No. 9 eNews - Thursday, February 14, 2013

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Tina Ward-Pugh
9th District Councilwoman
601 W Jefferson Street
Louisville, Kentucky, 40202
Phone: 574-1109
Fax: 574-7844
Email: Tina Ward-Pugh  
 
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Kyle Ethridge
Legislative Assistant
Phone: 574-3908
 
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Katie Holmes
Special Projects Coordinator
Phone: 574-1109
Email: Katie Holmes
 

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Thursday, February 14, 2013


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Notice of Planning & Design Public Meetings

Information provided by Louisville Metro Planning and Design Services, 444 S. 5th Street – Suite 300, Louisville, KY 40202-4313, (502)574-6230

Case Number: 18736
You are invited to attend a review of a proposal for side yard variance for existing structure.
Subject Property:   2930   Cleveland Blvd 40206 (residential property)
Case Manager: Christopher Brown
This case will be presented to the Board of Zoning Adjustment.
Date: Monday, February 18, 2013
Time: Meeting will begin at 8:30 AM and continue until all cases are heard.
Place: 514 W. Liberty Street

 Case Number: 18735
You are invited to attend a review of a proposal for side yard variance for existing structure.
Subject Property:   2932   CLEVELAND BLVD 40206 (residential property)
Case Manager: Christopher Brown
This case will be presented to the Board of Zoning Adjustment.
Date: Monday, February 18, 2013
Time: Meeting will begin at 8:30 AM and continue until all cases are heard.
Place: 514 W. Liberty Street  

For detailed case information please visit http://www.louisvilleky.gov/PlanningDesign/.  Click on “Case Information – eCustomer Services” link.  Then under the “Planning and Design” tab click on “By Project No”.  Enter the project no and click “search”.  If you have any questions please contact Planning & Design at 574-6230.


FREE Tax Preparation in February and March in 9th District

Tax Prep

My office has partnered again with the Louisville Asset Building Coalition to provide FREE tax preparation services for the 2012 tax year.  CALL TODAY to sign up for a FREE tax preparation appointment!  You are eligible if you earned $50,000 Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) or less in 2012 or if you quality for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).  FREE tax preparation will be offered on the following Fridays from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at United Crescent Hill Ministries, located at 150 S State Street – February 22nd and March 8th and 22nd.  Call our office today at 574-1109 to make your appointment!


Former Doll’s Market to become Sutherlands

Published from Business First, January 10, 2013

A Kansas City, Mo.-based hardware store company has purchased the former Doll’s Market building at 3620 Brownsboro Road.  Sutherland Lumber-Southwest Inc. plans to open a 23,000-square-foot Sutherlands Hardware and Mercantile store this summer, said Perry Sutherland, president of the company.  The seller was the Charles F. Bauer Realty Partnership LLP.  To read the full article click here.


Wild & Scenic Film Festival on Saturday, March 2nd

Wild & Scenic

The 5th Annual Wild & Scenic® Film Festival returns to the Clifton Center, located at 2117 Payne Street, on Saturday, March 2nd from 6:00 – 10:00 p.m. with another incredible selection of films to change your world. This year’s films combine stellar filmmaking, beautiful cinematography and first-rate storytelling with the theme of “A Climate of Change.” Wild and Scenic Film Festival informs, inspires and ignites solutions, and creates positive probabilities to restore the Earth and human communities.  Donations/Sponsorshttps://donationpay.org/kwalliance/wsffsponsor2013.php Tickets: https://donationpay.org/kwalliance/wsfftickets2013.php


MSD Sewer Overflow Information

MSD

When it rains in the Louisville Metro area, sewer overflows may occur. Water containing sewage may be discharged from sewers in the MSD service area and may be on the ground, in drainage ditches, or in nearby streams. You are advised to avoid contact with the Ohio River, creeks, streams and drainage ditches, as they may contain sewage and storm water runoff contaminants that could make you sick. If you, your family or your pets do come in contact with possibly contaminated water, wash it off with warm, soapy water, especially before handling food.  While it’s still raining and for 48 hours after it stops raining, DO NOT FISH, WADE or SWIM in outdoor waters!  Of you have questions or need more information about the notification system or
Project WIN, please visit MSD's website at http://msdprojectwin.org/
or call MSD's Customer Relations Department at 502-587-0603.


