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REGISTER YOUR BOOTH TODAY!!!

Neighborhood, Homeowner, Condo and Suburban City Booths

Your booth at the Grassroots Gala can highlight your neighborhood in any manner your members feel appropriate. Be creative! Each booth space consist of an eight foot table and two chairs.

  • Bring photos and highlight your neighborhood history
  • Raise money for your group:
    • Raffle of an item from a neighborhood artisan or store

    • Sell neighborhood merchandise or memberships

  • Partner with a neighborhood business giving away samples or baubles
  • Conduct a survey
  • Feature a neighborhood "jewel," attraction or park
  • Promote neighborhood events

It's your space and your event - make it special!


Next Steps Towards Participation

This information is being sent out well in advance of the Grassroots Gala in order to give neighborhood groups ample time to organize their booths.

  • Discuss the opportunity to SHOWCASE your neighborhood at the next meeting or start now through email with your Board of Directors
  • Reserve your space: Submit a booth form to Center For Neighborhoods
  • Begin planning!
  • Need support? Contact us and we'll gladly answer any questions or provide you with guidance

Click HERE for additional information on the Grassroots Gala and Booth Set-up.

Please notify Center For Neighborhoods as soon as possible of your intent to have a booth at the Grassroots Gala, then .......

Click HERE to print a copy of the Booth Registration.

Send or email intent and completed registration to: CFN, 610 S. 4th St., Ste. 701, Louisville, KY, 40202 or lisad@centerforneighborhoods.org.

Registrations due by May 15th, 2012.


Neighborhood News and Happenings
  • Monday, March 19th:
    • District 5 Neighborhood Advisory meeting, Yearlings Club, 4309 W. Broadway, 7pm. For more information, contact Councilwoman Hamilton's office at 502.574.1105.
    • Beargrass Creek Alliance meeting, Crescent Hill Library, 2762 Frankfort Avenue,7 pm.
    Tuesday, March 20th:
    • Brandywyne Subdivision Homeowner's Association Annual Property Owners meeting, Fern Creek Fire House Station 1, 6200 Bardstown Rd., 7 pm. Contact Barbara Schmidt, Treasurer at 239-1531.
    • Public Hearing for Citizen Participation in Developing the 2012 Action Plan, Mayor's Gallery, 527 W. Jefferson St., 4th floor, 6 pm. The focus of the hearing will be the use of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development entitlement funds for the next year along with the needs and priorities of the community. If you cannot attend the hearing, comments may also be sent to Louisville

      Metro Department of Community Services and Revitalization, ATTN: Erin Waddell, 745 West Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202 or by email to erin.waddell@louisvilleky.gov.

    • Lucky Horseshoe Neighborhood Association meeting, Churchill Downs, 4th Floor (enter through Gate 1), 7 pm.
    • Louisville Vacant Properties Committee meeting with Metropolitan Housing Coalition, Presbyterian Community Center, 731 S. Hancock St., 5:30 pm. The speaker will be Dr. Lauren Heberle of the University of Louisville Center for Environmental Policy and Management.

    Saturday, March 24th:

    "Won't You Be My Neighbor Day," Highlands-Shelby Park Library, Mid City Mall, 1250 Bardstown Road, 1 -4 pm.

    Monday, April 2nd:
    9th District Spring Community Forum, City of St. Matthews City Hall, 3940 Grandview Avenue, 6 - 7:30 pm. Guest speakers include ECO-CELL, LMPD's new Chief of Police, Steve Conrad, and an update on sidewalk projects around St. Matthews and the Seneca Loop.

    Wednesday, April 4th:
    Vacant Underutilized and Abandoned Properties Summit: THE OUTCOME, Memorial Auditorium, 970 S. 4th Street, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm. Seating is limited. Pre-register by March 23 for this free at http://www.louisvilleky.gov/ipl/2011summit_rsvp.htm.

    Saturday, April 14th:

    District 22 Brightside Spring Community-Wide Cleanup!,), meet at Fern Creek Community Center located,6104 Bardstown Road (next door to the Fern Creek Fire Dept. and across the street from Fern Creek Traditional High School, 8 am - Noon.

    Saturday, April 21st:

    Spring Yard Sale at Peterson-Dumesnil House, 301 S. Peterson Avenue, 8 am - 1 pm. "Rain or Shine". To participate send $20 (checks payable to the Peterson-Dumesnil House Foundation) no later than April 13th; include your name, address, e-mail and/or phone number. Late submissions will be charged $25 if space is available. Envelopes should read:ATTN: Spring Yard Sale, PD Foundation, 301 S. Peterson Ave., Louisville, KY, 40206.

