 Councilwoman
Madonna Flood
Administrative Clerk
Andrea Crider Derouen
City Hall
601 W. Jefferson Street
502-574-1124
Welcome to District 24 E-Newsletter! To learn more about events and services in our district, check out our webpage!
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Severe Weather can happen anything and the best way to stay safe is to be prepared. Know what you should do during a weather emergency and sign up for Lens Alert.
Helpful tips to conduct a tornado drill at home or work:
- Announce the start of the drill.
- Participants should act as though a tornado warning has been issued for the immediate area or a tornado has been sighted nearby.
- They should move as quickly as possible to the pre-designated tornado shelter.
- Once people reach pre-designated safe areas, they should crouch as low as possible to the floor, facing down, covering their heads with their hands.
- Once everyone has reached safe shelter, announce the mock tornado has passed and the drill is complete.
- After the drill, perform an assessment to determine if the designated shelter was large enough for everyone, easy to access and uncluttered.
Helpful tips for a good tornado plan:
- Designate a tornado sheltering area in an interior room on the lowest level of a building and away from windows. Basements are best, but if there is no basement, choose an interior bathroom, closet, or other enclosed space on the lowest level of a building.
- Ensure employee or family members know where the designated shelter is located.
- If caught outdoors and unable to seek indoor shelter during a tornado warning, lie flat in a nearby ditch or depression and cover your head with your hands. Be aware of the potential for flooding.
Remember, outdoor sirens are designed to warn people outdoors to seek shelter immediately and are NOT designed to warn indoor inhabitants.
“As we saw with the tornado that touched down last April in the Fern Creek and Glenmary areas, tornadoes can, and do, strike during both day and night when people are more vulnerable and may not have a television or radio turned on when a severe weather warning is issued,” said Louisville Metro Emergency Services Executive Director Jody Meiman. “That’s why we recommend having a battery back-up weather alert radio to monitor and receive severe weather watches and warnings because they are always on and ready to sound an alarm and at any time of day or night.”
Homes and businesses alike should have and monitor weather alert radios, which transmit NWS severe weather watches and warnings automatically, 24 hours a day.
Louisville Metro Emergency Services encourages all residents to sign up for LENSAlert to receive notifications of severe weather events and other emergencies. Individuals can receive alerts via phone call, email, push notifications, and/or text. Multiple addresses can be monitored to allow someone to monitor their home address, school address or work address. LENSAlert is connected to Smart911 – a lifesaving service.
There are three ways to sign up for LENSAlert:
Visit https://www.smart911.com/smart911/ref/reg.action?pa=JeffersonCountyKYEMA
Download the Smart911 app: https://safety.smart911.com/smart911app
Text “LENSAlert” to 67283 to start receiving emergency notifications.
 Starting next week, Louisville Paving is planning to place message boards and traffic controls to prepare for replacing a culvert on S Watterson Trail near Stansbury Lane. Work is scheduled currently for completion in early to mid-May. Weather or other unforeseen conditions may extend the completion date. If there are changes- we will send an EBLAST.
Below is the list of Louisville Metro Public Works road safety improvement and paving projects for the next two weeks.
Note: the schedule is subject to change due to inclement weather and/or operational factors.
- Abbydale Ct. from Wood Hollow Rd. to dead end (D-24)
- Tolkien Ct. from Wood Hollow Rd. to dead end (D-24)
- Wood Hollow Rd. from Oldshire Rd. to Woodsend Rd. (D-24)
- Woodsend Rd. from dead end to dead end (D-24)
 SummerWorks registration for the 2023 season is now open.
All Louisville youth who are between the ages of 16-21 (as of June 1) are eligible to enroll in SummerWorks. Once youth register online they can create or upload a resume, get soft skills training, and apply to job opportunities geared toward them. Youth applicants who face barriers and come from disadvantaged backgrounds are prioritized in the job matching process.
SummerWorks partners with many of the city’s largest private sector employers, including UPS, GE Appliances, Humana, Kentucky Kingdom, and Kroger. Small and medium sized businesses, as well as nonprofits and public agencies, also hire through SummerWorks. In recent years, SummerWorks has also expanded its partnerships with Louisville’s major education institutions, including Jefferson County Public Schools and the University of Louisville.
SummerWorks has directly placed nearly 8,000 youth in summer jobs since it began in 2011. The program’s core operating funds are approved by the Louisville Metro Council. Private donations sponsor jobs for youth in greatest need of the opportunity. Those contributors include the James Graham Brown Foundation, the Diaz Family Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, the Jewish Heritage Fund, the Ginkgo Fund, and others.
SummerWorks is operated by YouthBuild Louisville in partnership with KentuckianaWorks, the Louisville Region’s Workforce Development Board. To learn more about SummerWorks and how to get involved as a participant, employer, or supporter, visit www.summerworks.org.
All Louisville residents are invited to drop off yard waste for FREE at the Waste Reduction Center. Yard waste must be bagged and bundled according to curbside collection rules. Accepted material includes leaves, twigs, straw, pine needles, shrubbery trimmings, Christmas trees, and branches and tree trimmings that are less than 2 inches in diameter and less than 4 feet long. Material may be in reusable containers, in paper or compostable bags, or bundled for easy off-loading. (Businesses and unbundled loads will be charged a fee as usual.)
Waste Reduction Center
636 Meriwether Avenue
Open Tuesday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Saturday, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Residential yard waste will only be accepted for free during the weeks of January 24, February 7, February 21, and March 7.
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Louisville's pop-up flea market is back for the 2023 season! Come out and enjoy great vendors, food trucks, craft beer and cocktails, live music, entertainment, free admission, and more a1000 E. Market St., Louisville, KY 40206t
The Flea Off Market features artists, makers, craftspeople, and vendors selling vintage, collectible, and handmade items.
Interested in becoming a vendor at the Flea Off Market? Click here to find out more!
Open Saturday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. & Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. This is a free, family-friendly event.
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 10 plays. 8 directors. 4 performances.
Please join us in celebrating
Baggage Claim by Erin Fitzgerald
Be my Escape by Clarity Hagan
Closer One September Morning by Martin French
Feng Shui by Taylor Vetter
First Impression by Michelle Lori
I'm at a Loss by Erik Moth
FIVE-FIVE-FIVE by Jeremy Beck
Night Train by Rachel White
Radio Play by Cisco Montgomery
Uncle Sam by Blake Co
March 9, 10, 11 at 7:30pm and 12 at 2:00pm
Tickets: $15 for General Admission | $12 for Senior & Students
Highview Arts Center
7406 Fegenbush Lane
Louisville KY
  For more information, click here.
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