday, January 30: Crescent Hill Library, 2762 Frankfort Avenue, will host Booked for Lunch Book Discussion at 1:00 p.m. Plan to discuss, The Dry by Jane Harper. A small town hides big secrets in The Dry, an atmospheric, page-turning debut mystery by award-winning author Jane Harper. After getting a note demanding his presence, Federal Agent Aaron Falk arrives in his hometown for the first time in decades to attend the funeral of his best friend, Luke. Books Available at Branch Circulation Desk. Questions, please call the branch at 574-1793.
Wednesday, January 30: United Crescent Hill Ministries (UCHM) to host Lunch & Learn from Noon to 1:00 p.m. at UCHM, 150 S. State Street. Learn the history of UCHM, programs that are offered and how to get involved. Lunch will be served during the presentation. Please RSVP to Regan Kincaid at rkincaid@uchmlouky.org or call 893-0346.
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