Mayor Abramson

Louisville Metro, Jerry Abramson believes that being a strong public leader is the best way to give back to the hometown he loves.

In the past six years, Mayor Abramson has taken bold steps to build a stronger and safer community and create a more efficient and responsive local government. His efforts resulted in Louisville being named America's "Most Livable Large City" by the U.S. Conference of Mayors. 

Abramson has led efforts to: 

• Launch the visionary "City of Parks" plan to add 4,000 acres of suburban park land and the 100-mile Louisville Loop trail encircling the community. It's one of the largest parks expansion projects in America.
  
  
• Increase safety through MetroSafe – a $70 million emergency communications network that, for the first time, links all community and regional emergency responders.
   
• Put more police officers on streets and neighborhoods than ever before and provide the tools they need to protect citizens.
   
• Accelerate a 22-year renaissance downtown with 4th Street Live!, and the adjoining Center City retail and entertainment district expansion, a new waterfront arena, the Muhammad Ali Center, new and renovated hotels, and a tripling of housing at all prices.
  
  
• Reduce the size of government by nearly 20 percent while balancing the city budget during the worst national economic conditions since the Great Depression – all without raising taxes.
  
  
• Solve the most pressing drainage problems in the community with the $70 million Project DRI initiative targeting neighborhood drainage projects.
   

Abramson was named one of the “Public Officials of the Year” in 2003 by Governing magazine for his success with the largest city-county merger in 30 years.

In 2005, Abramson was named Kentucky’s best civic leader for the fifth time by Kentucky Monthly magazine.

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