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On Tuesday, Mayor Greg Fischer and Dr. Sarah Moyer, Louisville’s Chief Health Strategist, announced Louisville’s COVID-19 status has been downgraded to yellow for the first time since July 2020. Dr. Moyer said the change is encouraging considering the state of the city being at a high-level red in the winter. She cautioned that an alert level...

The Downtown Revitalization Team today presented a plan detailing ways that Louisville Metro Government, businesses and community partners will work together to bring people and businesses back downtown as the state lifts pandemic restrictions. The group of downtown stakeholders presented the plan to Mayor Greg Fischer at the final Downtown...

As vaccination numbers rise and the economy reopens, many workers who were negatively impacted by COVID-19 are rethinking their occupation. A Pew Research Center survey from earlier this year showed that 66% of American adults who were laid off or furloughed during the pandemic have seriously considered changing their field of work. Residents of...

Today, Mayor Greg Fischer joined by Dr. Sarah Moyer, Director of the Louisville Department of Public Health and Wellness discussed current Healthy at Work requirements for local businesses and their legal rights with enforcing mask guidelines ahead of Memorial Day weekend and provided an update on COVID-19 in Louisville. Mayor Fischer said...

Council members Amy Holton Stewart (D-25), Cindi Fowler (D-14), Kevin Triplett (D-15), and President David James (D-6) have released the following statement on the announcement of the reopening of the Iroquois Loop in Iroquois Park

After a months-long public feedback process, analysis and collaboration with Mayor Greg Fischer, Metro Council, Olmsted Parks Conservancy and other stakeholders, Louisville Parks and Recreation officials today announced the park loop road in Iroquois Park will reopen to the pre-COVID route, effective immediately. Vehicle access to the Hogan’s...

It’s time to make a splash! Louisville Parks and Recreation will welcome guests back to three public swimming pools beginning Saturday, May 29. Algonquin, Fairdale, and Sun Valley outdoor pools will all begin operation at noon this Saturday and will follow a set schedule through the summer. Pools will be operating at 75 percent of normal capacity...

Councilwoman Donna Purvis is partnering with the YMCA for an important summer program to provide free swimming lessons for 100 children in District 5. It is an effort to promote water safety, and along the way the Councilwoman hopes children will also have some fun and exercise during the summer months.

There is an Air Quality Alert for Saturday (5/22) for ozone in Louisville and Southern Indiana

The Grady Hotel, developed by Vision Hospitality Group and operated by Humanist Hospitality, a division of Vision, opens today in Louisville. Located in the downtown Market District at the corner of West Main Street and North Sixth Street, The Grady is a renovated 19th-century historic building. The 51-key luxury hotel is a member of Small Luxury...

LOUISVILLE, KY – The Minority Caucus of the Louisville Metro Council will meet at its normally scheduled day and time of 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 20, 2021. The meeting will be held via video teleconferencing pursuant to KRS 61.826 and Senate Bill 150 adopted by the 2020 General Assembly. During this meeting members of the Minority Caucus will...

Today, Mayor Greg Fischer and Dr. Sarah Moyer, Louisville’s Chief Health Strategist, provided an update on COVID-19 and were joined by the city’s hospital systems leaders to discuss observations surrounding the use of the Pfizer vaccine in 12- to 15-year-olds, and the immediate implications with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s...

Beginning this Saturday, the Democratic Caucus of the Louisville Metro Council will host five public discussions regarding the city’s FY22 budget in a series of Community Conversations. Each meeting will focus on one of the fundamental principles of the Caucus’s strategic vision for ensuring the safety and prosperity of all Jefferson County...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (May 19, 2021) —The Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods (OSHN) announced today it is participating in the first-ever Reimagining Peace Challenge launched by Cities United, a national network of mayors committed to reducing the epidemic of homicides and shootings among young Black men and boys. In their mission to reduce...

The Ron Jones Jazz Quartet will kick off a six-week series of free outdoor concerts this summer in Louisville’s Beechmont Neighborhood. Performances begin at 5:30 p.m. and end at 7:30 p.m. each Saturday at the Woodlawn Gazebo located at the corner of W. Woodlawn Ave and Southern Parkway, from May 22nd to June 26th.