District 9 Calendar Events & Happenings!

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Below are some Ninth District calendar events!  To view a full listing of events please visit the Ninth District Blog at www.district9news.wordpress.com

If you would like to submit events to be considered for the blog calendar please email Kyle Ethridge.

Thursday, February 14: Whitehall House & Gardens invites you to attend their Valentine's Dinner at 7:00 p.m. at Whitehall, 3110 Lexington Road.  Enjoy a delicious five-course feast served by romantic candlelight inside the historic mansion.  $75 per person for dinner with non-alcoholic beverages and $100 per person for dinner with wine pairings.  $30 per ticket is tax-deductible.  To make a reservation please call 897-2944 or email whitehall@historichomes.org.

Friday, February 15:
St. Mark's Episcopal Church Annual Lenten Fish Fry every Friday during Lent, located at 2822 Frankfort Avenue.  Dinner is from 5:30 - 7:30 pm and includes 2 sides and soup - other vegetarian options will also be available.  Cost is not yet determined.   Questions please call 895-2429.

Friday, February 15: 
Carmichael's Bookstore, located at 2720 Frankfort Avenue, welcomes journalist and Louisville native Sarah Garland for a discussion of her new book Divided We Fail: The Story of an African American Community That Ended the Era of School Desegregation at 7:00 p.m.  In 2007, a court case originally filed in Louisville, was argued before the Supreme Court and officially ended the era of school desegregation— both changing how schools across America handle race and undermining the most important civil rights cases of the last century. For more information call 896-6950 or visit www.carmichaelsbookstore.com/event/journalist-and-louisville-native-sarah-garland-coming-carmichaels

Saturday, February 16:
Annual Youth Opportunity Showcase from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at the Kentucky International Convention Center, exhibit Hall 1 A/B, 221 S. Fourth Street.  The event is free to employers who have job openings, and there is no cost for job seekers to attend.  Young adults interested in applying for jobs should dress for an interview, bring identification – preferably a driver’s license and Social Security card – and have several copies of their resumes to leave with potential employers. For more information about the upcoming Mayor’s Youth Opportunity Showcase, including an exhibitor application for free booth space, and The Mayor’s SummerWorks Program, call KentuckianaWorks at (502) 574-2500.

Saturday, February 16:
A Reader’s Corner Bookstore, located at 2044 Frankfort Avenue, presents The Emerging Writers Series featuring Spalding University BFA in Creative Writing Students & their Journal Word Hotel from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.  Celebrate local students and gather to hear them read their original work at A Reader's Corner Bookstore.  Join in for poetry, fun, and refreshments.  For more information call 897-5578.

Sunday, February 17:
University of Louisville Women’s Basketball team versus DePaul, KFC Yum! Center, 1:30 p.m.  Tickets may be purchased at game time for $5.00 each.  Learn more.

Sunday, February 17:
The Clifton Center, 2117 Payne Street, will host a screening of the epic, award-winning documentary How to Survive A Plague as part of the Wild and Woolly Film Series at 7:00 pm. The screening will be held in the Clifton Center's Eifler Theatre, 2117 Payne Street, and a cash bar will open at 6:30pm. Admission is free for Friends of the Clifton Center and $5 for the general public. Tickets can be purchased in advance at Carmichael's Bookstore, 2720 Frankfort Avenue, or online at www.cliftoncenter.org. Tickets can also be purchased at the Clifton Center box office beginning at 6:00pm the day of the event.         

Wednesday, February 20:
University of Louisville Women’s Basketball team versus South Florida, KFC Yum! Center, 7:00 p.m.  Tickets may be purchased at game time for $5.00 each.  Learn more.

Thursday, February 21:
3rd Kentucky Regional Braille Challenge at the American Printing House for the Blind from 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.  To volunteer please contact Becky Snider at 899-2356 or email rsnider@aph.org.

Thursday, February 21: 
Carmichael's Bookstore, located at 2720 Frankfort Avenue, and the Society of Professional Journalists welcome journalist Jonathan Katz for a signing of his new book The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster at 7:00 p.m.  For more information call 896-6950 or visit www.carmichaelsbookstore.com/event/ap-correspondent-and-louisvillian-jonathan-katz-sign-his-new-book

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