9Th Metro Council District

9th Metro Council District No. 9 eNews June 12, 2014

You are receiving this email because you have contacted my office in the past for assistance. If you would like to be removed from this communication please email Kyle Ethridge with “REMOVE” in the subject or body. Please feel free to copy any of this information for use at your meetings or in your newsletters! Upcoming Junk Pick Up and River Metals Incentives The 9th District Urban Services District (USD) will have junk collection set-out on a select weekend in June 2014, depending on your address. You may begin setting out your junk Friday afternoon prior to your junk pick-up week and must have it all out by Monday at 6:00 AM. For your specific junk set-out weekend please visit http://mapit.louisvilleky.gov/ and enter your address, call the office at 574-1109, or email Kyle Ethridge. For collection guidelines please visit www.louisvilleky.gov/solidwaste. You may now sign up for junk set out reminders by email and text. Click here to sign up today!

From Monday, June 23 – Saturday, June 28, to correspond with Junk Pick Up dates, River M etals Recycling (RMR) is inviting 9th District Residents to receive higher rates for recycling s crap metal: an extra $10 per net ton for sheet metal/appliances and 5 cents per pound extr a for aluminum cans and copper. To participate, print the coupon attached to this email an d bring your scrap metal to RMR at 2045 River Road between June 23-28. Thanks to RMR f or offering this incentive and for its support of the Green Triangle. Go green with RMR and get your green! Keep metal out of the landfill by taking it to River Metals to be recycled instead of setting it out for Junk Pick Up. Bike Lanes Coming to Grinstead Drive Grinstead Drive will be one of the next Louisville Metro roadways to get bicycle lanes. Work is scheduled to begin on Grinstead on June 23. The new bike lanes are part of a continuing effort to expand our community’s urban bike network and will complete a doubling of bike facility mileage from 40 to 80 mile in the last twelve months. Mayor Greg Fischer has included $300,000 for additional bike lanes in the budget he proposed for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The Grinstead Drive project, described in public meetings April 9 and April 10 at the Peterson-Dumesnil House, runs between Stilz Avenue and Lexington Road. The road will be reduced from four motor vehicle travel lanes to two, plus a center turning lane, through most of the corridor. That will permit bike lanes on both sides between Peterson Avenue and Crescent Court. At Interstate 64 a single bike lane will go in alongside four existing motorist travel lanes. The Grinstead bike lanes will not have buffer strips. Shared lane markings will be used to connect bicyclists from where the bike lanes end to the Beargrass Creek Trail which leads to downtown as well as Cherokee Park. Questions please contact Harold Adams at 574-6153.

A Screening & Discussion of Girl Rising Mercy Beyond Borders and Louisville Girls Leadership are bringing a global movement to educate girls and change the world to Louisville with a Screening of Girl Rising. Girl Rising is 1 | P a g e a groundbreaking feature film that spotlights the stories of nine unforgettable girls born into unforgiving circumstances. The film captures their dreams, their voices and their remarkable lives. It is also a movement dedicated to empowering and achieving educational equity for girls around the world. In light of the recent highly publicized events in Nigeria, this event will bring the community together to raise global visibility about the importance of educating girls. The goal is to share the story of the nearly 300 missing Nigerian girls, to invest in them, and to stand with them by taking action locally.

Join them on Thursday, June 12 from 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at Spalding Egan Leadership Center, 901 S 4th Street. The Louisville community will rise in support of the nearly 300 missing Nigerian girls who were kidnapped from their school dormitory on April 28, 2014. The event is free and open to the public. To register please visit http://bit.ly/1hrKHMP 14th Annual UCHM Home Tour United Crescent Hill Ministries (UCHM) invites you to their 14th Annual Home Tour on Saturday, June 14th, 2014 from 11:00 am - 5:00 pm. Enjoy this rare opportunity to tour some of the wonderfully restored homes typical of the neighborhoods that UCHM serves. This year, UCHM added Butchertown to the service area. Proceeds from the 14th Annual Home Tour benefit the Youth, Seniors, and Emergency Assistance programs provided by UCHM. Celebrating 40 years of outreach, UCHM continues to provide services for residents of the Crescent Hill, Clifton, Clifton Heights, and Butchertown neighborhoods. Volunteers are needed and welcome for this event. Please contact Sue Gentry at 893-0346 if you are interested. Advance Tickets are $25 each (single ticket) or $20 each (when purchasing two or more). Tickets will be sold for $25 the day of the event. Advance tickets will be available online at www.uchmlouky.org, at UCHM (150 S. State Street), and at both Carmichael’s Bookstores and Margaret’s Consignments.