    Sunday, April 22nd:
    Deer Park Neighborhood Association 2011 Deer Park Appreciation Award Celebration to honor recipient, Stan Esterle, Deer Park Baptist Church, 1733 Bardstown Road, 5 pm. Bring your favorite dish and participate in the Highlands potluck along with a card of gratitude for Stan.


    Breaking New Grounds Planting Parties

    Saturday, March 17th

    and

    Saturday, March 24th

    9 am - Noon

    Help grow food in the food desert- Join us to prepare beds & plant seeds at our community garden at 22nd & Woodland in the Park Hill neighborhood.

    Work rain or shine. Enthusiasm necessary, but experience is not. Bring your favorite garden tools or work gloves if you have them. As always, we provide snacks & Heine Brothers Coffee.
    Breaking New Grounds needs a couple Garden Leaders to keep this garden happy through the season and provide direction to other volunteers. If you have 1/2 day a week through the growing season and would like to get your hands dirty to feed people, please call Amanda at 356-2216.


    Park Hill Bus Tour

    Join the Park Hill Business Assocation, Greater Louisville Inc., and Metro Economic Growth & Innovation for a bus tour of recent investments and development projects in the Park Hill Corridor.

    Wednesday, March 28, 2012

    11:30 am - 1:00 pm

    (Box lunches available for purchase.)

    weaving Unity into Community

    The tour will begin and end at the Distilled Spirits Epicenter, a nationally significant new venture focused on craft distilling from the team at Flavorman. 801 S. 8th St.

    Highlights include:

    • Narrated tour of the 50 acre University of Louisville student housing development from Larry Owsley, Vice President for Business Affairs at the University.
    • Job growth and investment news from Millennium Forge - the anchor tenant in Vogt Commons at 990 W.Orsmby Ave.
    • Walking tour of one of the Park Hill Corridor's newest businesses - Preston Farms Popcorn at 1000 Zane St. (plus complimentary popcorn!)
    • Redevelopment update from Steve Tarver, the YMCA's President, on their plans to build a new facility on the former Phillip Morris property at 17th and Broadway.
    • And more, including the latest from Simmons College, an overview of public sector investments, and brownfield remediation projects currently underway.

    Don't miss this opportunity to hear about progress and momentum in our neighborhood! Seating is limited, so RSVP today to Bob Patterson at Bobpatterson@consumerschoicecoffee.com


    Bike Rides: All-Community, All-Speed

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    Four All-community, All-speed Rides will be coordinated by the Bike Courier Bike Shop.
    • Different routes
    • Different challenges

    Every Monday of the month at 6:15 pm.


    Everyone is welcome. No dress co
    de. Faster cyclists will start first, followed by more leisurely cyclists. One of the Bike Courier Bike Shop staff will ride behind the group along with the most leisurely rider - no matter how far behind.

    First Monday of the month: Old Louisville Ride, 6 miles & no hills, Churchill/UofL shop to River & back. Begins at 2833 S Fourth St.

    Second Monday of the month: River Ride, 6 miles & 1 hill, Clifton shop to downtown & back. Begins at 2132 Frankfort Ave.

    Third and Fifth Mondays of the month: Urban Triangle Ride, 16 miles & 8 hills, Clifton shop to downtown to UofL & back. Begins at 2132 Frankfort Ave.

    Fourth Monday of the month: Eastern Parkway Ride, 17 miles & 17 hills, Churchill/UofL shop to Clifton & back. Begins at 2132 Frankfort Ave.

    *This coming Monday (March 19) is a Third Monday, so the ride will begin in Clifton. Starting points in the future will change when we re-open the Fourth Street shop. Stay tuned at



    Come join the fun!



    AMIBA Conference March 29 - April 1

    Join local business alliance leaders, government and economic development officials, and those exploring how to better localize their community for a few days certain to inspire and energize the rest of your year!

    LIBA is proud to host the American Independent Business Alliance Conference right here in Louisville. Read more about it and take a look at the preliminary agenda. Look for more information as we approach the conference!

    Thanks to LIBA local sponsors for their support: Heine Brothers' Coffee, M2 Maximum Media, Office Environment, Stock Yards Bank, and Stoll Keenon Ogden. More to be announced soon!

