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The Proposed Budget is Ready for Review!
Explore Mayor Craig Greenberg’s recommended Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Capital and Operating Budgets.
Please share your feedback through the District 6 Budget Comment Form, available until Monday, June 9, at 6:00 PM.
Stay tuned for community assemblies hosted by our office to discuss the budget right here in District 6. More info TBA!
Budget Hearings are set to begin on Thursday, May 8 at 5:00 PM with Revenue, Expenditures, Capital & Debt, view the full Budget Hearing Schedule.
Watch budget hearings online live on Spectrum Channel 184, with Roku, Apply TV, and Fire OTT Apps, or on the Louisville Metro Council Facebook page.
Finally, engage in shaping our city’s future—plan to attend the Community Budget Hearing on Thursday, May 22, at 6:00 PM. Sign-up to speak on May 22, between 5:00 PM and 6:00 PM at Metro Council Chambers, 601 W. Jefferson Street.
The Council will vote to adopt the FY 2025-2026 Budget during the regularly scheduled Metro Council meeting on Thursday, June 26, at 6:00 p.m.
W Kentucky St Project
West Kentucky Street and South 5th Street are undergoing major improvements to help create a safer and more welcoming corridor.
Construction for the West Kentucky Street project is in progress. The aim is to convert W. Kentucky Street (8th to 5th) and S. 5th Street (W. Catherine to W. Breckinridge) into two-way streets. Each phase will take approximately 10 weeks to complete. Completion of the entire project is expected by July 31, 2025, weather permitting.
Brook St & Kentucky St Closure
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) advises motorists of the upcoming closures of Brook Street and Kentucky Street, beginning Monday, May 5, in Jefferson County.
Brook Street between Kentucky Street and Ardella Court, and Kentucky Street between First Street and Brook Street will close for approximately 75 days (Saturday, July 19) beginning Monday, May 5. The road closures are necessary to allow contractors to relocate underground utilities at the intersection of Kentucky Street and Brook Street.
Local access will be available on Brook Street between Ardella Court and Caldwell Street, and on Kentucky Street to allow access to alleys on the south side of the street just east of First Street.
Motorists should heed signage, use caution, and follow posted detour signage along the route.
Louisville Public Works wants to ask for your input on the Rightsizing Louisville for Safe Streets (SS4A) project occurring in District 6.
Survey Link: https://hdr.jotform.com/250026429838965
This project aims to implement effective and proven safety countermeasures across three corridors:
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Wilson Avenue,
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Louis Coleman Jr. Drive,and
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South 22nd Street.
The project will engage a Safe System Approach to increase safety measures, boost economic activity, and enhance connectivity between people, jobs, and other valuable resources.
Rightsizing Louisville for Safe Streets aims to create safer roads and safer speeds. The three targeted corridors experience an average daily traffic count of less than 20,000 vehicles, making them well-suited for introducing safety countermeasures.
For more information on the project, please see the attached information and visit the website:
Website: https://louisvilleky.gov/government/vision-zero-louisville/safe-streets-and-roads-all
Sweet Havana Espresso , LLC, 2138 Glenworth Ave. Louisville Ky 40218, Hereby declares intention(s) to apply for a NQ2 restaurant drink license(s) no later than April 3, 2025. The business to be licensed will be located at 1113 Logan St. Suites A & B, Louisville , Kentucky 40204 doing business as Sweet Havana . The owner(s) are as follows: Nachely Martinez Coro of 2138 Glenworth Ave. Louisville, Ky. 40218. Any person, association, corporation, or body politic, may protest the granting of the license(s) by writing the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 500 Mero St 2NE33, Frankfort, Kentucky, 40601 , within thirty (30) days of the date of legal publication. April 8 2025 LSBN0272827
BBI Ventures, LLC, 1110 S 3rd Street Louisville, KY 40203, Hereby declares intention(s) to apply for a NQ3-Private Club license(s) no later than March 20, 2025. The business to be licensed will be located at 1110 S 3rd St. Louisville, Kentucky 40203 doing business as Bourbon Barrel Inn Bed & Breakfast. The Members are as follows: Richard Frank, Member, 1110 S. 3rd St., Louisville, KY 40203 Brian Lepacek, Member, 1110 S. 3rd. St. Louisville, KY 40203. Any person, association, corporation, or body politic, may protest the granting of the license(s) by writing the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 500 Mero St 2NE33, Frankfort, Kentucky, 40601 , within thirty (30) days of the date of legal publication. April 13 2025 LSBN0269916
ADDRESS: 611 W. Breckinridge Street, Louisville, KY
CASE NO: 25-CUPPA-0067
CASE MANAGER: Lucia Rodriguez
CASE MANAGER EMAIL: lucia.rodriguez@louisvilleky.gov
COUNCIL DISTRICT: TNZD
APPLICANT: Meagan Murphy
In accordance with the procedures of Louisville Metro Office of Planning, we have been directed to invite you to discuss this proposal before a formal application can be filed. This will be an informal meeting to give you the opportunity to review the proposed plan and discuss the proposal with the applicant or its representative. We encourage you to attend this meeting and to share your thoughts. This meeting will be held in addition to the established public meeting procedures of the Planning Commission and/or the Board of Zoning Adjustment.
