 As you know, September 23, 2020 marked the beginning of the last 100 days of 2020. Join many others and me to build up our city a little bit each day between now and 2021. Let's make every day count. Use your imagination! Become a Give Every Day Champion!
November 12 marked the halfway point with thousands of action items to celebrate.
Watch these two quick media reports celebrating day number 50!
Click HERE to see 100 ideas and links to many organizations for you to consider helping. This link also measures the community's progress every day.
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Get connected while social distancing in Paristown Pointe when ice skating opens the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
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There’s something for everyone to do as we make every day count in 2020. We have 49 days to go - together.
Make someone happy!
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Click HERE to see ideas for ways you can help your community and become a Give Every Day Champion as we finish out 2020 together.
Goal: 100,000 Smiles. Post and share your smile and as many others as you can find. It makes us all feel better! #GiveEveryDayLouisville
Be sure to like and follow the Louisville Metro District 4 Facebook page for lots of fun pictures and updates. Get Connected!
Post a picture of your Give Every Day action on Facebook with the hashtag #GiveEveryDayLouisville for a chance to be featured on our page!
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Ticket sales for the 2020 Neighborhood Summit are underway. This year's summit will be completely virtual and will take place on Saturday, November 14, beginning at 9 am.
The summit, sponsored by the Center for Neighborhoods, is a day-long conference that showcases community building success stories and celebrates neighborhood development across the Louisville community. Through interactive workshops, engaging keynote speakers, a regional vendor fair, and networking breakouts, Neighborhood Summit attendees learn about community achievements, make valuable connections, and come away inspired. The keynote speaker this year will be Jim King, the President of Fahe – a nationally recognized organization membership of 50+ community-based organizations serving Appalachia.
Click here to register or visit the Center’s website www.centerforneighborhoods.org/neighborhood-summit for more information. Registration is $10 but, as in the past, scholarships are available to those who need it. Please contact the Center at (502) 589-0343 to know more about how to receive a scholarship
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As part of the Russell/Beecher Terrace Choice Neighborhoods Implementation grant, Louisville Metro Housing Authority and the Louisville Metro Government will recreate or enhance significant recreational amenities on and near Beecher Terrace. These include:
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Replacing Old Walnut Street Park;
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Preserving the historic Baxter Community Center building;
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Improving Baxter Square Park; and
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Providing new recreational activities
Since we are currently unable to hold in-person design workshops because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the planning team has developed a survey to help better understand what uses members of the community would like to see at the new Beecher Terrace.
The survey will be open until November 16, 2020.
To learn more about this project and/or to take the survey, please visit https://www.engagetheteam.com/BeecherTerrace.
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The last Pop-Up Drop-Off event of 2020 will be at the University of Louisville's Shelby Campus, 440 N Whittington Parkway on Saturday, November 21, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
These waste and recycling drop-off events happen around the county giving Louisville residents a chance to dispose of old furniture, mattresses, yard waste, tires, documents, prescription medication, and more! Check our website for more information www.louisvilleky.gov/PopUps.
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Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) meal sites will undergo several scheduling changes in November in observance of holidays:
- The new evening pick-up time will be 3 - 5 p.m. instead of 4 - 6 p.m. at the eight sites currently offering evening meal distribution:
- Butler Traditional High School
- Carrithers Middle School
- Eastern High School
- Greathouse Shryock Traditional Elementary School
- Male High School
- Seneca High School
- Valley High School
- Westport Middle School
- Roosevelt-Perry Elementary School will resume evening pick up on Tuesday, Nov. 10.
- Farnsley Elementary School will no longer offer evening meals.
On Thursday, Nov. 19, JCPS Nutritional Services will distribute a special Thanksgiving meal and on Tuesday, Nov. 24, families will receive five of each meal for every child to cover them for the holiday break.
Since Sept. 1, the 130 meal sites at schools across the district have served an average of 16,800 children each Tuesday and Thursday. The number of children served has steadily increased each week.
Click here for a list of schools distributing meals from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday.