    Monday, February 27, 2012

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    Seeking Volunteers...

    Center For Neighborhoods is forming a Festival of Faiths' Neighborhood Committee. The committee will focus on how to give the 2012 theme of, Fire, meaning as it relates to homelessness in a compassionate city of neighborhoods.

    Festival of Faiths has invited neighborhoods to become involved in their sustained series of annual events and programs. The mission of the Festival of Faiths is to:
    • celebrate the diversity of our faiths
    • be grateful for our unity
    • strengthen the role of religion in society.

    They accomplish their mission by exploring how the different participating faith traditions address a common issue, topic or theme.

    If you are interested in participating on the committee, email or call Lisa to sign up, lisad@centerforneighborhoods.org or 502.589.0343.




    In This Issue
    Neighborhood Institute's Alumni Night
    Neighborhood News and Happenings
    AMIBA Conference March 29th - April 1st
    Metro Council Ad-Hoc Committee on Vacant Properties
    Volunteer Income Tax Preparer Schedule (VITA)
    Preservation Louisville: Hands On History Workshop Series

    Neighborhood Institute's Alumni Night


    Celebrate Neighborhood Institute's
    25th Anniversary with us...

    New NI Logo, 2010 - UofL Red

    RSVP by Monday, February 27th


    ALUMNI NIGHT
    AT THE

    NEIGHBORHOOD INSTITUTE
    SPRING 2012


    Tuesday, February 28th

    Kosair Charities
    (Community Room)

    6:00 - 8:30 pm

    Center For Neighborhoods invites all Neighborhood Institute graduates to attend "Alumni Night" during the Neighborhood Institute Spring 2102 session
    • Meet and greet the Class of 2012
    • Network with old friends
    • Barn-raise projects ideas w/participants

    RSVP - Email or call Donovan at donovant@centerforneighborhoods.org or 502.589.0343 to confirm your participation.





    Neighborhood News and Happenings

    Sunday, February 26th:
    "Meditation on Houses and Other Everyday Objects"
    by Gwen Kelly, artists' reception, KSA Gallery, School of Art, Tielhard Hall, Spalding University, 3rd and Breckenridge St., 2 - 4pm. The works in this show are meditations on everyday objects. They were prompted by Gwen's growing concern about the number of abandoned properties in Louisville.

    Monday, February 27th:

    District 22 Town Hall Meeting, Down Syndrome of Louisville Lifelong Learning Center, 5001 South Hurstbourne Parkway, 6 pm. For more information, contact Councilman Robin Engel's office at (502) 574-1122 or robin.engel@louisvilleky.gov

    Tuesday, February 28th:
    Shawnee/Portland Northwestern Livability Plan,
    Shawnee Golf Course Club House, 460 Northwestern Pkwy., 6:30 - 8 pm. The public meeting will provide the opportunity to see the plan and make comments.

    Thursday, March 1st:
    Hudson Lake Estates Annual Homeowner's Association Neighborhood Meeting, Fern Creek Community Center, 6104 Bardstown Rd., 6:30 pm. Contact: Renee Kuhlman 491-3550..

    Saturday March 3rd:
    Wild and Scenic Film Festival hosted by Kentucky Waterways Alliance, Clifton Center, 2117 Payne St., 8:30 - 11 pm. The festival will be emceed by Ben Evans, director of YERT, Your Environmental Road Trip. A VIP opening reception will be held at 7 p.m. with food and drink provided by our sponsors Wiltshire Pantry and Wiltshire on Market, Kentucky Ale, and Little Kentucky River Winery. You can learn more about the film festival and buy tickets online at www.kwalliance.org/2012wildandscenic

    Monday March 5th:
    Keeling Place Annual Homeowner's Association Neighborhood Meeting, Fern Creek Community Center, 6104 Bardstown Rd., 7 pm. Contact: Mike Marcum 580-5898.

    Saturday, March 10th:

    2012 St. Patrick's Day Parade
    hosted by The Ancient Order of Hibernians, Baxter Avenue/Bardstown Road corridor, 3 pm. The theme is "Shamrocks and Shillelaghs. Often called the "people's" parade, families join a mix of decorated vehicles and groups along the route." For more information regarding the parade, contact Erin Fischer at 724-9991 or visitwww.LouisvilleIrish.com

    Tuesday, March 20th:
    Brandywyne Subdivision Homeowner's Association Annual Property Owners meeting, Fern Creek Fire House Station 1, 6200 Bardstown Rd., 7 pm. Contact Barbara Schmidt, Treasurer at 239-153
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    Wednesday, April 4th:

    Vacant Underutilized and Abandoned Properties Summit: THE OUTCOME,
    Memorial Auditorium, 970 S. 4th Street, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm. Seating is limited. Pre-register by March 23 for this free at http://www.louisvilleky.gov/ipl/2011summit_rsvp.htm.

