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March 2008
Dear Neighborhood Leaders,
Spring is just around the corner. Time to plan your projects for the warmer weather. Projects help to build relationships within groups by working together as a team. For example, Brightside offers an opportunity for your group to build relationships and beautify your neighborhood with the Community Wide Cleanup. The Department of Neighborhoods also will be offering trainings that will provide networking opportunities with fellow neighborhood leaders.
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. Free. Contact: MetroCall at 311 or 574-5000.
March 17 – ButlerHigh School, 2222 Crums Ln.
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Home Owners Association Training
March 18 “Keeping the Lights On”
Many Homeowner Associations provide vital services to their communities, such as streetlights and trash collection, paid for through mandatory assessments of the homeowners. But collection can be difficult and problems can arise when people don’t pay. Learn about tools and strategies to help your association collect assessments and tips for getting back on track when collections have fallen behind. Location is Jefferson Community and Technical College, 1000 Community Campus Dr.
March 25 "Building the Organization"
Discusses promoting resident involvement and support of the association, recruiting board members, building the organization through community activities, creating websites and newsletters. For registration and more information call 311 or 574-5000. Location is Kammerer Middle School, 7315 Wesboro Rd.
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Save the Dates Now! More Information to Come.
Neighborhood LINK
Neighborhood Link is a national program that provides free websites for not-for-profit associations. The Louisville Metro Department of Neighborhoods offers training assistance to neighborhoods so they can establish and maintain their free website. The workshop is free, but registration is required due to limited computer terminals. Contact: MetroCall at 311 or 574-5000.
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NatureScape Grants Available
Brightside strives to find ways for all Louisville residents to become engaged in keeping our community clean and green - that is why we are so excited to present to you our newest program. NatureScape Grants are designed to help neighborhood groups and other non-profits keep the public spaces of the community looking its best by connecting your group with the needed resources to create the beautification project of your choosing. Application available at www.brightsideinc.org through April 2. |
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Brightside’s Community-Wide Cleanup
As part of the ongoing community-wide anti-litter initiative we are asking you to help KEEP IT CLEAN! Join us for Brightside’s next Community-wide Cleanup on Saturday, March 29. Take an active role in keeping our hometown clean because…..“Litter Makes Us All Look Bad!”
Organize your group to participate and help keep our hometown clean. Brightside will supply free bags, gloves and t-shirts for volunteers. Contact MetroCall 311 or 574-5000 to register or visit www.brightsideinc.org.
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| 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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Spring Cleaning
Most folks think of spring as a time of cleaning indoors. Spring is also a good time to clean up outdoors around your home and to take an inventory of the outside of your home. Burglars like to target homes that are easy to break into and look for certain things around a home that make burglary easy. As a home owner it should be your goal to make your home as unattractive to prospective burglars as possible. Make sure all high bushes and hedges are cut back and away from windows as far as possible. Burglars like to hide behind bushes where they can work on windows and enter homes where their entry and exit are hidden by the bushes. Check all outside light fixtures to make sure bulbs are working and consider replacing standard light fixtures with motion detectors. Check all the locks on windows and doors to ensure they are locked and working properly and consider installing dead bolts on doors. Make sure your house numbers are visible from the street, on the house in a highly visible area and on the mail box; this will aid emergency responders in locating your home quickly. Finally, remember to take in all valuable property from you vehicle at night if it is left in the driveway or at the least do not leave expensive items in plain site in the vehicle. |
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| Neighborhood News, Events & Announcements |
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.
March 13
Neighborhood Excellence Initiative
Neighborhood Excellence Initiative, is Bank of America's signature philanthropic program, which recognizes, nurtures, and rewards community -based organizations, local heroes and student leaders working to improve their communities. Focus is on areas such as: education, community development, arts and culture, and health and human services.
In order to address critical neighborhood needs, Bank of America works with local community leaders to identify economic and social priorities, and the visionaries working to sustain, strengthen and grow communities. Click here to learn more about the grant opportunity.
Energy Audits
LG&E offers home energy audits for $15. This fee can be applied to your monthly statement. To find tips on evaluating insulation, go to “Your Home’s Energy Use” at www.eere.energy.gov.
Mortgage Help
A new hotline for homeowners offers advice on how to avoid foreclosure. Jefferson County residents can dial the 2-1-1 hotline 24 hours a day. For more information, go to www.louisvilleky.gov/foreclosure.
Instant Messages
The Dynamic Emergency Alert Network (DEAN) has been implemented at Louisville Male High School and DuPont Manual High School. The network will let parents register their cell phone numbers and e-mail addresses so they can receive important messages from these schools within seconds during a crisis. Learn more about DEAN at www.deanalert.com/index.php. |
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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: April 4, 2008
Deadline to submit: March 28, 2008
Send announcements for April 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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