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Greetings from City Hall and the 26th District. We will be sending newsletters from time to time with news from City Hall and around the Louisville Metro area.
If there are specific items you would like to see in our newsletter, please let us know using the emails listed to the left.
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At its last meeting on January 22, 2015, the Metro Council elected 4th District Councilman David Tandy to finish the term of the late Jim King as President of the Council. President Tandy will serve until January 2016. Working with the leadership in both parties, President Tandy has named the Chairs and Vice-Chairs of the Council committees including Councilman Ackerson as Vice Chair of the Land Development Code Committee. |
At the January 22nd meeting of the Council, the following proposal was introduced. It would close a portion of Rosemont Avenue near the Meredith-Dunn Learning Center on Melbourne Avenue. The proposal was approved by the Planning Commission without opposition. It will now go through the Metro Council Planning Committee and Council. Here is the title of the ordinance:
"AN ORDINANCE CLOSING A PORTION OF ROSEMONT AVENUE RUNNING FROM MIDLAND AVENUE TO THE WEST APPROXIMATELY 445 FEET AND CONTAINING 14,053 SQUARE FEET AND BEING IN LOUISVILLE METRO."
(CASE NO. 14STREETS1006).
The Bon Air Estates Neighborhood Association will meet this coming Monday, February 2, at the Bon Air Library on Del Rio Place. Meet-and-greet from 6:30 pm to 7:00. Meeting from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
The Bon Air Neighborhood Association is set to meet on February 12 at 7:00 pm at Seneca High School, 3510 Goldsmith Lane. This is a general meeting for those interested in joining the association.
The Brookhaven Neighborhood Association will host its Spring Quarterly Meeting on Wednesday March 25, 2015 at 7:00 pm in the Cafeteria at Ascension Catholic Church. The church is located at 4600 Lynnbrook Drive off Brown's Lane.
If you live in the old City Louisville and pay the additional Urban Services District tax, your next Junk Pick-Up dates are coming soon. Set-out is next weekend, February 6-8, with pick-up to take place beginning on Monday, February 9th. Get to work this week and set it all over next weekend at curbside.
The Bardstown Road Corridor of Communities & Opportunities
"Highlights at the Top of the Highlands AND Beyond"
Exhibit: Sunday, April 26 - May 29
Presentations: April 26 2:00-4:00
Bon Air Library
Invitation to participate
Exhibits:
Bon Air Library 2 sides of entry exhibit space: April 26 - May 29.
Side 1. Building communities, Lincoln, Civil War, Eliza & Mary, Petersburg-Newburg
Side 2. African American jockeys, horses, agriculture, prohibition&the local bourbon trail,
50 Years of commercial & suburban development
Present/Future: Corridor of Communities & Opportunities: Revitalization & Sustainability
Presentations:
Bon Air Library
Sunday, April 26: 2-4pm
Histories & Mysteries of The Bardstown Road Corridor:
---Ghosts of the Past: pioneers, patriots, & the rest of us!
---The Curious Case of Pascal Craddock
---Lincoln, Love and Louisville: Influence, Affluence & The 1862 Encampment
---Free At Last! The Legacy of 2 Sisters: Liza, Mary & The Petersburg/Newburg Community
---Kentucky Derby: Tail of Two Horses: or The James Gang vs. Lonnie Clayton
---Current Events: Corridor of Communities & Opportunities: Revitalization & Sustainability
(to be recorded for area history project)
Bon Air Library Contact:
Lisa.claybrooks@lfpl.org
Exhibit/Presentations/Sponsorship Contact:
Cynthia.cooke@bashfordmanor.com, 502.295.9005 |