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When it's time to take down your holiday decorations, be sure to compost any live greenery or trees!
Metro Solid Waste will provide curbside pickup of Christmas trees within the Urban Services District after the holiday. Residents with city yard waste collection may set their Christmas trees and greenery out on their regular collection day. Trees may not be in plastic bags and all decorations must be removed.
Residents normally serviced by private waste haulers should check with those companies to see if and when tree pickup is available.
Starting Thursday, December 26, Christmas tree drop-off sites will be available for all Louisville/Jefferson County residents at three locations. The Hubbards Lane site will also instantly recycle Christmas trees into mulch that will be offered back to citizens for home use. Those wishing to receive mulch must bring an appropriate container in which to carry it. All lights and ornaments should be removed from trees before they are dropped off. Christmas tree vendors may recycle their unsold trees on Thursday, December 26 only, and only at the Hubbards Lane site.
HOURS & LOCATIONS
December 26 - January 25
Open Tuesday-Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Waste Reduction Center closes at 3 p.m. on Saturdays)
All locations will be closed on New Year's Day and Saturday, January 18 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
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East District Recycling Center, 595 N. Hubbards Lane
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Public Works Yard, 10500 Lower River Road (enter from Bethany Lane)
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Waste Reduction Center, 636 Meriwether Avenue
The Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness (LMPHW) is seeing a spike in probable and confirmed cases of chickenpox (varicella). So far this year, 14 cases have been reported with seven of them being reported in November. The cases have all been in people who were either unvaccinated or too young to be vaccinated.
“Chickenpox is highly contagious and caused by the varicella-zoster virus,” said Dr. Kris Bryant, associate medical director of LMPHW and pediatric infectious disease specialist at Norton Children’s. ”It easily spreads through touching the blisters or through the air when someone with chickenpox coughs or sneezes. A person with chickenpox is contagious 1 to 2 days before the rash begins and until all the blisters have scabbed over. Children who are not immune to chicken pox can also be infected by contacting the blisters of a person with shingles.”
Chickenpox signs and symptoms
- A rash that turns into itchy, fluid-filled blisters that eventually turn into scabs.
- The rash often first shows up on the face, chest and back before spreading to the rest of the body. A person with chickenpox can have as many as 500 blisters.
- Complications can occur and include bacterial infections of the skin and underlying tissues, infection of the lungs, swelling of the brain, and abnormal bleeding.
Who is at risk?
- Anyone who has not had chickenpox or has not gotten the chickenpox vaccine.
- Chickenpox can be serious and life-threatening to newborns, pregnant people, and any individuals with weakened immune systems.
Prevention
- Children with chickenpox need to stay home from school and childcare until all blisters are dry and have a scab.
- The best way to prevent chickenpox is to get the chickenpox vaccine.
- Everyone—including children, adolescents, and adults—should get two doses of the vaccine if they have never had chickenpox or were never vaccinated.
- Children should get their first dose of the vaccine at 12 to 15 months old and the second dose at 4 to 6 years old.
Most people who get the vaccine will not get chickenpox. The chickenpox vaccine prevents almost all cases of severe illness. Most people who get the vaccine are protected for life.
Chickenpox cases should be reported to the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness by calling 574-6675 or via the form on our website. For more information about chickenpox, visit the CDC’s website.
Since the amount of yard waste generated is far less in the winter, the schedule is adjusted for a more efficient collection. From mid-January to mid-March yard waste will be collected EVERY OTHER WEEK on the opposite week of recycling. Use our Recycle Coach app to view the collection calendar and set reminders.
Residents may drop off bundled or contained yard waste at the Waste Reduction Center for free during the weeks there is no curbside collection.
Yard waste must be bundled according to curbside rules! Businesses with yard waste and loads that are not bundled correctly will have to pay the normal fee.
Guidelines:
- Leaves, twigs, straw, pine needles
- Shrubbery trimmings
- Branches and tree trimmings - must be less than 2 inches in diameter and less than 4 feet long
- Wood ash
- Christmas trees (seasonally) - remove all decorations, no bag or container needed
- Acceptable items in paper bags.
- Acceptable items in durable metal or plastic containers, 20-40 gallon capacity, with handles, weighing no more than 60 pounds
Yard waste meeting guidelines can be dropped off January 21-25, February 4-8, 18-22, and March 4-8 only. Jefferson County residents only. Businesses must pay the normal fee.