Powered with Pride 5K Walk/Run Sign up today for the Powered with Pride (PWP) run/walk on Saturday, June 21 at 8:00 a.m. at Cherokee Park – Hogan’s Fountain/Pavilion. Registration rates are $35 for the 5k and $5 for the Comfy Cow Chase (kid’s run for 12 and under). Online registration is open until June 20 – click here to register. Prefer to sleep in but still want a t-shirt? You can do a sleep in donation of $25 and still get a shirt. If you prefer to register in person complete a registration form and take cash or check to either Blue Mile store locations: The Summit, 4114 Summit Plaza Drive or The Highlands, 1512 Bardstown Road. Plan to attend the post- race event from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at The Monkey Wrench. 22nd Annual Taste of Frankfort Avenue The Clifton Center, located at 2117 Payne Street, will once again host its largest fundraiser that showcases all the fantastic eateries in the neighborhood. The 22nd Annual Taste of Frankfort Avenue will be held on Sunday, June 22nd from 5:00pm-8:00pm, and will feature food tastings from more than 20 of Frankfort Avenue's finest restaurants, a cash bar, a raffle and live music. To learn more about the volunteer opportunities, visit www.cliftoncenter.org and click on "Get Involved" or email [email protected].

Tickets are on sale now for $45. Discounted price for Friends of the Clifton Center is $40. For the first time, a limited number of Patron tickets are available for $75 which includes premium parking, two complimentary drink tickets, and a chance to win a season pass to

2 | P a g e the 2014-2015 Live at the Clifton Center series. Tickets can be purchased at www.cliftoncenter.org or at Carmichael's Bookstore, 2720 Frankfort Avenue.

Participating restaurants include Porcini, Varanese, Bistro 1860, Volare, Bourbon's Bistro, No rth End Café, Irish Rover, Gary's on Spring, Silver Dollar, Coal's Artisan Pizza, Caffe Classico, Four Sisters, DiFabio's Casapela, Nancy's Bagels, Homemade Ice Cream & Pie Kitchen, Crav e Café, Boombozz Pizza, the Comfy Cow, Vint, and Heine Brothers' Coffee. Text-Based Service to Connect Families to Activities Parents who are seeking affordable and enriching options to help fill the summer months for their children now have a new tool at their disposal. Text the phrase “GetConnected” – no space – to 967-14. Then you will be prompted to provide two details – a zip code and the age of the child needing activities – parents will immediately receive a list of upcoming options sorted by distance. Many of the listings are free or low cost and all include phone numbers for more details. Organizations that would like to add events or opportunities should contact Anthony D. Smith, Director of Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods, by email: [email protected]. Slippery Elm Tree Certified as Largest in Nation A majestic Slippery Elm on Masonic Home of Kentucky’s Louisville campus is the largest of its species in the state and the nation. The tree measures 282 inches in circumference and a soaring 90 feet in height, with an average crown spread of 82.6 feet wide. It is estimated to be more than 200 years old. It was recently certified as the largest of its kind in Kentucky and the nation.

Campus residents, staff and visitors always notice the stately beauty of the trees. The large Slippery Red Elm behind Davies Hall caught the eye of Masonic Homes Grounds Director Donna Hibbs, who thought it might be one for the record books. Hibbs invited Kentucky State Forester Diana Olszowy to visit the campus and take official measurements. Sure enough, it was declared the largest Red Elm tree in Kentucky, edging out the previous record-holding tree in Taylor County. It is recognized among Kentucky’s Champion Trees at http://forestry.ky.gov/ChampionTrees.

The Slippery Red Elm will be recognized by American Forests’ National Register of Big Trees as the largest in the nation, scoring a total of 392.63 points. The previous title holder, located in Indiana, scored a total of 382 points. FREE Bats Tickets Now Available The program is once again split into two parts, with each part described below: COMMUNITY NIGHTS:  The Bats will host two community nights, providing tickets, hot dogs, and soft drinks to non-profit groups who would not be able to afford a Bats game under regular circumstances. These two nights will include 4,000 guests for each game – Tuesday, July 8 and Tuesday, July 22. Groups will contact the Bats office directly to sign up for the program and each group member will get a voucher for a ticket, hot dog, and soft drink. Examples include mentoring organizations, social service agencies, and many more. This program is not intended for individual constituent distribution. METRO COUNCIL MONDAYS:  For this program, the Bats will host groups and organizations doing the good of the community that might not fit into the category above. This includes 12,000 total 3 | P a g e ticket vouchers – without hot dogs and drinks – distributed for use on ANY of these designated Monday nights: June 16, July 7, July 21 and August 4. Groups are able to choose their own date within these Monday nights. Examples include school fundraisers, charity auctions, and several others. This program is also not intended for individual constituent distribution.

