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Public meetings scheduled for August 6 and August 8 A roadway resurfacing project that will reduce vehicle collision rates and improve bicycling facilities is planned next month on Fourth Street along the University of Louisville between Cardinal Boulevard and Industry Road. Citizens and students are invited to hear details at two public meetings...

For Immediate Release: Louisville Metro Council Contact: Tony Hyatt 574-4137 / 526-3622 Stephen Haag 574-1204 / 645-1752 Louisville ? Following a special meeting, the Metro Council?s Public Works, Bridges and Transportation Committee has given its approval to three franchise agreement contracts designed to enhance internet service in Metro...

An Air Quality Alert has been called for the Louisville metropolitan area for Tuesday, July 22, 2014. The Air Quality Index (AQI) is expected to be in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups range. The AQI is expected to reach 105 for ozone. Sensitive groups include children, older adults, active adults and anyone with heart and/or lung ailments. Help...

Notice of Action on a Title V Construction Permit The Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District (District) proposes to issue a construction permit to GE Appliances (appliance manufacturing plant), 4000 Buechel Bank Road, in accordance with Regulation 2.16. The 30-day public comment period starts July 19, 2014 and ends on August 18, 2014. A...

25th Annual Brightside/Coca-Cola Volleyball Classic Hundreds of teams volley for a cleaner, greener Louisville during the Brightside/Coca-Cola Volleyball Classic LOUISVILLE, Ky. ? The 25th Annual Brightside/Coca-Cola Volleyball Classic promises a lot of action as hundreds of players including local media celebrities, public officials and Brightside...

Signs reading ?Children at Play! Thank You for Not Smoking.? have been posted at five Metro Parks swimming pools and ten playgrounds and spraygrounds. Pools include those at Algonquin Park, Mary T. Meagher, Nelson Hornback Park, the Norton Pool at Camp Taylor Park and Sun Valley Park. Playgrounds and spraygrounds include those at Breslin, Crescent...

Today, National Endowment for the Arts announced that Louisville will receive a $50,000 ?Our Town? grant to place artists on project teams inside of corporations. The Louisville initiative, referred to as ?The Accelerator?, is designed to make Louisville businesses more dynamic and profitable. The initiative was created through a collaboration...

Louisville is receiving a $250,000 national arts grant to develop a unique Creative Innovation Zone (CIZ) to fuel citizen engagement in the Smoketown neighborhood. The CIZ will advance economic, educational and environmental infrastructure development in the Smoketown community by placing artist/innovators in advisory and supporting roles in...

Assembly brings disability advocates, community and thought leaders together to discuss current activities and opportunities to build the financial capability of people with disabilities throughout the Louisville AreaAt a time when nearly one in three Americans with disabilities live in poverty, the National Center on Leadership for the Employment...

Improved commercial building will add solar panels to Butchertown Market

Improved mixed-use building will add to Schnitzelburg revitalization

Louisville Metro’s Office of Management & Budget (OMB) has received an award for the annual spending plan the office prepares for city government.

Revolving loan fund created to incentivize small food manufacturing businesses

Saying that people who have served their time for felony criminal offenses deserve the right to be full citizens again, Mayor Greg Fischer today signed a resolution urging the state legislature to restore voting rights for felons. The resolution, passed by the Metro Council, asks the General Assembly to amend the Kentucky Constitution to...

Enhancing fire response system and better serving people suffering from both mental illness and substance abuse are two areas of focus Louisville has been selected by the Citi Foundation and Living Cities as one of the first three participants in the City Accelerator, a $3 million program to help nine cities pilot leading innovations in local...