The Waste Reduction Center is located at 636 Meriwether Avenue and is open Tuesday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Saturdays, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
School is almost out for winter break and the Louisville Free Public Library is ready to help keep families engaged and entertained, without putting a dent in your budget. All LFPL branches offer free activities for children, teens, and caregivers throughout the winter break (closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day), including a variety of craft and maker workshops, dance parties, hands-on learning, movie screenings, teen challenges, and more!
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Vie for the title of puzzle master at a Teen Jigsaw Puzzle Race (Dec. 21, 2-3:30 p.m. @ Main), or try to escape not one, but three rooms at Northeast’s Teen Escape Room Challenge (Jan. 2, 1-5 p.m. @ Northeast Regional Library)
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The whole family can relax and create together at special Mindfulness Storytimes at Western Library (Dec. 23 & 30, 6 p.m., for kids ages 0-10 and their families), or drop-in to make winter crafts over hot cocoa at Shively Library (Jan. 2, 2:30-4:30 p.m., ages 0-10).
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Dress to get messy at a Slime Party at Main (Dec. 30, 2 p.m.), or get creative with glue and paint at Crescent Hill’s Winter Crafts & Games (Dec. 23, 2-4 p.m., ages 4-10).
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Young book fans can read to a dog (Jan. 2, 3 p.m. @ St. Matthews Library, ages 5-10 & Jan. 4, 2-3:30 p.m. @ Northeast Regional Library), get cozy with snacks and a good book at Silent Book Club (Dec. 28, 2 p.m. @ South Central Regional Library, ages 8-12), and meet new friends at the Little Bookworms Book Club (Jan. 2, 1:30 p.m. @ Iroquois, ages 6-11.
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Celebrate New Year’s Eve early with a NYE Storytime (Dec. 31, 10:30 a.m. @ Northeast Regional Library), NYE Dance Party (Dec. 31, 11 a.m. @ Iroquois Library), NYE Around the World (Dec. 31, 2 p.m. @ Main Library), and a Noon Year’s Eve Party (Dec. 31, 11 a.m. @ South Central Regional Library).
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Our youngest patrons are invited to try out percussion instruments while their parents chat at a Musical Baby Play Group (Jan. 4, 10:30am @ Middletown Library, ages 0-2), or take in a storytime at any Library branch.
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Kids & teens are invited to the Shawnee Library to learn the basics of cooking (Jan. 2, 3 p.m.) and discover their green thumb at an indoor plant session (Jan. 3, 3 p.m.).
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Learn how to play loteria in both Spanish and English / Acompáñenos a jugar lotería Vamos a jugar de forma bilingüe Española e Ingles. (Jan. 2, 6 p.m. @ Iroquois Library)
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Teens can get out of the house and meet up at an indoor snowball fight (Jan. 2, 2-3:30 p.m. @ Main Library), or grab snacks and a movie at a teens-only Holiday Party (Dec. 23, 2-4 p.m. @ Shawnee).
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READ! There is always a good book to check out at your local library branch.
These are just a few of the many free activities hosted by your Louisville Free Public Library. In addition, we offer a wide selection of books, eBooks, audiobooks, DVDs, and streaming videos to keep kids and teens reading and entertained during the break—all for free! For a full list of activities and registration information, go to www.LFPL.org/winterbreak, or call (502) 574-1611.
United Crescent Hill Ministries 60+ program is starting the month of January off with music. The Holidays are over but were keeping our spirits high. Join us for a Disco dance, remembering the King of the road, Rodger Miller, a sing along and Steve Buckleys karaoke. Please see the schedule below for more information:
Tuesday activities
Ongoing every Tuesday – Chair yoga with Arnie, join anytime. - 10:30am.
January 7 – New Years DISCO dance: DJ K, spinning the hits! – 10:30am.
January – 14 – Update registration, assistance available from 9:30am to 11am.
January 21 – Tuesday is the new day for Aunt Sally’s crafts in 2025 – 10:00am.
January 28 – Remembering Roger Miller, King of the Road! – 10:30am.
Every Wednesday – Strength & resistance training with Joe. Join anytime. - 10:00am.
Thursday activities
January 9 – Ann Terwilliger, LCAC - topic: Depression – 10:30am.
January 16 - Update registration, assistance available from 9:30am to 11am.
January 23 – Karens sing along - 10:30am.
January 30 – Steve Buckley Karaoke - 10:00am.
