Property Address: Brookley Place, 10900 BROOKLEY DR
Case Number: 24-LANDSCAPE-0130
A landscape and tree preservation plan on 17.18 acres in the R6 zoning district. For more information, please click HERE.
Property Address: Cardinal Project, 11302 PRESTON HWY
Case Number: 24-MPLAT-0100
A minor plat to create two lots from one lot on 4.89 acres in the M2 zoning districts. For more information, please click HERE.
Property Address: Renaissance South Business, 8001 AIR COMMERCE DR
Case Number: 24-LANDSCAPE-0117
A landscape plan for a 324,000 SF warehouse at the Renaissance South Business Park For more information, please click HERE.
Property Address: KO Storage of Louisville, 8204 NATIONAL TPKE
Case Number: 24-MCUP-0011
A modified conditional use permit for a self storage facility on 5.7 acres in the C2 zoning district. For more information, please click HERE.
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 Travel the world in downtown Louisville on the Belvedere
August 30 -September 2, 2024
The 22nd annual WorldFest, Louisville’s premier international festival, attracts more than 150,000 attendees over the four-day Labor Day weekend. WorldFest celebrates and showcases the international cultures and communities that make up the city of Louisville and neighboring areas. WorldFest is free to attend and open to all ages, featuring entertainment stages, Parade of Cultures, Global Village, and more!
What to Expect:
- Three entertainment stages showcasing international, national, regional and local performers all weekend long.
- Nearly 150 International vendors featuring international arts, merchandise, food, and beverages.
- A Global Village highlighting cultures and customs from all over the world.
- A World of Information that informs citizens about services for our international residents.
- A Children’s International Activity Zone to learn about cultures and customs, arts, crafts, and more.
- A Parade of Cultures with nearly 1,000 participants celebrating all the diverse cultures in Louisville.
- A Naturalization Ceremony pronouncing more than 300 new Americans to Louisville as new citizens.
Learn More at Worldfest
Interested in getting involved? Email Blair at Blair@JWagnerGroup.com. For vendor/volunteer opportunities, please email Dorian at Dorian@JWagnerGroup.com.
 Labor Day, September 2nd
8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on the Waterfront Park Great Lawn
HIKE!
This year’s Hike will consist of a 4-mile walk with multiple marked turnaround points throughout. Travel from the Great Lawn and follow the Ohio River east to RiverPark Place and back. The furthest distance will cross the Big Four Bridge into Indiana and come back.
BIKE!
BIKE. Cycle from the Great Lawn, through NULU, out to Cherokee Park and back for nearly 8.5 miles. The roads will be closed for you to safely travel to the Cherokee Park and volunteers will be guiding cyclists throughout the course.
PADDLE!
Paddlers will have the option of launching at the Harbor Lawn or the U of L Boat Docks and paddle downstream to meet the other paddlers. This year’s paddle will go from the Harbor Lawn downriver to the McAlpine Locks, through the locks and to the Shawnee Park Boat Ramp. All paddlers must wear a life vest. Paddles without a vest will not be permitted to go through the McAlpine Locks.
GET ACTIVE!
Beginning at 8 a.m. there will be plenty of fun, music, and free fitness activities for you to enjoy. Get involved in activities like Yoga, Tai Chi, Zumba, Fitness classes, and Workout circuits to celebrate Labor Day weekend. Detailed schedule of classes coming soon!
FREE t-shirts are available to the first 2,000 people. The t-shirt tent will open at 8:00 a.m., so make sure to arrive promptly to get in line! The Hike, Bike, and Paddle portions will starts at 10a.m.
Learn more at: Hike, Bike & Paddle
Interested in getting involved? Email Alina at Alina@JWagnerGroup.com
For volunteer opportunities, please email Dorian at Dorian@JWagnerGroup.com
 September 12-22
Experience a fresh take on timeless classics as we present a new adaptation that reimagines Shakespeare's iconic characters, monologues, and scenes like never before.
This innovative approach breathes new life into well-known characters and speeches, making them accessible and engaging for all—whether you’re a seasoned theatergoer or experiencing Shakespeare for the first time.