To request tickets for either part of the program, organizations should contact Kate McGuire, Louisville Bats – [email protected]. Please include your Metro Council District, organization name, contact name, mailing address, daytime phone number, and number of tickets requested. Email is preferred, but if email is not available call Kate McGuire at 502-614-4535. 9th District Spring/Summer Newsletter The spring/summer District 9 newsletter is hot off the press! Check out the electronic version and read updates on: CycLOUvia, Responsible Recycling event, Ban the Box ordinance, residential traffic circles on Nanz Ave, CIF/NDF snapshot, Brightside’s One Bright City initiative, and the 2014 calendar. The newsletter is available online by clicking here. Residents that don’t have access to a computer or internet may contact our office at 574-1109 to request a paper copy be mailed to them. N inth District Events! Below are some Ninth District calendar events! To view a full listing of events please visit the Ninth District Blog at http://district9news.wordpress.com/. If you would like to submit events to be considered for the blog calendar please email Kyle Ethridge or call 574-1109.

Saturday, June 14: Crescent Hill Library, 2762 Frankfort Avenue, will host an adult book discussion at 10:30 a.m. The book to be discussed is City of Women by F. David Gillham. Questions call 574-1793.

Saturday, June 14: UCHM (United Crescent Hill Ministries) 14th Annual Home Tour from 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. UCHM will showcase six fabulous homes. Proceeds from the 14th Annual Home Tour benefit the Youth, Seniors, and Emergency Assistance programs provided by UCHM. Advance Tickets are $25 each (single ticket) or $20 each (when purchasing two or more). Tickets will be sold for $25 the day of the event. Advance tickets will be available online at www.uchmlouky.org

Sunday, June 15: Enjoy Father’s Day at Bourbons Bistro, 2255 Frankfort Avenue from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm for an all you can eat buffet for $25 per person. Executive Chef, Jeff Bridges, has created the following: Arugula Salad, Fresh Fruit, Fried Chicken, Homemade Biscuits, Sawmill Gravy, French Toast Casserole, Hot Brown Casserole, Bacon, Eggs to Order, Omelet Station, and Breakfast Potatoes, for all to enjoy. To make a reservation, call 894-8838 or go online at www.bourbonsbistro.com.

Monday, June 16: Crescent Hill Library, 2762 Frankfort Avenue, will host exploring great artists: Wassily Kandinsky at 2:30 p.m. Embrace your inner artist and prepare to paint in circles with Kandinsky. Ages 5-12. Questions call 574-1793.

4 | P a g e Monday, June 16: FREE Monday night movies at Iroquois Amphitheater, 1080 Amphitheater Road. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. and the show begins at 8:00 p.m. On 06/16 enjoy The Little Mermaid. Questions please visit www.iroquoisamphitheater.com.

Wednesday, June 18: UCHM hosts listen and learn series from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. at 150 S. State Street. Guest speaker is Stacey Yates from the Louisville Convention and Visitors Bureau to talk about what is happening in Louisville. Questions please call 893-0346.

Wednesday, June 18: Crescent Hill Library, 2762 Frankfort Avenue, will host magic with Ken Neuhauser at 2:30 p.m. Join us for the truly extraordinary Mr. Moustache and his Magic Show. All ages. Questions call 574-1793.

Thursday, June 19: Crescent Hill Community Council meeting at 7:30 pm at Peterson- Dumesnil House, located at 301 S Peterson Avenue. For more information visit http://www.crescenthill.us/. 9 th District LINKS  www.district9news.wordpress.com  http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroCouncil/Members/09/  www.mygreentriangle.com/  www.facebook.com/MyGreenTriangle 9 th Office Staff Tina Ward-Pugh, 9th District Councilwoman 601 W Jefferson Street, Louisville, KY 40202 Phone: 502.574.1109 Fax: 502.574.7844 [email protected]

Kyle Ethridge, Legislative Assistant Phone: 502.574.3908 Fax: 502.574.7844 [email protected]

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