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The Chamber Theatre is proud to announce their productions for 2025. In late January, Martin French, adaptor/director, returns to the Kleinhelter Gallery, New Albany, with The People and The Enemy, a modern adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s 1882 An Enemy of the People. Returning to The Chapel of St. Philip Neri in the summer will be the second installment in our trilogy of Federico García Lorca productions. Yerma, written in 1934, will be co-produced with Teatro Tercera Llamada as a bi-lingual Spanish/English play, adapted and directed by Jay Padilla-Hayter. In the fall, we’ll bring you a brand new adaptation of ancient Greek playwright Euripides’ The Trojan Women, reimagined in Harlan, Kentucky coal country following the bloody events of the late 1920s coal war.
These plays explore power corrupted and the people who rise up to confront and demand justice. Plays from the ages and for our times, The Chamber Theatre looks to moments in our collective past for hints of how we can solve the problems we experience today, looking for ways to move forward together as communities of all kinds. Bringing these communal problems to an intimate stage where the audience becomes part of the story, The Chamber Theatre invites audiences to explore how we all can make the world a better place. “We live in remarkable times, with unsettling news nightly,” said Artistic Co-Director Martin French. “But these are not unprecedented times. From the chaos of the wars of the ancient world, to the social upheaval of the late 19th century, and the turmoil of the first half of the 20th century, there are lessons for us to learn, and we want to remember some of them.”
About The Chamber Theatre
Formed in late 2015 by co-founders Martin French and Polina Shafran, The Chamber Theatre is now under the artistic direction of Martin French, Michelle Lori and Jay Padilla-Hayter. Bailey Preston is an artistic associate. Based in Louisville, Kentucky, past productions have included reimagined adaptations of plays by Chekhov, Gregory, Ibsen, Lorca, Shaw, Strindberg, Wilde and more, appearing also in Southern Indiana and Lexington, Kentucky. The Chamber Theatre is a small, independent theatre company, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
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Café LOUIE 2025 is almost here!
When: 9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m., Saturday mornings, January 11–March 22
What to Expect: Participants will enjoy refreshments and engaging conversations. Elected officials will have a brief time for prepared remarks and to answer pre-selected questions submitted by attendees. These meetings focus on engagement through personal conversations and are open to the public.
Café LOUIE 2025 Schedule: January 11 Fairdale Library Middletown Library
January 18 Crescent Hill Library Fern Creek Library (Location TBD)
January 25 South Central Regional Library Highlands Library
February 1 Iroquois Library Western Library
February 8 No Café LOUIE—Friends Conference
February 15 Southwest Regional Library Portland Library (Location TBD)
February 22 St. Matthews Library Shawnee Library
March 1 Jeffersontown Library Main Library
March 8 Northeast Regional Library Bon Air Library
March 15 Shively Library Newburg Library
March 22 Parkland Library
TARC and Olmsted Parks Conservancy are calling for submissions to the 25th annual Design-a-Bus contest! Local students are invited to submit artwork focused on the theme, “Cultivating Healthy Neighborhoods.” This year, students are being asked to visit their local park or an outdoor space, and think about ways they can improve the health of their community, then submit an illustration reflecting that idea or experience. Students can learn more and apply today via the form on our website!
Imagination Library is now serving all of Jefferson County! Enroll your child to get a free book every month until their 5th birthday. SIGN UP HERE
Take the City-wide 4-Week Anti-Racism Challenge sponsored by Listen Learn Act!
How it works: For 4 weeks beginning January 3rd, participants will receive a weekly email with a list of 10-12 anti-racism activities. We ask participants to complete 3 of the activities over the course of the week. It is purely personal; you don't report to anyone. By regularly participating in anti-racism activities, we naturally develop better habits of noticing and challenging racism in our daily lives. Sign up here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/cADwZWv
Registration is now open for Louisville Parks and Recreation winter break camps for youths ages 5-12 and indoor basketball leagues for both youth and adults.