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 Complete this online form to enroll
or call (502) 276-9711 ext. 4001.
 Click HERE to register and HERE to hear from program graduates
 411 W. Chestnut Street: Quota Retail Liquor by the Package, NQ Retail Malt Beverage by the Package, and Caterer's license(s) The ad ran in The Courier Journal Friday, October 9, 2020.
 944 Brent Street - Case No. 20-VARIANCE-0088 - VARIANCE to allow a principal structure to encroach into the required side yard setback on an infill lot and a private yard area to be less than the required 20% of the area of a lot.
912 East Jefferson Street - Case No. 20-VARIANCE-0146 - VARIANCE for a new single-family residential structure to encroach into the side yard setbacks.
317 South Wenzel Street - Case No. 20-VARIANCE-0145 - VARIANCE for a new single-family residential structure to encroach into the side yard setback.
930 E. Jefferson Street - Case No. 20-VARIANCE-0144 - VARIANCE for a new single-family residential structure to encroach into the side yard setbacks.
934 E. Jefferson Street - Case No. 20-VARIANCE-0143 - VARIANCE for a new single-family residential structure to encroach into the side yard setbacks.
1001 E. Liberty Street - Case No. 20-VARIANCE-0142 - VARIANCE for a new single-family residential structure to encroach into the side yard setback.
718 Camp Street - Case No. 20-VARIANCE-0131 - VARIANCE for a second story addition to an existing structure to encroach into the side yard setback.
As Kentucky families continue to battle COVID-19 and Thanksgiving and Christmas draw near, Governor Andy Beshear is warning families to watch out for scammers who try to take advantage of generous Kentuckians.
The Governor is taking action to help protect Team Kentucky by publishing a Charitable Giving Guide that advises how to verify legitimate charities and avoid charity scams, which can increase during the Christmas season and as the tax season draws to an end.
To sign up for alerts from the Governor’s office visit, https://governor.ky.gov.
For more information about charity scams, or to report charity fraud, call 1-888-432-9257, or visit https://secure.kentucky.gov/formservices/AttorneyGeneral/ScamReport
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Help is available for people who need assistance with utility bills. Louisville Metro Office of Resilience and Community Services is accepting applications for the annual Subsidy Component of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) now through December 11, 2020, or until funds are depleted.
The Subsidy Component is designed to help low-income residents offset home heating costs based on a household’s income and primary fuel type, providing a one-time payment to the utility vendor. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, income eligibility has been increased to 150 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines.
Appointments are also being accepted for the new Healthy at Home Utility Assistance Fund designed to assist people in danger of losing their natural gas, water, wastewater, or electricity. Households who have an income up to 200% of the Federal Poverty Line and have been economically impacted due to COVID-19 can apply. Households can receive assistance for the minimum needed to alleviate the water and wastewater crisis up to $500. Households can reapply until they reach the maximum benefit.
Jefferson County residents meeting eligibility can call the automated scheduler at 502-991-8391 or visit online at louisvilleky.cascheduler.com.
More information is here.
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 Who should get tested for COVID-19?
- Anyone who has symptoms: fever, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, chills, muscle pain, headache, new loss of taste or smell, vomiting or diarrhea, sore throat, congestion or runny nose. Contact your healthcare provider about scheduling a test.
- Testing for people who do not have symptoms (asymptomatic) including:
- Persons without symptoms who have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive. Consider getting tested during your 14-day quarantine if you do not develop symptoms.
- Healthcare facility workers, workers in congregate living settings, and first responders without symptoms.
- Residents in long-term care facilities or other congregate living settings, including prisons and shelters, without symptoms
- People without symptoms who have been in large gatherings where social distancing was difficult, and you do not know if you were in close contact with a positive case.
For more information on the process and testing sites, please click here.
COVID-19 Testing Expansion
Gov. Beshear reminded Kentuckians to take advantage of the state’s partnership with Kroger, which has brought free drive-through testing across the commonwealth. Information on how to register at more than 200 sites throughout the commonwealth can be found here.
