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June 2008
Dear Neighborhood Leaders,
Summer is quickly approaching and our exciting city has many opportunities for you, your family, friends and neighbors! See below for a listing of events that your fellow neighbors have shared with us. It is not a complete list of events. To help us announce neighborhood related information going on in Louisville if you have an event, training or meeting that you feel would benefit other Louisville neighborhood leaders please feel free to e-mail caitlin.herron@louisvilleky.gov and we will try to include in the next bulletin. See disclosures and deadline dates at bottom of bulletin.
To subscribe to the Neighborhoods Bulletin, click here.
Please read and feel free to forward these miscellaneous neighborhood announcements to all interested parties in your address book and to distribute at your next neighborhood meeting.
| Community Outreach |
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Mayor’s Community Conversation
These monthly meetings are a place for citizens to build strong relationships with Mayor Jerry Abramson, Louisville Metro department directors and Council members. The Mayor’s Community Conversations (MCC) is held at 6:30 p.m. on the 3rd Monday of each month except December. Free. Contact: MetroCall at 311 or 574-5000
June 16 – Knight Middle School, 9803 Blue Lick Rd.
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Good Neighbor Award Nominations Now Being Accepted!
The Good Neighbor Award recognizes the ongoing efforts of Louisville citizens who are making exceptional contributions to improve the quality of life in their neighborhoods. The Mayor’s Good Neighbor Award seeks to identify and honor people in our city who are outstanding examples of neighbors helping neighbors. This program strives to recognize those special citizens who make a difference in our community without seeking or receiving recognition for their service – the unsung heroes. The Mayor’s Good Neighbor Award is a way of thanking those citizens who are committed to preserving, maintaining and improving the quality of life in their neighborhoods and our community. Deadline to nominate is July 18, 2008.
Click here to nominate your good neighbor online now! |
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| Spring Neighborhood Toolbox Trainings & Events |
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Conflict Resolution 101 & 102
Have you ever experienced these or other similar challenging situations?
· Your neighbor's dog barks and awakens you several nights a week
· A neighbor wants to convert his garage into an apartment and you're concerned about noise, house values dropping, etc.
· You disagree with a developer's plans for building in your neighborhood
· Your neighbor has constructed a fence on what you consider to be your property.
· Neighborhood teenagers are congregating at businesses and on the sidewalks in a three block area, causing disruption for the businesses and pedestrians
Whether you're facing these difficulties as an individual or as a neighborhood, homeowner or condo association, you can acquire skills to help negotiate an outcome that is workable for everyone.
Conflict Resolution 101 – Thursday, June 12, 2008
$ 5 Training Fee
5:30 – 6:00 p.m. Registration, Networking & Light Snack
6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Workshop
You will learn:
Sources of conflict
How to listen to understand
How to work toward win-win solutions
Conflict Resolution 102 – Saturday, June 14, 2008
$ 5 Training Fee
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Registration, Networking & Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – noon Workshop
You will learn:
Skills to help you communicate more effectively
To focus on interests, not positions
To be a change agent for your neighborhood |
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Click here to see a full listing of the 2008 training calendar. |
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Brightside Volunteers Knocked Cleanups out of the Park!
To celebrate record participation in our cleanups this year Brightside is giving away 2 FREE Louisville Bats tickets to the first 150 registered Brightside volunteers. (Limit 4 per household.)
Thursday, June 19
7:05 P.M.*
Louisville Slugger Field
Did you volunteer to participate in a Brightside cleanup this past year? Then come out and enjoy some baseball with Brightside! Register online at www.brightsideinc.org or call MetroCall 311.
Tickets will be available for pickup outside the Will Call window of the stadium at a special Brightside table beginning at 5pm.
Remember to wear a Brightside t-shirt if you have one!
*Stadium opens at 5pm. Visit the Louisville Bats' website for more pre-game promotion information www.batsbaseball.com.
The Louisville Bats and Rumpke have partnered to form a “Clean Team” this season to help keep Louisville beautiful. For every run batted-in by the Bats’ cleanup-up hitter at Louisville Slugger Field, Rumpke will donate $100 to Brightside. |
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Register for the Brightside Coca-Cola Volleyball Classic
Join us for the 19th Annual Brightside/Coca-Cola Volleyball Classic. This popular tournament is set for Saturday and Sunday, July 19th and 20th, at Seneca Park. Proceeds benefit Brightside’s beautification and environmental stewardship efforts.
The tournament features Grass Divisions for Youth, Men, Women, Co-ed, Corporate Teams and Metro Teams, in addition to Sand Divisions. Three match guarantee for all teams except doubles and triples.
