 St. John Center has developed a new Outreach Referral Tool to help connect our unhoused neighbors with compassionate support.
If you know where folks tend to post up—underpasses, parks, sidewalks, or corners—you can now refer them directly to outreach staff who care.
Bookmark this link: https://www.stjohncenter.org/outreach-referral/
West Kentucky Street Project Update
Public Works would like to share important updates regarding the ongoing street improvement projects on West Kentucky Street and South 5th Street—a vital step toward creating a safer and more welcoming corridor for all.
Traffic Impacts: In order to expedite progress in this area, a small segment of South 5th Street will be closed to through traffic during construction. The contractor is working diligently to fully reopen West Kentucky Street, which will significantly improve travel for both motorists and pedestrians once completed.
Expected Completion: August 1, 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.
Share your feedback on proposed Industry Road rightsizing
Louisville Metro Public Works’ Department of Transportation is committed to reducing deadly and serious injury crashes on its roadways through data-driven solutions. One strategy proven to be effective is rightsizing, also called a road diet or roadway reconfiguration. Rightsizing improves safety by aligning roadway design with traffic volumes, typically by using pavement markings.
Repairs to concrete panels on Industry Road are planned for Spring 2026, and traffic volumes do not support the current roadway configuration. By rightsizing after pavement repairs are completed, we can improve safety at minimal cost.
Louisville Metro Public Works intends to rightsize Industry Road from the existing four-lane section (two through lanes per direction of travel) to a three-lane section (one through lane per direction of travel and a center two-way left-turn lane). Two design alternatives are being considered for the remaining space:
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Buffered bike lanes: 5-foot bike lane with a 3-foot buffer between the bike lane and through lane, or
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Hatched shoulders: 8-foot shoulder with hatching inside to discourage inappropriate use. Hatched shoulders are areas next to the road that have diagonal lines painted on them to show they are not driving lanes.
Alternative 1: Three-lane undivided with buffered bike lanes
Alternative 2: Three-lane undivided with hatched shoulders
Please visit the following website address to provide input on which rightsizing alternative you prefer: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/27RGhkB8Fk. The deadline to provide feedback is August 29, 2025.
Family Resource Fair in Shelby Park
Waterfront Park PlayPort Picnic
Get ready for the 55th Annual World Championship Dainty Contest and 5th Annual Dainty Fest!
Dainty Fest kicks off on Saturday, July 26th at The Merryweather (1101 Lydia Street) from 5 pm to 10 pm with the Dainty FUNdraiser, including Dainty carnival games, OVW wrestling, and bands. On Sunday, July 27th, catch the Dainty Parade through the streets of Schnitzelburg at noon as the party heads over to George Hauck Way. At Schnitzelburg’s Sunday Funday, visit with neighborhood associations, dance in a silent disco, watch the Bologna Sandwich Eating Contest, and take in all the fun at Hauck's Corner (1000 Goss Avenue) from 1 pm to 4 pm. Finally, join us on Monday, July 29th, as we gather on George Hauck Way for the 55th Annual World Championship Dainty Contest to see who will be crowned the 2025 Dainty World Champion. The fun starts on Monday at 5 pm with dignitary play then the real competition begins. As always, we'll have bologna, beer, and bands. Note: Player sign-up starts at 4:30 pm on Monday and you must be over 45 to play.
More info and a full schedule of events: https://www.daintyfest.org/
Owen's Corner, LLC, 421 W. Market Street Lousville, KY 40202, Hereby declares intention(s) to apply for a Quota Retail Drink with Midnight to 2:00am license(s) no later than July 31, 2025. The business to be licensed will be located at 109 W. Oak Street Louisville, KY , Kentucky 40202. The owner(s) are as follows: Bryan Gillespie, Owner, 421 W. Market Street, Louisville, KY 40202. 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. June 29 2025 LSBN0322520
You are invited to attend a review for a Traditional Neighborhood Zoning District (TNZD) MAP AMENDMENT from Single-or Two Family Residential in Neighborhood General to a Permitted Where Mapped Use to allow 4 dwelling units on the site.