More Information
Read about other key updates, actions and information from Gov. Beshear and his administration at governor.ky.gov, kycovid19.ky.gov and the Governor’s official social media accounts Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
Kentuckians can also access translated COVID-19 information and daily summaries of the Governor’s news conference at tinyurl.com/kygovespanol (Spanish) and tinyurl.com/kygovtranslations (more than 20 additional languages).
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Safety Reporting Hotline
Gov. Beshear reminded Kentuckians that the COVID-19 reporting hotline is available to help keep everyone safe.
People who witness dangerous non-compliance with coronavirus mandates, including requirements for mask wearing, social distancing and sanitation, at Kentucky businesses are encouraged to call the COVID-19 reporting hotline at 833-KY SAFER (833-597-2337).
Labor Cabinet personnel will monitor the hotline from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. EDT. To file a complaint online, click here
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Councilwoman Sexton Smith has created a special information page about the COVID 19 virus and its impact on Louisville Metro. To get information on basic needs, food distribution, small business assistance from local, statewide and JCPS programs designed to keep you safe and give assistance during this crisis,
HELP WITH UNEMPLOYMENT AND SMALL BUSINESSES
NEED HELP OR WANT TO HELP OTHERS?
Butchertown - butchertownpres@gmail.com 1st Tuesday @ 6:00 pm
Germantown Paristown - 1094 E. Kentucky St. 396-4836 judithmagrem28@gmail.com 3rd Monday @ 6:00 pm
Irish Hill Neighborhood Association - For more information info@irishhillneighbors.org
Original Highlands - 1228 E. Breckenridge St 287-3938 driddle121@yahoo.com 3rd Monday @ 6:00 pm
Paristown Pointe - For more information contact Shannon Musselman at sphiggins69@me.com
Phoenix Hill - phoenixhillna@gmail.com 4th Monday @ 5:30 pm
Portland Now - 2503 Montgomery St. 438-0189 larry.stoess@gmail.com 1st Tuesday @ 6:30 pm
Russell Neighborhood - 604 S. 10th Street at Western Library, (502) 389-7004 or email Jackie Floyd, 4th Tuesday every month @ 6:00pm
Schnitzelburg Area Community Council - St Elizabeth's 1020 E Burnett Schnitzelburg.org
Shelby Park - 600 E. Oak Street 417-5336 Shelby Park on Facebook 2nd Thursday @ 6:00 pm
Smoketown - 325 E. Kentucky Street 836-7661 666@webberconsulting.org 3rd Monday @ 6:30 pm
South Fourth Street - Jim Reskin, President
Meriwether Fort Hill Neighborhood Association - 3rd Tuesday at 6:30 at Shelby Traditional. Jess Brown 270-227-9123
Metro311: 311 or (502) 574-5000
Air Pollution: (502) 574-6000
Animal Services: (502) 363-6609 or (502) 361-1318
Louisville Forward/Economic Development: (502) 574-4140
Planning & Design Services: (502) 574-6230
Community Services & Revitalization: (502) 574-4377
Public Works: (502) 574-5810
Property Valuation Administrator (PVA): (502) 574-6380.
TARC: (502) 585-1234
PARC: (502) 569-6222
Legal Aid: (502) 584-1254
IPL (Code Enforcement): (502) 574-3321
Solid Waste Management (SWMS): (502) 574-3571
Metro Parks: (502) 456-8100
Metro Police: (Non Emergency) (502) 574-7111 or (502) 574-2111
LMPD 1st Division: (502) 574-7167
LMPD 2nd Division: (502) 574-2478
LMPD 4th Division: (502) 574-7010
LMPD 5th Division: (502) 574-7636
Anonymous Tipline: (502) 574-LMPD (5673)
Metro Safe: (502) 572-3460 or (502) 574-7111
Vacant & Public Property Administration: (502) 574-4016
Brightside: (502) 574-2613
Master Commissioner Jefferson Circuit Court (Foreclosure Sales): (502) 753-4888
Your State Representative or State Senator: http://www.lrc.ky.gov
Congressman John Yarmuth: (502) 582-5129
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