September 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21 at 7:30pm
September 15 and 22 at 2:30pm
Purchase advanced tickets.
Tickets are general admission: $15 / $12 students and seniors.
Tickets (if available) may also be purchased at the door.
The Highview Arts Center is located at 7406 Fegenbush Lane.
Visit them online at: highviewartscenter.com Visit them on Facebook at: facebook.com/highviewarts
TARC has formally launched TARC 2025, a planning process and community conversation to determine what TARC will look like in the coming years.
Faced with significant financial challenges, TARC will use TARC 2025 to proactively address the looming fiscal cliff and create a reliable and effective transit system.
TARC 2025 will solicit direct input from the community to create an updated TARC transit network that can better meet the community’s goals and priorities – within the level of the funding TARC expects over the next 5 to 10 years.
Public phase of TARC 2025 network redesign now live
From July 30 through September 12, Louisville region residents can evaluate three different concepts of what a redesigned TARC transit network could look like. These concepts are not actual proposals. But public feedback about the concepts will directly inform draft proposals to be released later this fall.
Two of the concepts will assume that TARC will not receive any additional operating revenue and will have to implement service reductions of up to 50 percent compared to what was offered in Spring 2024. With service cuts that significant, determining TARC’s top priorities will be critical.
- The “Coverage” concept will show what TARC might look like if it used its limited resources to prioritize maintaining existing coverage. In this concept, while there are theoretically more places that a bus route will run on, those buses are spread out, meaning they wouldn’t come as often.
- The “Ridership” concept will show what TARC might look like if it used its limited resources to prioritize frequent and reliable service in areas with the greatest potential for high ridership. In that concept, waits for a bus would be short where bus service exists. The downside is that fewer overall areas would have service.
- A third concept, the “Growth” concept, shows what TARC could look like if additional funding for service was available. It maximizes service in areas of high ridership potential and maintains most of the existing coverage. This concept shows what Louisville transit would look like if the region prioritized meeting more of the unmet transit needs of the community and invested to position the system for future growth.
You can learn more about the concepts on the TARC 2025 concepts page.
Tell us what you think TARC should do! Take our survey about the concepts.
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 Online survey available through September 30
As part of Vision Zero Louisville – the city’s transportation safety initiative that prioritizes the prevention of fatal and serious injury crashes – partners of the initiative, including Louisville Metro Public Works and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, announced today that they are raising awareness about the relationship between speed, speeding and safety, as well as seeking public input on speeding and speed management in the community. Louisville residents are invited to share their experiences and opinions in a brief online survey, which is available through September 30, 2024.
The survey results – coupled with crash data, current local conditions, and a peer review of cities leading the way in terms of speed management and Vision Zero – will help shape Louisville’s first-ever Speed Management Plan. This plan is a multifaceted and balanced effort to manage speeds on non-interstate streets through roadway design, intersection design, modernizing policies and practices related to speed limits, and enforcement.
“The effects of speeding are deadly, and drivers on Louisville’s High Injury Network, where a majority of fatal and serious injury crashes occur, should be especially aware of their speed,” said Lt. Craig Browning, commander of LMPD’s Traffic Unit. “This Speed Management Plan is the right thing to do, and this community-informed effort will help us look at feasible and effective solutions to address speeding as we work toward our vision of zero roadway deaths by 2050.”