    Sunday, April 22nd:

    Deer Park Neighborhood Association 2011 Deer Park Appreciation Award Celebration to honor recipient, Stan Esterle,
    Deer Park Baptist Church, 1733 Bardstown Road, 5 pm. Bring your favorite dish and participate in the Highlands potluck along with a card of gratitude for Stan.


    AMIBA Conference March 29 - April 1

    Join local business alliance leaders, government and economic development officials, and those exploring how to better localize their community for a few days certain to inspire and energize the rest of your year!

    LIBA is proud to host the American Independent Business Alliance Conference right here in Louisville. Read more about it and take a look at the preliminary agenda. Look for more information as we approach the conference!

    Thanks to LIBA local sponsors for their support: Heine Brothers' Coffee, M2 Maximum Media, Office Environment, Stock Yards Bank, and Stoll Keenon Ogden. More to be announced soon!


    Metro Council Ad-Hoc Committee
    on Vacant Properties

    On February 6th, the first meeting of the Metro Council Ad-Hoc Committee on Vacant Properties was held.

    Mission statement: "To streamline Metro laws, department policies and rules to allow for a major reduction in the negative effect of vacant properties and move forward to amend appropriate state laws."

    Committee members:

    • Attica Scott (District 1), Co-chair
    • Kelly Downard (District 16), Co-chair
    • Cheri Bryant Hamilton (District 5)
    • David James (District 6)
    • Marianne Butler ( District 15)
    • Jerry Miller (District 19)

    The committee's goals include, among others:

    • involving neighborhood activists and community-based organizations in their work
    • increasing community education about vacant property issues

    Mary McGuire, leader of Louisville Metro's Vacant and Abandoned Properties Initiative, will be a key partner in the committee's work.


    Volunteer Income Tax Preparer Schedule (VITA)

    Volunteer Income Tax Preparers (VITA Volunteers) will be onsite at Jewish Family & Career Services to assist you with your 2011 personal and small business tax filings at the dates and times listed above. This is a FREE SERVICE!! Please bring copies of your W2's, Social Security Cards and personal IDs (e.g. driver's license) for both you and your family.

    Date

    Time

    Topic




    March 13

    11-3 pm

    Personal & Small Business Tax Filings

    March 15

    11-3 pm

    Personal & Small Business Tax Filings

    Jewish Family & Career Services is located at 2821 Klempner Way, Louisville, KY 40205, at the corner of Cannons and Dutchmans Lanes. For questions, please contact either Griffin Cottle or Gary Liebert at (502) 452-6341.


    Preservation Louisville:
    Hands On History Workshop Series

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    Hands on History
    2011-2012 Schedule

    Preservation Louisville announces the 2011-2012 schedule for its popular workshop series Hands on History. Throughout the series, participants will learn practical, hands-on techniques for working with original materials and finishes to maintain, restore and preserve historic elements such as plaster, windows, and gutters. Adapting "green" concepts for historic structures and winterizing your historic home will also be explored.


    Workshops will be held on the 2nd Saturday of each month from 1-4 pm, September through April. The registration fee is $20 for Preservation Louisville Members or $30 for non members.

    Please call
    502.540.5146 or email


    Hands on History Lineup


    March 10, 2012 -- Designing your addition or renovation

    April 14, 2012 -- Greening the historic house


    Thursday, January 26, 2012

    Last opportunity...

    REGISTER by January 31st!

    New NI Logo, 2010 - UofL Red

    February 7th - April 24th, 2012

    Each Tuesday night

    Kosair Charities

    Community Room

    982 Eastern Parkway

    Dinner is provided.

    Sponsored and generously funded by Metro Council

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    Contact Lisa at 502.589.0343 or lisad@centerforneighborhoods.org to register for class

    Monday, January 9, 2012

    PAINT PROGRAM RFP- Deadline February 12th - $17,500 Project Budget

    Hello Artists!
    Center For Neighborhoods has decided to reopen the Request for Proposals for the PAINT project in the Breckenridge Estates Neighborhood.  TARC (Transit Authority of River City) has provided additional funding for this project creating a total budget of $17,500.  Since TARC has generously helped to fund this PAINT project, it must somehow incorporate the neighborhood bus stop(s).  Please feel free to forward this email to anyone that you think would be interested in developing a proposal. 

