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Councilwoman Mulvey-Woolridge joined Mayor Craig Greenberg in presenting a proclamation to Sheriff John Aubrey honoring him for being chosen as the recipient of the 2025 National Sheriffs' Association Ferris E. Lucas Sheriff of the Year Award. This well-deserved recognition highlights his outstanding contributions to law enforcement and public service. Congratulations, Sheriff Aubrey!
Meet Councilwoman Mulvey-Woolridge at the Bon Air Library on March 8th and the newly added location at the Fairdale Library on March the 22nd.
Café LOUIE is designed to be an informal gathering of civic minded individuals interested in meeting with their elected officials to discuss local issues. When you arrive, grab a cup of Heine Brothers coffee and fill out a notecard with your specific question(s). After a brief introduction of elected officials and special guests, a trained facilitator will direct your questions to officials for comment and discussion.
All Café LOUIE meetings begin at 9am. Stick around after the event for additional programming available at some branch locations, register to vote with the League of Women Voters, sign up to be a Friend of the Library, or just visit your local branch and check out a good book!
The Louisville Asset Building Coalition’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program provides trained, IRS-certified volunteers who offer free tax services at 15 sites across the city. VITA is available to individuals and families who earned less than $67,000 in 2024.
Since its launch in 2001, the VITA program has helped more than 154,000 Louisville tax filers. Last year, VITA volunteers processed more than 8,800 returns, adding more than $10 million to the local economy, including $3 million in Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to residents.
Partner organizations that help hardworking families file their tax returns, include the Metro Office for Resilience and Community Services (RCS). Metro RCS connects tax filers to an array of financial empowerment services through its Office of Financial Empowerment, which leads the Louisville Financial Empowerment Center and the Tax Time Connect initiative with Bank On Louisville.
Eligible Louisville residents can make an appointment or visit any of these VITA sites for in-person free tax filing:
Americana Community Center, 4801 Southside Dr.
Bates Memorial Baptist Church, 728 East Lampton St.
Edison Center, 701 W. Ormsby Ave., Ste 201
Family Scholar House U of L, 403 Reg Smith Circle
Family Scholar House Riverport, 3311 Cathe Dykstra Way
Goodwill East Broadway Opportunity Center - 909 E. Broadway
Goodwill South Louisville Opportunity Center - 6201 Preston Hwy.
Louisville Urban League, 1535 W. Broadway
Oldham County LaGrange Library, 308 Yager Avenue (LaGrange)
Portland Promise Center, 1831 Baird St.
Shively City Hall, 3920 Dixie Hwy.
Vincent de Paul Family Success Center, 1029 S Preston Hwy.
Sun Valley Community Center, 6505 Bethany Lane
United Crescent Hill Ministries, 150 State St.
Wesley House Community Services, 5114 Preston Hwy.
In addition to these sites, VITA volunteers will be operating mobile locations around the city:
John Center, 700 E. Muhammad Ali Blvd. (open April 4, and April 11 – 1pm-3pm)
Facilities Management Services, 1500 Lytle St. (open Feb. 24, and March 10 – 9am-noon)
Goodwill West Louisville Opportunity Center - 2820 W. Broadway (open every Friday through March 7, 10am-2pm)
Family Scholar House, 1309 Catalpa St. (open March 15, 9am-5pm)
Residents can also choose to have their taxes prepared at MyFreeTaxes.com, which provides a free self-file program offered in partnership by United Way Worldwide and TaxSlayer.
AARP Tax-Aide also provides free tax prep services, with special attention to people age 60 and older. AARP Tax-Aide sites will begin operating at eight sites in early February. For more information, visit http://www.aarp-tax-aide-lou.org.
If you are interested in volunteering for one of Louisville Metro Government's Boards or Commissions, now is the time to start. By being a part of a board or commission, you will offer your time and your talents to improve the quality of life in our community.
There are approximately 100 boards and commissions with many areas of interest, including business and economic development, land planning, parks and recreation, public health and public safety.
We need individuals from District 24!!!! It is important to have representation from all of Louisville Metro. Please consider applying.
Lumos Fiber is scheduled to begin construction on a fiber placement project in your area within 4 weeks of this notification email. The work will include installing new ducts through new handholes in the street or public right-of-way. The project will also include pulling fiber along the project route. A Lumos Fiber contractor will perform the construction with the work, being overseen and inspected by a Lumos Fiber Construction Engineer. This project should greatly increase the fiber connectivity in the area.
Here's how the project works and what you can expect:
Work will generally be between the hours of 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM but may extend to 7:00 PM, if permits allow.
The contractor will decide the order of work for each street. You can usually tell when work is to begin on your street by the street markings, flags, and equipment being moved onto your street.
Construction activities will likely result in some general inconvenience with both traffic and restoration. Following construction, all disturbed grassy areas will be restored, and all disturbed paved areas will be repaved with like material. It is our intent to restore disturbed areas to a condition as good as existed prior to construction.
While working there may be parking restrictions on the street during work hours.
Concerns of an emergency nature should be directed to the 24-hour customer service line at (855) 476-8577. Get more information by calling 855-GO- LUMOS or filling out the construction feedback form at www.lumosfiber.com/contact-us/.