Vision Zero Louisville’s speeding survey coincides with a media blitz by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), as part the agency’s year-round Speeding Catches Up With You campaign focused on speed prevention on our nation’s roads. Studies show higher speeds result in greater impact at the time of a crash, which leads to more severe injuries and deaths. NHTSA reports speeding contributes to more than 25% of all traffic-related deaths nationwide.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: In 2022, Louisville Metro Council passed an ordinance calling for zero roadway deaths by 2050 through the Vision Zero Louisville transportation safety initiative. The initiative is managed by Louisville Metro Public Works, in partnership with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, which in July reminded Kentuckians to slow down this summer through its “Not So Fast, KY” speed enforcement campaign. Vision Zero Louisville promotes a multi-layered approach to saving lives, including redesigning roadways to encourage appropriate speeds and improving trauma-related care for crash victims. For more information, visit visionzerolouisville.org
Serve the Louisville community through a rewarding public service career! The Department of Metro Public Works & Assets is currently hiring for the following positions:
- Director of Department of Transportation (DOT)
- Project Manager - DOT Major Projects
- Project Manager - DOT Special Projects
- Electrician "A" Journeyman
- Engineer
- Engineer Technician
- Equipment Operator
- Executive Administrator - Business Operations
- Executive Administrator - Transportation Programming
- Mechanic - Heavy Equipment
- Packer Driver
- Packer Laborer
- Solid Waste Education Specialist
- Traffic Signal Operations Engineer
- Transportation Systems Management & Operations/Engineering Supervisor
IMPORTANT! The link below is for all of Metro jobs currently open. To learn about career opportunities specifically in Public Works, once you've clicked the link, follow these 3 easy steps:
- click the filter tab
- click Departments
- click Public Works on the dropdown menu
https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisvilleky
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 Employment with Louisville Parks and Recreation is a great opportunity to connect with nature and the community! We have employment opportunities throughout each division (aquatics, recreation, golf, community engagement, Jefferson Memorial forest) for both full-time and part-time positions. Visit bestparksever.com for more information on employment opportunities!
JOB OPPORTUNITES
 Commonwealth’s Attorney Gerina D. Whethers will be hosting a town hall in Fairdale this September, and you are cordially invited to join.
SPEAKERS: Commonwealth’s Attorney Gerina D. Whethers, Louisville Metro Police Interim Chief Paul Humphrey, Councilman Dan Seum, Jr.
WHAT: Town Hall forum
WHEN: 6:30 p.m. start time | Thursday, September 26
WHERE: Fairdale Playtorium | 10616 West Manslick Road, Fairdale, KY 40118
WHY: Attorney Whethers will speak regarding her vision and direction for the criminal justice system in our community
HOW: After opening remarks from Attorney Whethers, panelists may speak if they wish. Questions written by the audience will be presented for agency representatives to answer as applicable. The event should run approximately an hour.
 The Louisville Zoo’s ever-popular Boo at the Zoo presented by Meijer is celebrating 43 years of merry, not scary fun! Tickets are available at louisvillezoo.org/boo. This beloved event is a Louisville tradition and will begin early this year starting Sept. 28 and running through Oct. 27 (Thursday – Sunday nights).
Tickets are all-inclusive and include Boo at the Zoo admission, parking, Spooktacular Carousel, “not-so-itsy-bitsy” Spider House and the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow attraction.
Children and adults are invited to dress up in their wildest costumes for the after-hours event.
Boo at the Zoo turns the Zoo into a living storybook, complete with favorite characters brought to life. There will be music, photo opportunities around every corner and, of course, a safe place to trick-or-treat for kids 11 and under. Guests are encouraged to bring their own trick-or-treat bags, but reusable treat bags will be available for purchase at the Zoo’s Gift Shop for $2 (while supplies last).
Tickets:
Tickets for Boo at the Zoo presented by Meijer are $13.50 for all non-members 3 and older and $7 for all members 3 and older. Children 2 and under are free and do not require a ticket.
Members and guests can purchase tickets online at louisvillezoo.org/boo, with their chosen date and arrival time. Ticket capacity is limited each night with popular nights expected to sell out quickly.
A limited number of Meijer “anytime tickets” can be purchased at participating Meijer stores for $11.50 starting September 20, 2024. Visit louisvillezoo.org/boo for a list of stores.
 The Coalition for the Homeless estimates that nearly 1,600 Louisvillians are experiencing homelessness on any given night, but the city only has 1,000 emergency overnight and transitional shelter beds, leaving 500 to 600 people without a place to stay each night. The Office of Planning has been tasked by the Louisville Metro Council to review and consider changes to the Land Development Code to expand access to homeless shelters and create options for temporary crisis shelters.
The Office of Planning invites you to attend an upcoming listening session to provide your feedback and solutions to increase shelter access to all community members in need.
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