During the 2015 Thunder Over Louisville celebration on April 18, the Coalition for the Homeless is asking the community to help join in the efforts to end veteran homelessness in our city. Recently, Mayor Greg Fischer and the Coalition for the Homeless unveiled an ambitious plan called Rx: Housing Veterans that aims to eliminate veteran homelessness in Louisville by 2016, but the success of this goal will take our whole community's participation. It's time to help serve those who so selflessly served us, because no one who wore our country's uniform should live or die on the streets of Louisville.
Rx: Housing Veterans has identified 360 homeless veterans in our community, and to date, has provided housing for over 100 of those. In order to get the remaining 260 homeless veterans off the streets by the end of the year, Rx: Housing Veterans needs to raise $50,000. All donations made through the Coalition's website on April 18th will help ensure that no veteran who served our country is left behind.
"Thunder is such a great patriotic event, from the air show to the fireworks, and it reminds us of the men and women who serve our country here and abroad, past and present" said Lisa Cates, Chair of the Coalition for the Homeless's Board of Directors. "We have a responsibility to do all we can to provide our homeless veterans with a safe and stable home, just as they served and sacrificed to keep our country safe."
On Thunder Day, volunteers with the Coalition for the Homeless and other local service providers will staff a booth near the Armed Services area to bring awareness to the Rx Housing Veterans program.
Visit www.louhomeless.org to donate or get more information about Rx: Housing Veterans and the Coalition for the Homeless.
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"I am very keen on connecting people to school gardens and encouraging them to keep their own chickens and the occasional pig.” So said Prince Charles while in Louisville last month. It was part of his talk about "the reconnection process," through which people can become intimately acquainted again with the food system and nature.
The Prince would like the backyard in Clifton where Elwood Stroder keeps four chickens. Elwood has been at it for about one year. His four chickens have produced 137 beautiful eggs per month in the summer and fall and 85 per month in the winter. Just last week, he reported his first four-chicken day in the Spring.
Elwood and his husband Mike O’Leary purchased both the chicken coop and the chickens at Fresh Start, located at 1007 East Jefferson Street in Louisville, because they wanted fresh eggs. Fresh Start’s website (http://freshstartgrowers.com/ ) has a whole section on backyard chickens.
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Louisville Metro Ordinance allows up to six chickens (“five or less non-crowing poultry, and no more than one crowing poultry”) on small lots.
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Information provided by Metro Public Works
The return of spring brings with it the return of gardening and other yard work. It also means finding ways to dispose of yard waste that comply with the Yard Waste Container Regulation passed last year by the Louisville/Jefferson County Solid Waste Management District.
The good news is that most people are aware of the regulation and are complying with its requirements. Most of the approximately 80,000 households from which yard waste is collected are using containers prescribed by the regulation. And most of those who say they were not previously aware of the regulation, when informed of the requirements, indicate they will switch to approved containers.
The regulation prohibits collection services from collecting yard waste that is in traditional plastic bags. It requires instead that yard waste be set out by households in one of the following manners:
- In reusable containers up to 40 gallon capacity with handles and a lid
- In paper bags designed for yard waste
- In compostable plastic bags that meet ASTM D6400 standards
- Bundled and tied without a container
When collection services encounter yard waste in traditional plastic bags they will not collect it. Anyone wishing to report yard waste set out in plastic bags may notify MetroCall at 311 or 574-5000. Enforcement officers will provide further education to the noncompliant households, but will eventually issue citations. Click here for flyer of FAQs.
There are many benefits of leaving grass clippings and mulched leaves in yards. A video on the “Love ‘Em and Leave ‘Em” campaign is available at http://cvp.telvue.com/player?id=T01343&video=219204.
The 9th District and the Energy Pros are holding a One Stop Drop Responsible Recycling Event on Saturday, May 9th from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm at Louisville Water Tower Park, home of the WaterWorks Museum, 3005 River Road. This drive-thru event is FREE. While sponsored by District 9, any citizen in Louisville may participate at this FREE event. Businesses may not drop off items at this event. We will be accepting a multitude of items to be reused or recycled. Please click here for the event flyer and a list of what will be accepted. For detailed information please visit our website at www.louisvilleky.gov/district9 * PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE*
We are looking for volunteers to help direct traffic and collect donations. If you are interested in volunteering please call 574-1109 or email Kyle Ethridge.
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The next Community Conversation is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21 in St. Matthews Council Chambers, 3940 Grandview Avenue. Dustin Strong, Branch Manager of the St. Matthews Eline Library, will be present to report on library activities and to hear your comments and suggestions. Dirk Gowin, Louisville Metro Public Works and Assets, will report on landscaped traffic circles to be installed soon on Nanz Avenue at Iola Road and Macon Avenue.
We also want to hear from you on any topics, an unscripted, open conversation about your vision for D9 and the City. Please mark your calendar and join us – and bring along a friend or neighbor!