    Request for Proposals Info:
    Deadline - Sunday, February 12th at 11:59 PM

    TARC Maps of the Neighborhood 
    1. Focused on a Neighborhood - A district or locality, often with reference to its character or inhabitants, a political ward or precinct. The concept of a neighborhood includes geographic, social, cultural, civic, economic, and historical components.
    2. Participatory - Marked by, requiring, or involving participation, especially affording the opportunity for individual participation.
    3. Public - Open to the view of all; existing or conducted in public.
    ***PAINT stands for Producing Art In Neighborhoods Together, therefore community engagement is an essential aspect of a successful PAINT proposal.  More information about the PAINT program is available on Center For Neighborhoods website:http://www.centerforneighborhoods.org/paintprogram.htm
    Please contact me with any questions at kates@centerforneighborhoods.org or 320-492-7503 (cell) or 502-589-0343 (office).

    Thank you,
    Kate Sowada
    PAINT Program Assistant

    Center For Neighborhoods
    610 S. Fourth Street, Suite 701
    Louisville, KY 40202

    Brief History of the Neighborhood

    A brief history of Breckenridge Estates from residents Carole and Charlie Freville.

    Our BENA Neighborhood
    When we moved into this house some forty years ago, the neighborhood looked quite
    different from today's suburban sprawl.

    Six Mile Lane was a small country road with very few houses on it. At the comer of
    Manner Dale and Six Mile Lane was a stone house, nestled on several acres of plowed
    land. Spearmint plants could be seen (and smelled) every spring, covering those acres.

    The days they harvested the mint plants, the scents were intoxicating!

    The mint was sold to Churchill Downs for the 'world famous' mint juleps at the Derby.

    This area is now the site of Manner Pointe Patio Homes and the Hunsinger Lane Baptist
    Church.

    A block down Six Mile Lane, just before the railroad tracks, was another farm. Every
    fall its acreage was covered in pumpkins. Our children loved going over there to pick
    pumpkins. They saved their quarters so they could buy more than one. We always had
    a dozen pumpkins to carve.

    The railroad tracks had no gates then. The bell would frequently get stuck and ring all
    night. We would call Southern Railroads to turn it off. The railroad was of large interest,
    especially when the steam engines would charge through.

    Just beyond the tracks was a farm that planted strawberries every spring. There was a
    U-pick business on this farm. We enjoyed watching out our back windows as they
    plowed and planted. Then in June, we could walk over and pick their delicious produce.

    This is now the site of Westwood Farms. The homestead for this farm still stands today.
    It is a large manor-type house with a long driveway, enclosed with trees that bloom in the
    spring. In the early days, there were several out buildings and my children were
    convinced that they were former slave cabins. Today, the driveway is shorter and
    empties into Westwood Farms.

    Across from our Welcome Wall on Breckridge Lane and backing up to the curve of
    Hunsinger Lane was a large red barn where horses were boarded. Our children often rode
    one of our neighbor's horses there. A horse broke out late one evening and was killed by
    a car on Breckenridge Lane. That is now the site of Kort Springs.

    When we moved in, there were no houses past the first block on Colson Dr.
    We thought we were living in the country. But progress was rapid and we quickly had
    many new neighbors. Over the years, traffic and noise has increased but it has brought
    along the friends and neighbors who are the multicultural faces of this neighborhood.

    Carole and Charlie Freville
    BENA Memebers
    491-2360
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    Happy 40th Birthday, CFN!!!


    Center For Neighborhoods is excited to celebrate our 40th year in the Louisville community working with the greatest neighborhoods, neighborhood leaders and neighbors anywhere!

    Stay tuned for many exciting opportunities to become involved with CFN in 2012 as we continue to support and empower neighborhood groups!


    NEIGHBORHOOD INSTITUTE -

    TURNS 25 YEARS OLD!!!

    NEIGHBORHOOD INSTITUTE!

    Neighborhood Institute began in 1987 with a class of 16 neighborhood leaders conducted at Walnut Street Baptist Church. Since then, the NI has graduated over 900 people from all 26 Metro Council districts and So. Indiana. The Neighborhood Institute continues its purpose to equip neighborhood leaders with skills and resources needed to initiate positive change in the community through their neighborhood groups, small cities, condo and homeowner associations.

