 My office is once again proud to be sponsoring Jazz & Soul in Central Park, from 5-9pm on Sunday, August 23. This is an evening of FREE live music and a celebration of our community.
 Saturday 10.24: Fall Community-Wide Cleanup
Any size group, anywhere in Jefferson County
Time to get out and give our city a nice Fall cleaning! As always, FREE clean up supplies and post-cleanup bag collection are provided and all are welcome to participate.
Special thanks to our returning sponsor WM, for their continued support.
Register your Fall Community Wide Cleanup Group HERE.
 🖍️ Discover Louisville—one coloring page at a time!
Councilwoman Josie Raymond has launched “A Kid’s Day in Louisville: How the Metro Council Supports the City,” a new FREE educational coloring book that helps kids explore the places, people, and services that make Louisville a great place to live.
From Louisville Fire and Metro Animal Services to Parks & Recreation, TARC, the Belle of Louisville, the Louisville Zoo and more, kids can have fun while learning how Metro Government serves our community, and how Metro Council helps fund those important services.
🎨 CITYWIDE COLORING CONTEST Louisvillians of all ages can join the fun! Color the official contest page and submit your masterpiece by Monday, August 31 for a chance to win prizes.
Award categories include:
- Most Creative Use of Art Supplies
- Rainbow Award
- Best Attention to Detail
- Judge’s Favorite
- Fan Favorite
Deadline: August 31
🔗 Download the coloring book page: https://tinyurl.com/3yv8erzd
🔗 Submit your entry: https://forms.louisvilleky.gov/262114256280854
 The Jefferson County Soil & Water Conservation District is hosting their annual Cover Crop Giveaway! They give away free cover crop to Jefferson County residents for use in their garden beds and host workshops to teach them how to use it. Interested parties can "preorder" seed using the form, but it will only be available until September 4th.
Register at www.tinyurl.com/SWCDCover
You are invited to attend a review for a public realm encroachment Variance.
Subject Property (Propiedad Sujeta): 927 Charles St
Case Number (Número de Caso): 26-VARIANCE-0091
Case Manager (Administradora de Casos): Catherine Gomez (Catherine.gomez@louisvilleky.gov)
Meeting Type (Tipo de Reunión): Board of Zoning Adjustment
Meeting Date (Fecha de la Reunión): MONDAY, August 31, 2026
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)
Community of Opportunity Neighborhood Association
The Community of Opportunity Neighborhood Association is organizing in Park Hill & Algonquin. See Park Hill - Algonquin 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: Arthur S Kling Center - 219 W Ormsby Ave.
At the last Louisville Metro Council meeting, there were two contentious items, and I would like to take the time to explain why it was so important that we had extended debate on each item and why I believe the council made the wrong decision in both cases.
At the July 30th meeting, I made a motion to postpone the vote on extending the LG&E franchise agreement for natural gas delivery in Jefferson County. We currently do not collect any franchise fee from LG&E for the privilege of using our right-of-way, in part because of an old ruling by the Kentucky Public Service Commission, the state board that governs utilities. At that meeting, I successfully argued that we should work with the Mayor's office to revisit this ruling and we shouldn't extend the franchise agreement until we've done so. I also pointed out that many of our constituents are dissatisfied customers when it comes to LG&E. LG&E is a subsidiary of a large energy corporation headquartered in Pennsylvania and traded on Wall Street, and this corporation intends to keep burning coal for energy for four more decades. Last week, however, we brought the resolution back to the floor after it was suggested outside of chambers by Councilman Markus Winkler that we should do so to send it back to committee. Councilman Winkler then voted against sending it back to committee, and instead the council voted to lock us into the franchise agreement for another five years.
The second item was the six-month moratorium on hyperscale data centers being approved in Jefferson County. I argued in favor of a year moratorium, but even that is a compromise to what I think we should actually pass—a complete ban on the construction of these facilities in Louisville.
Across the country, we are seeing a rush to build massive data centers to support so-called AI (which is being used largely to destroy jobs for the working class) and to greatly expand the surveillance state which has been misused and abused at every level of government. This rush is against the wishes of the public, which is squarely against these centers for a variety of reasons including property value impacts, health concerns, and environmental protection. The data centers are being sold as job creators when they in fact are facilitators of long-term job killers, and as tax revenue generators when we've already seen massive tax subsidies for them at the state level. This is the single most unifying political issue in the United States currently, but the Metro Council voted down the amendment to make it a one-year ban. Ultimately, the six-month moratorium passed.
We should indefinitely ban the approval of hyperscale data centers. We should also have much more stringent regulations than what has been proposed by the planning commission. I also believe Metro Council should consider retroactive legislation to halt the construction of the data center on Campground Road, even if it means that we might face a possible lawsuit from the developer.
I was on the losing side of these two votes, but I do not believe I was on the wrong side of either of them. I also do not believe I would have been on the losing side of the vote if either were put to the general public. People in Louisville are sick of LG&E and their corporate parent PPL. People are sick of elected representatives who aren't listening to their neighbors screaming loud and clear that they don't want data centers being built in Louisville. In both cases, people are sick of lip-service on climate change and protection of the environment when every vote continues policies for the enrichment of a few at the expense of life on this planet, especially in light of the fact that July was the warmest month ever recorded in the history of the United States.
It doesn't have to be like this. I will continue to fight for public ownership and democratic control of our energy utilities to put our citizens in control of our energy. I will continue to organize with the clear majority of our community who oppose hyperscale data centers going up in our backyards with weak regulations with gaping loop holes. I hope you'll join me.
Solidarity,
Councilman JP Lyninger
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