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Congratulations to the five D9 citizens who graduated this week from the Center for Neighborhoods Neighborhood Institute. Lucas Adams, Landen Burcham and Jamie Moe were present at the graduation. Mark Gaff and Jackie Read are shown doing neighborhood work - organizing a festival and shoveling a path to a TARC bus stop. It’s the 28th year for the Neighborhood Institute, designed to provide volunteer citizen leaders with the tools, knowledge, and skills to lead effective neighborhood organizations, More information about the Center for Neighborhoods is here: http://www.centerforneighborhoods.org
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Below are some Ninth District calendar events! To view a full listing of events please visit the District 9 Blog at http://district9news.wordpress.com/. If you would like to submit events to be considered for the blog calendar please email Kyle Ethridge or call 574-1109.
Friday, April 17: Margaret's Consignment, 2700 Frankfort Avenue, to host 1st Annual Famously Fun Pre-Derby Party from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. Tickets for this festive night are $20 per person, with proceeds benefiting United Crescent Hill Ministries. Tickets are available for purchase at Margaret's or online at http://www.uchmlouky.org/derbyparty.php. Enjoy wine, hors d'oeuvres, entertainment, door prizes, drawings, silent auction and fashion.
Saturday, April 18: Annual 9th District Community Cleanup from 8:30 a.m. – Noon. Volunteers should plan to meet at the Keats/Frankfort Avenue public parking lot at 8:30 a.m. for coffee and breakfast sandwiches. FREE t-shirts, bags, gloves and tools will be provided to all volunteers on a first-come, first-serve basis. Louisville PureTap water provided so bring your own reusable water bottle. To register for the clean-up please contact the 9th District office at 574-1109.
Saturday, April 18: Crescent Hill Library, 2762 Frankfort Avenue, to host countdown to Derby Storytime at 11:00 a.m. Ages 4 and up. Questions please call 574-1793.
Saturday, April 18: Join Thomas Edison House for Annual Thunder Over Louisville Party - doors open at 4:00 p.m. Ticket includes BBQ from The Beer Depot and delicious libations from BBC. Event is located at 729 E. Washington Street and tickets are $40 per person or $15 for kids 12 and under. For more information please call 585-5247.
Sunday, April 19: Cyclouvia will transform the street into a paved park where people of all ages and backgrounds can walk, bike, dance, skate, or participate in any other physical activity on public spaces that are always there but are normally reserved for automobiles. The street will be closed to motorized traffic from Stilz Avenue to Pope Street with cross traffic allowed at Ewing Avenue under traffic control officer supervision between 2:00 – 6:00 p.m. The Crescent Hill Library will be open during the event. Cyclouvia will promote healthy lifestyles and alternative modes of transportation. This is a FREE event and open to the public.
Tuesday, April 21: Volunteer as part of the Mayor's Give A Day of Service from 9:00 a.m. - Noon to clean up Beargrass Creek. They will be focusing on the Butchertown Greenway. Volunteers to meet at the MSD Beargrass Creek pump station near Karen Lynch Park at the corner of Brownsboro Road and Story Avenue. MSD will provide gloves, bags and water. Wear outdoor clothes and good walking shoes. You are welcome to bring a canoe or kayak to clean along the creek. Questions please contact David Wicks at 671-3595 or email dwicks1@gmail.com.
Tuesday, April 21: Crescent Hill Library, 2762 Frankfort Avenue, to host how to evaluate charities at 2:00 p.m. Questions please call 574-1793.
Tuesday, April 21: St. Matthews Library, 3940 Grandview Avenue, to host movie discussion group at 2:30 p.m. Questions please call 574-1771.
Tuesday, April 21: District 9 Community Conversation at 6:30 p.m. at St. Matthews Council Chambers, 3940 Grandview Avenue. Dustin Strong, Branch Manager of the St. Matthews Eline Library, will be present to report on library activities and to hear your comments and suggestions and Dirk Gowin, MPW, will report on plans for traffic circles on Nanz Avenue at Iola Road and Macon Avenue. We also want to hear from you on any topics, an unscripted, open conversation about your vision for D9 and the City. Please mark your calendar and join us – and bring along a friend or neighbor!
Tuesday, April 21: Crescent Hill Library, 2762 Frankfort Avenue, to host Foster Parenting at 7:00 p.m. Questions please call 574-1793.
Thursday, April 23: Free onsite shredding event from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. at Parker & Klein Real Estate, 112 S. Sherrin Avenue. Event will take place in the back parking lot. They will also be collecting gently used shoes for WaterStep. For more information call 498-4514.
Thursday, April 23: Crescent Hill Library, 2762 Frankfort Avenue, to host movie discussion group at 6:30 p.m. Questions please call 574-1793.
Thursday, April 23: Carmichael's Bookstore, 2720 Frankfort Avenue, to host Olga-Maria Cruz at 7:00 p.m. This collection highlights the need for empathy and compassion between therapist and patient, and argues for a system that encourages human connection rather than diagnosis by checklist. Questions please call 896-6950.
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