 The Louisville Metro Council and District 6 have teamed up with the Association of Community Ministries to host a Holiday Food Drive collecting essential foods for those most in need this season. All donations will go to the Association of Community Ministries to be divided among the 13 Area Community Ministries.
WHEN: November 14 – December 9
WHERE: You may drop off your food donations at:
Main donation site: City Hall, 601 W. Jefferson Street, 40202
D6 drop off location: Logan Street Market (1001 Logan St.)
Additional drop off locations: https://louisvilleky.gov/government/metro-council/2025-holiday-food-donation-drive
WHAT IS NEEDED:
- Canned chicken/tuna
- Boxed or dry milk
- Canned items (stew, chili, soup, tomatoes)
- Ramen
- Pasta and pasta sauce
- Cereal
- Oatmeal packets
- Rice
- Beans
- Cooking oil
- Spices and condiments
Can't drop off food but want to donate monetarily? Visit: https://www.louisvilleministries.org/ and click "Donate to ACM" to give. Please call 574-1117 with any questions or for more information.
 As the colder months approach, vacant properties in our neighborhoods face a higher risk of crime, fires, break-ins, and other safety hazards. Unsecured buildings can threaten the safety of our entire community. The Department of Codes and Regulations urges residents and property owners to act now so we can protect our community together.
Property owners are required to keep vacant properties clean and secure to prevent emergencies and stay compliant with city codes. Taking proactive steps now helps avoid costly incidents and keeps everyone safer as temperatures drop.
If you have concerns regarding a vacant or abandoned property, or require guidance in securing your own, please contact our office at (502) 574-2508. Your help plays a vital role in maintaining safe and healthy neighborhoods throughout the winter season.
Let's join forces to freeze out fire risk and protect our community––your action matters!
Louisville Parks & Recreation is making updates to Ben Washer Park and wants to hear from you! Share your ideas, dreams, and feedback to help them build a space that reflects the needs of the community.
Survey link here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/C9TBBT9
The Louisville Metro Office of Social Services is currently conducting its annual Community Needs Assessment to collect information about the needs of Jefferson County residents like you. This is a totally anonymous survey that asks questions about needs related to housing, employment, education, and more. Please follow this link to fill out the survey, which can take between 5-15 minutes to fill out. The survey can be taken by any Jefferson County resident over the age of 18. Thank you for your time and efforts in sharing this information. The survey will close December 5.
You are invited to attend a review for a CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT for a Homeless Shelter.
Este es un aviso para una audiencia pública relacionada con una solicitud en la propiedad que se enumera a continuación. Para obtener más información, o para servicios de traducción, escanee el código QR que aparece arriba o llame al (502) 574-6230.
Subject Property (Propiedad Sujeta): 1034 S Jackson Street
Case Number (Número de Caso): 25-CUP-0207
Case Manager (Administradora de Casos): Zack Jones (zachary.jones@louisvilleky.gov)
Meeting Type (Tipo de Reunión): BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT
Meeting Date (Fecha de la Reunión): MONDAY, December 1, 2025
Time (Tiempo): Meeting will begin at 1:00 PM and continue until all cases are heard
Location (Ubicación de Reunión): 514 W Liberty Street, 40202 (OLD JAIL BUILDING)
You are invited to attend a review for a CHANGE IN ZONING from OR-2 Office Residential to C-2 Commercial with a Detailed District Development Plan with binding elements.
Este es un aviso para una audiencia pública relacionada con una solicitud en la propiedad que se enumera a continuación. Para obtener más información, o para servicios de traducción, escanee el código QR que aparece arriba o llame al (502) 574-6230.
Subject Property (Propiedad Sujeta): 330, 326 E Oak St, 333 Stein Ct
Case Number (Número de Caso): 25-ZONE-0030
Case Manager (Administradora de Casos): Mark Pinto (mark.pinto@louisvilleky.gov)
Meeting Type (Tipo de Reunión): PLANNING COMMISSION
Meeting Date (Fecha de la Reunión): THURSDAY, December 4, 2025
Time (Tiempo): Meeting will begin at 1:00 PM and continue until all cases are heard
Location (Ubicación de Reunión): 514 W Liberty Street, 40202 (OLD JAIL BUILDING)
Alcoholic Beverage License Advertisement
Ad Date: 11/12/2025
Protest must be submitted by: 12/12/2025
LMPD Division: 4TH DIVISION
BARD LOUISVILLE ENTERTAINMENT LLC, 511 E Burnett Ave, Hereby declares intention(s) to apply for a NQ4 Retail Malt Beverage Drink and Quota Retail Drink license(s) no later than November 10, 2025. The business to be licensed will be located at 511 E Burnett Ave, Louisville, Kentucky 40217 doing business as The Bard. The owner(s) are as follows: Sabrina Spalding Stein, owner, 923 Stone Street Daniel Riddlesmith, owner, 2205 CHERIAN DR. 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. November 12 2025 LSBN0405097
Notice of Application for Wrecking Permit of Historic Structure
The Office of Construction Review has received a wrecking permit application for the property listed below:
Subject Property: 1216 Logan Street
Case Number: BLD-WRE-25-00465
The above reference property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing building to the Shelby Park Historic District. The requested wrecking permit may be issued on or after the following date provided that the application meets the development or deed restriction requirements of the LMCO (150.110): 12/12/2025. The purpose of the 30-day hold is to provide time for the community to consider the demolition and, if warranted, prepare a petition to review designation of the building as a local landmark. If a petition is desired, please contact Savannah Darr, Historic Preservation Officer, at savannah.darr@louisvilleky.gov and 502-574-5705.
