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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.
District 6 Budget Town Halls
Thursday, May 29 at 6:30 PM. Location: Woodbine Chamber, 236 Woodbine St, Louisville, Kentucky, 40208
Mid June. Location and Time: TBA (Check back in the next newsletter!)
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.
 The Louisville Free Public Library’s annual 10-week Summer Reading Program, presented by the Library Foundation, encourages children and teens to read for fun over the summer and helps them avoid summer learning loss. Summer Reading runs May 28–August 2 and is FREE to all area youth, newborn–12th grade.
You can pre-register now for both programs online or by downloading the Beanstack Tracker app (for iOS or Android). Cultural Passes will be available for pickup May 28th.
If you have participated in Summer Reading before, sign in and start logging books (May 28-August 2).
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
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
You are invited to attend an Old Louisville Architectural Review Committee Hearing for the review of a proposed paint color change for previously painted masonry.
Subject Property: 1440 S. 4th Street
Case Number: 25-COA-0102
Case Manager: Brad Fister (bradley.fister@louisvilleky.gov)
Meeting Type: Old Louisville Architectural Review Committee
Meeting Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Time: Meeting will begin at 5:30 PM and continue until all cases are heard
Location: Metro Development Center — 444 S. 5th Street, Room 101
For meeting agenda and staff report, please visit:
https://louisvilleky.primegov.com/public/portal?fromiframe=true
More information is available in-person or online at:
Louisville Metro Office of Planning (Hours: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM)
444 S. 5th Street, 3rd Floor, Louisville, KY 40202
502-574-6230 | https://louisvilleky.gov/government/office-planning
3rd Street Neighborhood Association Membership Drive
 Community of Opportunity Neighborhood Association
The Community of Opportunity Neighborhood Association is organizing in Park Hill & Algonquin. They will meet in-person at 6PM on May 21 and July 10 at Kingdomland Baptist Church, 1822 S 11th St. They will meet virtually at 6PM on July 11 August 13. See flyer above for more details.
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. (NOTE: GPNA met early in May but will resume their normal schedule in June)
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.
What a difference two weeks makes!
Last newsletter, I wrote about my opposition to the proposed development of a tennis complex in Joe Creason Park, with my greatest concern centered on the continued pattern of our city’s public resources being appropriated for private gain. Whether it’s decades-long plans to divert our tax base away from public coffers to developer’s bottom-lines, giving away city-owned land and buildings, or this most recent proposal which would have ceded control of a huge portion of a much loved and used city park. These are things that the people collectively own, a precious category that we can’t afford to lose!
As we saw last week, we don’t have to accept that loss. People from across the city came into motion to voice their opposition to the plan. People contacted their friends, neighbors and coworkers; people made plans to attend public meetings and coordinate their responses; people printed yard signs and t-shirts to raise public awareness; people wrote and called their elected officials. In other words, people organized! I wrote two weeks ago that if we organize, the people have the power to change the course of our city, and with the withdrawal of this proposal that’s exactly what happened.
Real power for change lives outside of City Hall, and that was proven last week. I spoke to people in the park after the Mayor announced that the city would no longer be pursuing the development at Joe Creason, and several thanked me for my support in their efforts, but the truth is the same as it always is: I am just some guy. The people, standing up and making a clear demand, are who won this fight. To the people, I say: congratulations, thank you, and Solidarity!
Councilman JP Lyninger
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