Subject Property: 514 W. ST. CATHERINE STREET
Case Number: 24-TNZD-0003
Case Manager: Amy Brooks(amy.brooks@louisvilleky.gov)
Meeting Type: PLANNING COMMISSION
Meeting Date: THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 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:
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
Persons who desire special accommodations, including translation or interpretation services, should contact the Office of Planning at (502) 574-6230 at least one week prior to this meeting.
Community of Opportunity Neighborhood Association
The Community of Opportunity Neighborhood Association is organizing in Park Hill & Algonquin. They will next meet virtually at 6PM on August 13. See website 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.
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.
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.
July is a very quiet time at City Hall, it turns out. After our meeting on June 26th, the Metro Council is still on a break from official business until next week, when committee meetings will resume. Our office has been here most weekdays in that time, catching up on constituent concerns and meetings now that the budget is settled for a few months. We’ve seen a handful of other members here in the building these past few weeks, most frequently Councilman Ken Herndon (his office is near ours on the third floor) and Councilwoman Jennifer Chappell, but most members are working remotely or on vacation.
The space has been welcome. As I mentioned, we’ve had a chance to work through some issues that our neighbors have brought to us. I had a productive meeting with the Chief of Police in the LMPD administrative offices at 7th and Ormsby, and just the other day Nick and I had coffee with Representative Joshua Watkins to talk about the state budget and ways we could work together in both chambers.
The lack of distraction and slower pace has also allowed us to look back at the work over our first budget cycle in office. I have long said that the budget is the most important issue that Metro Council members are concerned with; the budget sets the boundaries of what policies are possible and is in many ways the legislative body’s singular contribution to the actual management of city government. Once the resources are appropriated, the Mayor decides how those resources are used within the departments and capital projects we’ve funded. Having had time to digest all of the hearings, meetings with agencies and non-profits, and discussions I had with other members of the Metro Council, I am more sure than ever that changing the path our budget had been on for over twenty years is my top priority while I hold this office.
The People’s Budget Amendment that I introduced at the meeting on June 26th wasn’t the first step in changing our path, but it was an important one. Four years ago, I was part of a campaign to get a similar budget amendment to the floor of the Metro Council, and couldn’t find a single member willing to introduce it. This People’s Budget Amendment not only was introduced, it received a second on the floor, which meant we had a chance to debate it, and in the end three other members joined me in voting for it: Councilwoman Shameka Parrish-Wright (D3), Councilwoman Josie Raymond (D10) and Councilwoman Jennifer Chappell (D15), to whom I offer my sincerest thanks. Four votes doesn’t pass an amendment, which we knew before the meeting started, but it is a solid improvement from zero. Four is a start.
By drafting this amendment based on weeks of democratic participation from regular, working-class people throughout Louisville and having an actual, live debate on the floor of the Metro Council on what that moral and political document says about our priorities and our city, we did more to pull back the curtain on the process that creates our budget than the entire preceding two months. Our constituents deserve to know whether we approve of the budget beyond platitudes about imperfect results and the value of a process involving 26 representatives. The voters who elect us deserve to have real answers on where we stand on funding for public transit, for social services, for community centers, for parks employees, for affordable housing, for tangible solutions to food scarcity, and more. You deserve to know how my colleagues and I plan to address public safety beyond throwing tens of millions of dollars at positions we know we couldn’t fill last year and are all but certain we can’t fill this year, money that could have been spent on addressing the root causes of crime and violence instead of being performatively parked in a bank account.
After the amendment was heard and voted down, I voted ‘no’ on the budget for the same reason that I offered the amendment: we need a budget that meets the needs of the working class of Louisville. One day, organizing and working together, we will have one.
Solidarity,
JP Lyninger
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