Gather your team for this fabulous competition. Call Heather at 502.582.3530 or email heather@tandemsport.com or log onto www.baxterjacks.com to register by July 7! Brochures are available at The Volleyball Connection or Brightside.
Sponsorship opportunities still available! Contact Brightside at 574-2613 for more information |
| Creating Safer Neighborhoods |
Louisville Metro Police Department
Crime Prevention Strategies
We need your help. In the past, police officers responded to crimes after they had already been committed. Now we want your help in preventing crimes before they occur. We need everyone in our community to take an active role in learning how to stop a crime before it happens. One way you can take an active role in solving and preventing crime is by using the Metro Police’s tip line, 574-LMPD. |
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Home and Neighborhood Safety
Our neighborhoods are the bedrock of our society and everyone should take personal ownership of their own neighborhood in order to prevent crime from occurring to control crime. Their certain steps we can all take to make our neighborhoods and homes safer;
- Organize neighborhood cleanup days to send the message that your community is closed to thieves, vandals, and loiterers.
- If you feel the need for increased police patrol contact your local LMPD Division and request extra patrol.
- Sponsor a Neighborhood Block Watch to give the police an extra set of eyes in your neighborhood.
- Be sure the outside doors of your home or business have strong deadbolt locks.
- Keep spare keys with a trusted neighbor or nearby shopkeeper, not under a doormat or planter, on a ledge, or in the mailbox.
- Lock gates, garage doors, and shed doors after every use.
- Illuminate or eliminate places an intruder might hide: the spaces between trees or shrubbery, stairwells, alleys, hallways, and entryways.
- Set timers on lights when you’re away from home or your business is closed so it appears to be occupied.
- Keep your bike and sports equipment inside the house when they’re not in use.
- Avoid confrontations with burglars.
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| Resources |
Looking for a speaker for your next neighborhood or community meeting?
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) can provide a speaker for your neighborhood or community meeting. MADD can tailor the time of their presentation to fit your meeting schedule (5 minutes to one hour). They can bring a video and/or set up an information table. MADD provides many free services that your members will learn about if MADD is a guest speaker at one of your meetings. To book a speaker, email Pat McCollumMADD Volunteer Coordinator at patmccollum@sbcglobal.net
Legal Aid Launches Program to Assist Grandparents Who Care for Their Grandchildren
The Legal Aid Society announces the launch of our “Grandparent Caregiver Program,” a project whose mission is to develop solutions to the legal and financial challenges faced by low-income grandparent caregivers so they may continue to provide a safe and stable home for their grandchildren. For more information, visit Legal Aid’s website at www.laslou.org
Metro Parks Summer Pools
Beat the heat in the outdoor summer pools operated by Metro Parks.
For more information on these seasonal pools or the indoor Mary T. Meagher Aquatic Center, call 502/897-9949.
Click here to view pool hours and fees.
Click here to view free shuttle service to pools information.
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| Neighborhood News, Events & Announcements |
Hunters Point Neighborhood Yard Sale
Saturday, June 7th from 8 am - Noon
Entrance is at intersection of Weber Ave and Hunters Pointe Circle
Portland Festival
The Portland Family Reunion Festival, Friday, 5-11 p.m.; Saturday, noon-11 p.m. This reunion of current and former Portland residents will feature carnival rides, booths, a parade (Saturday, noon at 23rd and Portland), arts and crafts, a casino, custom-car show, food booths, children's activities and live music.
June 6 - 7 - 33rd and Northwestern Parkway
Americana World Festival
The 18th Annual Americana World Festival will be held at the Americana Community Center, 4801 Southside Dr. International food and entertainment are a major part of the festival. Festival goers will be able to sample food from Cuba, South America, the Middle East, Mexico, Vietnam, France and Italy. for more information click here
June 7
11 am - 9 pm
Meyzeek Farmers Market
June 7 - end of October
Every Saturday from 8:30 am - Noon
Movies Under the Stars
A FREE fun night of family entertainment on Saturday, June 7th. "Oceans 13" will be playing at Iroquois Amphitheater.
June 7 - Iroquois Amphitheater, 1080 Amphitheater Road
9 pm
Crescent Hill Garden Tour
The Garden Tour begins at 205 South Peterson Avenue and includes ten of the city's finest gardens. Each garden presents a unique experience. Several are shady nooks where a quiet escape from city life is just waiting to be enjoyed. Quiet colors and deep greens add to the calm feeling. Others are sunny gardens ablaze with vibrant color. These gardens are alive with great activity provided by birds and butterflies. You can find an out-of-the-way bench, sit back and enjoy the show.
Tickets to the Garden Tour are $10.00 for both days, with proceeds to benefit local beautification and horticultural projects. For more information, call 899-1899 or 244-1050.
