The biggest day of local giving returns on Thursday, September 12 when the Community Foundation of Louisville's Give For Good Louisville takes over our community.
This year nonprofits need your support more than ever! During this special 24-hour online giving day the Foundation encourages you to give generously to one or more of the 500+ participating nonprofits that make our community a great place to live, work, and play.
Be a part of this force for good and #GiveForGoodLou on September 12 between midnight and 11:59 PM at www.giveforgoodlouisville.org
|
  Plans are in the works to build Louisville's first tiny home community for homeless veterans.
The $300,000 plot of land in southwest Louisville was originally to be developed as single family homes. But Chris Thieneman decided to donate the property instead. Now that a location is secured, the goal is to look for investors, businesses and donors to get behind the project.
But before anything can be done, the project has to get zoning approval by city officials.
Click Here for more information about the use of the land - provided by WDRB.
 Louisville Girls Leadership is dedicated to the advocacy of young women through our annual program designed for outstanding 10th-grade girls. Established and lead by girls, it is modeled after Leadership Louisville with a series of sessions that give young women the opportunity to explore, discuss, and develop leadership skills.
All girls interested must apply through our online application process. We will accept a cohort of 40 applicants to the program, with at least one sophomore represented from each public and private high school in the county.
STUDENT APPLICATION (submission by the applicant required)
Please help us by sharing the link above and encouraging community members to apply to LGL. You can also submit a recommendation for an applicant by submitting her information to us via the link below.
SCHOOL + COMMUNITY RECOMMENDATION (optional “vote of confidence” you can submit on their behalf. Please encourage the applicant you have in mind to apply if you submit a recommendation for them)
All applications and recommendations are due by Friday, September 20th. You can review the attached letter for more information on this year's application process you or visit our website at www.LouisvilleGirlsLeadership.org. Please feel free to reach out to us with questions and please share this information with community members and colleagues that may be interested in the program!
TreesLouisville is a nonprofit organization focused on restoring urban tree canopy in Louisville. They are partnering with the Arbor Day Foundation to provide 1500 free trees to Louisville residents.
Louisville loses around 54,000 trees annually and this is one way we can help restore our depleted canopy.
To participate go to arborday.org/treeslouisville, type in your address, and choose your tree! Trees will either be shipped to your home or you can pick up a larger tree at one of our two events.
- Pickup events are scheduled for October 20, 12pm-4pm at Against the Grain Brewery, 401 E Main St, Louisville, KY 40202 or November 9, 10am-2pm at Americana Community Center 4801 Southside Dr, Louisville, KY 40214.
This is the second of four seasonal Community Canopy programs. Last winter 870 free trees were delivered to residents of Louisville and the goal is to provide more than 3,500 free trees over the next two years.
The following species are available: American Sycamore, Black Tupelo, Serviceberry, Redbud, Kentucky Coffeetree, Overcup Oak, Shadblow Serviceberry, Swamp White Oak, Sweetbay Magnolia, and Tulip Poplar.
|
VITA is now offering free tax preparation to help with the following questions/topics:
- 2018 Missed Deadline
- Prior Year Returns
- Amendments
- Tax Question
May 13th - October 16th
- Mondays: 9AM - 4PM (Edison Center)
- Tuesdays: 9AM - 4PM (Edison Center)
- Wednesday: 11AM - 7PM (Louisville Urban League)
Saturdays at the Edison Center will run from 9AM - 3PM on Oct. 5th
Edison Center - 701 W. Ormsby Ave, 2nd Floor
Louisville Urban League - 1535 W. Broadway
Call 502-574-5687 to book an appointment!
|
Below is a list of projects overseen by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet happening in Southwest Louisville.
US 31W (Dixie Highway) South:The right lane will be closed at Algonquin Parkway Lane (mile marker 17.0) for construction of a concrete bus pad.
US 31W (Dixie Highway): Crews on The New Dixie Highway Project are completing median construction on a critical, busy section of the roadway in the heart of Shively. The section between Herbert Avenue and Crums Lane, which includes Shively City Hall and the on-ramp to Interstate 264, will have all lanes open and in their final configuration on Monday.
The opening of all four lanes in this section will be a significant improvement for drivers. For the past six months, there has been only one southbound lane on this busy section of roadway – which carries an estimated 60,000 vehicles a day. For about a month, there has also only been one northbound lane on that section.
As with the rest of the project, the final surfacing and landscaping is slated for completion during the spring and summer of 2020.
Drivers should continue to stay alert to shifting work zones on Dixie Highway. In addition to the opening of lanes between Crums and Herbert, work crews will also be reopening lanes between Greenwood Road and Wells Drive as well as between Meyer Lane and Upper Hunters Trace.
Median work will shift to other locations, causing new lane closures between Gagel Avenue and Kendall Road. The existing lane closure between Blanton Lane and Meyer Lane will remain in place as work continues.
By installing medians, The New Dixie Highway Project is restricting mid-block left turns – and guiding drivers to turn at signalized intersections or designated U-turn points. Installing medians is both the most transformative part of The New Dixie Highway project – but also the most dangerous for workers because they will be working in the middle of the roadway with traffic on both sides. Video about the medians and about the use of U-turns on Dixie Highway are available on YouTube.
Log on to goky.ky.gov for the latest in statewide traffic and travel information in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
 |
|
Click Here! to take the short survey provided by the The New Dixie Highway to give your input on some improvements to Dixie! |
Rapid bus stations soon to be installed
Soon, you’ll see construction crews working on new bus stations. These “RAPID” stations are a visible sign of things to come – the region’s first Bus Rapid Transit system.
Linking the Gene Snyder to downtown, the RAPID will provide TARC customers improved access along the new Dixie Highway. The new RAPID bus line will offer faster service, with fewer stops. It will also provide more comfortable stations, which will be used by the RAPID and regular bus routes.
All lanes now open on vital section of Dixie Highway
Crews on The New Dixie Highway Project have completed median construction on a critical, busy section of the roadway in the heart of Shively. The section between Herbert Avenue and Crums Lane, which links Shively City Hall and the on-ramp to I-264, opened earlier this month.
The opening of all four lanes in this section will be a significant improvement for drivers. For the past six months, there has been only one southbound lane on this busy section of roadway – which carries an estimated 60,000 vehicles a day. For about a month, there has also only been one northbound lane on that section. Work crews also reopened lanes between Greenwood Road and Wells Drive as well as between Meyer Lane and Upper Hunters Trace.
The New Dixie Highway Project broke ground in December of 2017, and all the major components will be complete in December 2019. Final surfacing and landscaping is slated for completion during the spring and summer of 2020.
|
|
