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.) 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

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 code. 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 www.bikecourier.org 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!