June 7 - 8 - 205 South Peterson Ave
10 am - 5 pm
Watermelon in the Park
June 9 - Bradley Park
6:30pm
Louisville Coalition of Neighborhoods
LCON is a Louisville Metro-wide grassroots organization of neighborhoods established to promote and ensure the physical, social, cultural, environmental and economic development of Louisville Metro neighborhoods. LCON meets at Metro United Way (334 East Broadway) in the Community Room on the 2nd floor. The monthly meetings alternate between the 2nd Tuesdays and 2nd Thursdays of the month starting at 6 p.m. for dinner and the program begins at 6:30 p.m. Free. For more information go to www.lcon.org.
June 10
Saint Joseph Walking Tour (click for flyer - pdf)
The walk will cover a 1.5 mile loop through the neighborhood, and will focus on several sites of historical interest. Mike Zanone, vice-president, will lead the tour and talk about how the area has developed over the past 200 years. For more information contact Mike Zanone at 637-3591 or mzanone@insightbb.com.
June 14 - Corner of Bradley Ave and Atwood St
10 am
Social Change Book Club 2.0
The June book is The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People Are Changing the World by Paul H. Ray, Ph.D. and Sherry Ruth Anderson, Ph.D. There is a growing movement involving about hundred million people in the USA and Europe, weaving a new cultural fabric, reframing how we see the world today. They are called the Cultural Creatives, a term coined by Paul Ray (Ph.D. in sociology). These activists - schoolteachers, artists, spiritual guides and scientists - are questioning the unspoken assumptions of the old culture, opening up new insights and forging creativity in people's lives from grass root levels. There is growing evidence that these efforts are changing the society in many ways. Although this book was first published in 2000, it seems to have foreseen the current cultural shifts.
June 16 - Quills Coffee & Books, 1220 E. Kentucky
Westover Celebration in the Park
June 21 - Chickasaw Park, Southwestern Pkwy and Greenwood Ave
Noon - 6 pm
Taste of Frankfort Avenue
Twenty-eight of Frankfort Avenue's best restaurants will show off their delicacies under one roof at the Clifton Center from 4 - 7 pm. This 16th Annual event is the Center's major fundraising event and welcomes 500 folks to join in the celebration. Along with incredible food, the Taste features a Tasteful Silent Auction including enticing dining and entertainment packages, jewelry and other finery from Frankfort Avenue retailers. Taste tickets are $40 each and are available at http://www.cliftoncenter.org/taste/. For more information contact 896-8480
June 22 - Clifton Center, 2117 Payne St
4 - 7 pm
4th Annual Crescent Hill Outdoor Cinema
The Crescent Hill Community Council is proud to present the 4th Annual Crescent Hill Outdoor Cinema series!! We would like to recognize the continued assistance of the Peterson-Dumesnil House Board who graciously host the event on their historic grounds.
Upcoming movies!
June 27 8:30 pm – “Jaws”
July 19 8:30 pm – TBA
August 15 8:00 pm– Double Feature - “Babe: The Gallant Pig" & "Anchorman"
Phoenix Hill Farmers Market
Every Tuesday 3 - 6:30 pm
At 829 E Market St (the Felice Complex)
The Phoenix Hill Farmers Market is open every Tuesday until November. Vendors include produce, eggs, beef, pork, chicken, mushrooms, garlic, wine, baked goods, honey, salsa, mustards, plants, cut flowers, kettle corn and much more! |
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| Contact Information & Disclaimer |
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Melissa Mershon
Director
Elizabeth Hoffman
Assistant Director
Caitlin Herron, Editor
400 S. First St.
Louisville, KY 40202
(502) 574-3380
(502) 574-2792 fax
Caitlin.Herron@louisvilleky.gov |
Next Electronic Monthly Bulletin: July 4, 2008
Deadline to submit: June 27, 2008
Send announcements for July 2008 issue to: Caitlin.Herron@louisvilleky.gov
Submissions need to be pertinent information about time, date, location and contact person, and website address if available. Items may be edited, held back or not used. If items are included they will appear under the heading neighborhood news & events only listed chronologically.
Please feel free to copy any of this information for use at your local meetings or in your newsletters.
If you would like to be removed from this communication, e-mail Neighborhoods@louisvilleky.gov with REMOVE in the subject line.
Disclaimer: Information is listed as it is received. Louisville Metro Department of Neighborhoods cannot guarantee its accuracy or be responsible for last-minute changes. It is highly recommended that you use the contact information provided to confirm dates, times, and locations. Harvesting e-mail addresses is strictly prohibited; it is not the intent of the sender or the legal recipients to utilize this publication in any other manner other than what it was expressly intended for. Failure to adhere to this process may be unlawful. |
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