    Congratulations! Neighborhood Institute graduates have been vital to making Louisville the City of Neighborhoods.

    If you have not attended the Neighborhood Institute, become a part of Louisville's legacy of effective neighborhood leaders, creating a better quality of life for all of us.

    Register today!

    Limited spaces still available.

    Last 2 weeks left to register!

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    February 7th - April 24th, 2012

    Each Tuesday night

    Kosair Charities

    Community Room

    982 Eastern Parkway

    Dinner is provided.

    Sponsored and generously funded by Metro Council

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    To receive a brochure with additional information or an application to register, please contact Lisa at

    NI Spring 2010

    Neighborhood Workshop for

    Grassroots Gala Booths

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    Grassroots Gala Booth Workshop

    Join Center For Neighborhoods and members of the Grassroots Gala Steering Committee for a fun morning that will get your creative juices flowing towards a great neighborhood booth. Our goal is assist your group in highlighting to the whole community why YOUR neighborhood is the best! We want to assure that your participation is an enjoyable experience.

    Saturday, February 11, 2012

    10 am - Noon

    Center For Neighborhoods

    Chestnut Centre

    610 S. 4th St, Suite 701

    (located down the street from the Louisville Palace; enter the

    Chestnut Centre from 4th Street and take the elevator to the 7th floor)

    Representatives from all neighborhood groups, homeowner associations and municipalities interested in participating in the Grassroots Gala are welcome!!!

    Neighborhood Booths

    Your neighborhood booth at the Grassroots Gala can highlight your neighborhood in any manner your members feel appropriate. Be creative! Each booth space consist of an eight foot table and two chairs.

    • Bring photos and highlight your neighborhood history
    • Raise money for your group:
      • Raffle and item from a neighborhood artist or store
      • Sell neighborhood merchandise or membership
    • Partner with a neighborhood business to give away samples or baubles
    • Conduct a survey or poll
    • Feature a neighborhood "jewel," attraction or park
    • Promote neighborhood events or festivals

    It's YOUR event and YOUR space - Make it special!


    Light Refreshments

    The workshop will be conducted by Grassroots Gala committee member, Melissa Mershon.

    An example booth presented by Old Louisville Neighobrhood Council and Toonerville Trolley Neighborhood Association will be on display.



    Neighborhood News and Happenings

    Saturday, January 14th:

    Food For Thought After Dark, Greenhaus,2227 S. Preston St., 8:00 pm. Join local artist Daniel Pfalzgraf, Green Building Gallery Director, as he discusses his recent art work. Limited tickets available. Call LVAA at 896-2146 or Greenhaus at 636-4141, or email keith@louisvillevisualart.org to get your ticket today.

    Monday, January 16th:

    • Beargrass Creek Alliance, Crescent Hill Library, 2762 Frankfort Ave., 7pm. The meeting will focus on discussions about the ongoing Neighborhood Creek Project and other BCA items such as creek clean-ups and outreach. Find out more at www.beargrasscreek.org. Everyone is welcome.
    • MLK Day of Service, Shawnee Park, 11 am - 2 pm. Make the day off, a day on! Help restore this neighborhood gem! Gloves, tools and refreshments provided. Dress for weather and working outdoors. Register now

    Tuesday, January 17th:

    Lucky Horseshoe Neighborhood Association meeting, South Louisville Commuinty Center, 2911 Taylor Blvd, 7:00 pm.

    Thursday, January 19th:

    Olmsted Parks Naturalist Informational Session, Conservancy's office, 1299 Trevilian Way, 7 pm. The Olmsted Parks Conservancy is looking for friendly, outgoing individuals, 18 years and older, to become volunteer Naturalists in the Frederick Law Olmsted Parks. We have a variety of fun opportunities and all Naturalists are trained in their area of interest. Trained volunteers can choose to assist with restoration projects, volunteer events and/or community outreach. Register now to attend the informational session

    Tuesday, January 24th:

    MSD Sewer Overflow Abatement project review and input public meeting, Kentuckiana Girl Scouts Headquarters, 2115 Lexington Road., 6:30 - 8:30 pm. Formal presentations on 1) Proposed combined sewer overflow and sanitary sewer overflow project modifications and 2) I-64 and Grinstead Drive storage basin project update and request for public input. MSD staff will be available to discuss individual property issues.