Community of Opportunity Neighborhood Association
The Community of Opportunity Neighborhood Association is organizing in Park Hill & Algonquin. 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
The Meriwether-Fort Hill Neighborhood association meets on the second Wednesday of every month at 6:30PM. This month the meeting is at The Bard, 511 E. Burnett Avenue.
Old Louisville Neighborhood Council
OLNC usually meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month at 7pm (note: November meeting was held Nov. 18 on account of Thanksgiving). 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: Arthur S Kling Center - 219 W Ormsby Ave.
 When I ran for office, I made it clear: I’m just some guy. We already needed big change in Louisville to meet the needs of the working class, and now with Donald Trump back in the White House our most vulnerable community members need us to step-up and help protect them more than ever. I was honest with you that I can’t do any of that by myself, that we were building a movement, and you and I would need to organize together once I was sworn in.
That’s exactly what I’m asking for right now.
I have introduced legislation at the Louisville Metro Council to amend our mask ban ordinance. This amendment would make clear that there is no exception to our already existing mask ban for law enforcement officers attempting to conceal their identity. Not LMPD, not the Kentucky State Police, not the FBI…and not ICE.
At the last Public Safety Committee meeting, the Committee Chair Dan Seum (R-13) did not call the legislation, cancelled the next regularly scheduled committee meeting, and declared that there would be a special meeting of the committee on December 1st at 4:00pm. If you want to organize to help protect our community from ICE, now is the time to act!
We need people to:
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Look up their Metro Council Members here and tell them you want the Mask Ban Ordinance Amendment to pass.
- Contact the committee members of the Public Safety Committee and tell them you want them to pass the legislation out of committee to be voted on by the full council:
- Chair Dan Seum (R-13) dan.seum@louisvilleky.gov, 502-574-1113
- Vice Chair Tammy Hawkins (D-1) tammy.hawkins@louisvilleky.gov 502-574-1101
- Councilwoman Barbara Shanklin (D-2) barbara.shanklin@louisvilleky.gov 502-574-1102,
- Councilwoman Shameka Parrish-Wright (D-3) shameka.parrish-wright@louisvilleky.gov 502-574-1103
- Councilman Ken Herndon (D-4) ken.herndon@louisvilleky.gov 502-574-1104
- Councilman Jonathan Joseph (R-12) jonathan.joseph@louisvilleky.gov 502-574-1112
- Councilman Anthony Piagentini (R-19) anthony.piagentini@louisvilleky.gov 502-574-1119
- Councilwoman Betsy Ruhe (D-21) betsy.ruhe@louisvilleky.gov 502-574-1121
- Councilwoman Ginny Mulvey-Woolridge (R-24) ginny.mulveywoolridge@louisvilleky.gov 502-574-1124
- Share our call to action across social media and directly with our friends, our family, our neighbors, our coworkers and our classmates. Let them know that we have a tool to stand up to ICE and stop them from anonymously terrorizing our city, but we need the Louisville Metro Council to pass this amendment to our mask ban to do it.
- Show up to Metro Council Chambers on December 1st at 4:00pm to show your support!
I introduced this amendment because people in District 6 have asked for it after seeing footage of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents regularly wearing masks while engaged in enforcement activities nationwide, concealing their identities during immigration raids.
That’s wrong.
It erodes public trust. It greatly reduces the likelihood of accountability for civil rights violations. It increases the chances that someone could impersonate an officer, catastrophically harm someone—or worse—and never be caught.
People across the United States are terrified by the unaccountable and unconstitutional actions taken by ICE in recent months. Louisville should not be a place where secret police will operate in our streets, dragging people away from our homes, our schools, our workplaces, our places of worship, or even our hospitals or courts. Law enforcement officers are expected to be identifiable as public servants, to uphold the civil liberties of our residents.
This is not new legislation targeting law enforcement. It just makes it clear that the police aren’t above the laws that apply to everyone else. It wouldn’t even remove any existing language because we already don’t have an exception in our city’s mask prohibition for police to use masks to hide their identity. It just makes it clear that police, including ICE, aren’t above the law, just like they can’t commit arson or drive drunk in our streets. Other occupational reasons for wearing a mask, such as safety precautions or undercover police work, will not be prohibited.
In 2017, Louisville Metro Government passed a separation ordinance that states that local resources will not be used for Federal immigration enforcement, and enshrines that everyone in Louisville is entitled to equal protection, regardless of their immigration status. I believe that protection extends to not granting ICE agents an exemption from our already existing ordinance banning the wearing of masks.
The state of California recently passed a statewide prohibition on law enforcement masking, and Chicago’s Mayor reaffirmed in August that police wearing masks isn’t allowed there either and that federal agents would be expected to comply. People across the United States know that legitimate police shouldn’t wear masks, especially not when they’re often in plain clothes, hauling people away in unmarked vehicles.
That’s scary! And elected leaders are doing something about it elsewhere. It’s time for Louisville to stand up for our people and the rule of law, and do the same. I’ll admit it: I don’t like the mask ban. I think people should be allowed to wear masks for medical reasons without facing scrutiny or suspicion, without subjective judgement calls from police on who they’ll stop or question; but the law is the law, and if we’re going to have a mask ban, then it should be clear that it applies to everyone, including ICE. If there are members of the Metro Council who don’t like that, then they should state their case to the public why they believe that police should be able to wear masks to conceal their identities while you or I can’t and why they believe that makes us safer. Or they can appeal the ban altogether if that’s their preference, but as long as there’s going to be a mask ban, I think it should apply to police, including ICE.
If you agree, we need people to make sure to let your Metro Council representatives know. You can look up their contact information here!
Solidarity,
Councilman JP Lyninger
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