The meeting to discuss this application will be held on:
DATE: Thursday, May 1 at 6 p.m.
LOCATION: Louisville Public Library: 301 York St, Louisville, KY 40203
(Meet at the library’s South entrance on York Street at the bottom of the marble stairs at 6pm)
A Conditional Use Permit application to provide a short term rental at the address below was filed with the department of Louisville Metro Office of Planning on 4/4/2025.
ADDRESS: 1605 S 4th St
CASE NO: 25-CUPPA-0078
CASE MANAGER: Zach Schwager (502)574-8938
CASE MANAGER EMAIL: zach.schwager@louisvilleky.gov
COUNCIL DISTRICT: 6
APPLICANT: Abby Long
In accordance with the procedures of Louisville Metro Office of Planning, we have been directed to invite you to discuss this proposal before a formal application can be filed. This will be an informal meeting to give you the opportunity to review the proposed plan and discuss the proposal with the applicant or its representative. We encourage you to attend this meeting and to share your thoughts. This meeting will be held in addition to the established public meeting procedures of the Planning Commission and/or the Board of Zoning Adjustment.
The meeting to discuss this application will be held on:
DATE: 5/1/25 @ 6:00pm
LOCATION: 1605 S 4th St Louisville KY 40208
You are invited to attend a review for a Conditional Use Permit for an Off-Street Parking Area with associated Waivers.
Subject Property: 1428 S Shelby St
Case Number: 25-CUP-0031
Case Manager: Mark Pinto (mark.pinto@louisvilleky.gov)
Meeting Type: BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT
Meeting Date: Monday, May 19, 2025
Time: Meeting will begin at 1:00 PM and continue until all
cases are heard
Location: 514 W Liberty Street, 40202 (OLD JAIL BUILDING)
Please review the meeting agenda and case material, including the staff report, here: https://louisvilleky.primegov.com/public/portal
To join the meeting virtually, please visit:
https://louisvilleky.gov/government/office-planning/upcoming-public-meetings
To view all case documents, visit https://aca-prod.accela.com/LJCMG or:
Louisville Metro Office of Planning
444 S. 5th Street, 3rd Floor, Louisville, KY 40202
(Hours: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM)
Phone: (502) 574-6230
Anti-Violence Coalitions
The Office of Violence Prevention coordinates Anti-Violence Coalition meetings in Algonquin, Park Hill, and Taylor Berry. The schedule of those meetings is keep up to date at this link: https://louisvilleky.gov/government/office-violence-prevention/neighborhood-anti-violence-coalitions
Germantown-Paristown Neighborhood Association
GPNA has public meetings on the 3rd Monday of each month at 6:00 PM at the Hope Mills Building, located at 1000 Swan Street.
Limerick Neighborhood Association
Meetings on the third Wednesday of the every month at 7:00 PM Locations can vary but the calendar is updated here. The May meeting is at the Limerick Neighborhood Garden, 931 S 6th St.
Meriwether-Fort Hill Neighborhood Association
Monthly Meetings held at The Bard's Town - 511 E Burnett Ave at 6:30 p.m. on the 2nd Wednesday
Old Louisville Neighborhood Council
OLNC meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month at 7pm. Location: the Historic Old Louisville Visitors Center (1340 S 4th Street)
Shelby Park Neighborhood Association
SPNA members meet most months on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. Location: Shelby Park Community Center (600 E. Oak Street)
Taylor Berry Neighborhood Association
Meetings held on the 1st Tuesday of the month (except August) at 6 pm at the South Louisville Community Center (2911 Taylor Boulevard).
Toonerville Trolley Neighborhood Association
Meetings on the second Wednesday of the every month at 7:00 PM Location: Noble Funk Brewery - 922. S. 2nd St.
 Many people have reached out to Metro Council representatives in the past few weeks expressing their concerns about the proposed development of a tennis complex in Joe Creason Park. I am no exception. Whether they were worried about traffic congestion and safety; impacts to the Louisville Nature Center; the loss of free, public spaces for working class families; the relationship between the developers and Bellarmine; or the environmental impact of losing critical tree canopy cover and adding a massive parking lot and contributing to one of the nation’s worst heat islands, nearly unanimously people have spoken or written in terms of opposition to this plan.
I want to take the opportunity in this newsletter to make it clear that I share many of these concerns. I am also skeptical of the economic impact numbers that have been published in support of the project. Most importantly, I am broadly opposed to the pattern of taking our public lands for private and for-profit interests.
Public resources—our parks, the buildings Louisville Metro owns, the ability to tax developments and corporations to fund schools, libraries, and roads—belong to all of us and should be used for the public’s interests, not picking winners and losers in the marketplace or benefiting the wealthy and connected.
If you also share concerns about this project, I urge you to get involved. The best way to do so is to attend meetings and connect with people doing face-to-face organizing. There are two upcoming meetings dedicated to the proposal: 6PM on Tuesday, May 6th at Cyril Allgeier Community Center, and 8:30AM on Saturday, May 10th at Saint X High School. There are also several Facebook groups where people have been organizing: Save Joe Creason and Save Joe Creason Park Louisville Ky from Tennis Pickleball Center.
If we organize, the people have the power to change the course of our city!
Solidarity,
Councilman JP Lyninger |