Winter break camps will take place at all Louisville Parks and Recreation community centers, excluding Wilderness Road and Metro Arts, from December 23-27 (week one) and December 30-January 3 (week two) from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The cost is $60 per week, with field trips included in the cost. Camps will be closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
The community centers offering winter break camps are listed below:
- Beechmont Community Center, 205 W. Wellington Avenue, (502) 361-5484
- Berrytown Community Center, 1300 Heafer Road, (502) 456-8148
- California Community Center, 1600 W. St. Catherine Street, (502) 574-2658
- Cyril Allgeier Community Center, 4101 Cadillac Court, (502) 456-3261
- Douglass Community Center, 2305 Douglass Boulevard, (502) 456-8120
- Newburg Community Center, 4810 Exeter Avenue, (502) 456-8122
- Parkhill Community Center, 1703 S. Thirteenth Street, (502) 574-5494
- Portland Community Center, 640 N. 27th Street, (502) 776-0913
- Shawnee Community Center, 607 South 37th Street, (502) 775-5268
- South Louisville Community Center, 2911 Taylor Boulevard, (502) 574-3206
- Southwick Community Center, 3621 Southern Avenue, (502) 775-6598
- Sun Valley Community Center, 6505 Bethany Lane, (502) 937-8802
Registration is also open for basketball leagues with games beginning in January. Youth leagues will take place at various community center locations based on age group. The deadline to register for a youth basketball league is December 15, with a registration fee of $35 per player.
Registration for the adult men’s league ends January 5. The cost to participate in the adult league is $450 per team, with a seven game season and four team tournament all taking place at Cyril Allgeier Community Center.
You can find more information about winter break camps and athletic leagues and register by visiting bestparksever.com.
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Starting this week, Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Fall Subsidy enrollment is available through Kentucky’s Community Action Network for eligible Kentucky households. Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis through Dec. 20, or until designated funds have been expended.
LIHEAP Fall Subsidy provides households with a one-time benefit depending on housing category, fuel type used for heating, and income level. The benefit can be applied towards home heating costs for electric, natural gas, propane, coal, wood, or fuel oil.
Benefits are paid directly to the household's energy vendor. Prior LIHEAP assistance does not impact a household’s eligibility. Households must meet eligibility requirements, including income eligibility of up to and including 150% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines.
In Jefferson County, LIHEAP Fall Subsidy is available through the Louisville Metro Office of Resilience and Community Services. Appointments are required in advance to apply.
How to apply A toll-free automated appointment system is now available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to schedule an in-person appointment at one of seven locations. The automated scheduler will provide details about these locations as well as eligibility and required documentation.
Jefferson County residents meeting eligibility can call the automated scheduler at 502-991-8391 or visit online at louisvilleky.cascheduler.com
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This tax season, you can help change lives. The Louisville Asset Building Coalition (LABC) is looking for volunteers to support the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) free tax preparation program. Volunteer opportunities are available for greeters, tax preparers, and reviewers at locations throughout the city.
By volunteering, you're not just helping people file their taxes - you're helping families keep more of their hard-earned money, create financial stability, and build a brighter future. Your time and skills can make a real difference in someone's life.
Sign up today and join us in making a meaningful impact!
Calling All Small Businesses in District 9!
Are you a proud small business owner in District 9? We want to feature YOU in our upcoming biweekly newsletter! Showcase your business to our engaged community at absolutely no cost.
To apply, simply send us:
- Your logo
- Business name
- Business email
- Business phone number
- Website URL
- A small blurb about your business, upcoming events, & discounts you may have for newsletter readers
- (Optional) 3-5 photos of your amazing space, products, or something related to your business
Don’t miss this opportunity to shine a spotlight on your business. Hurry, spots are limited! Send your details to jasmine.presley@louisvilleky.gov and regina.garr@louisvilleky.gov today. Let’s celebrate and support our local businesses together!
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 Regina Garr or call 574-1297.
First Saturday of Every Month Computer Tune-up & Repair Group: A FREE computer tune-up and repair service is offered the first Saturday of each month from 1 - 4:30 PM. at the St. Matthews Library - small conference room.
We meet on the first Saturday of each month except Derby Day in May. Participants must bring any additional devices that that are needed such as a keyboard, monitor, and mouse for desktops. If participants are bringing a laptop, please bring your battery charger. If you would like to attend contact Rae Taylor at taylor_rae@hotmail.com. We will be limiting the attendance to 3 people.
Wednesday, January 15th: Jennifer Moorman discusses The Vanishing of Josephine Reynolds with Meg Shaffer 7 PM - 2720 Frankfort Ave at Carmichael’s Bookstore
Tuesday, January 21st: Onyx Storm Release Party 6 PM - 2720 Frankfort Ave at Carmichael’s Bookstore
Wednesday, January 29th: Tammy Oberhausen discusses The Evolution of the Gospelettes with Katy Yocom 7 PM - 2720 Frankfort Ave at Carmichael’s Bookstore
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