August 2nd, 2018 E-News and Updates HERI RYANT AMILTON ISTRICT OUNCILWOMAN C B H , D 5 C Family Fun Math Explosion 2018 Presented by the West Louisville Math and Science Project Saturday, August 4 from 11:00am - 2:30pm Southwick Community Center (3621 Southern Ave.) This event is FREE and open to the public!!! Light brunch will be served. Cheri Bryant Hamilton Family Fun Math Explosion 2018 is an activity based event with over 50 individual District 5 Councilwoman math stations for families to choose from. Each one of the math stations will have 601 West Jefferson Street a volunteer there to lead your child through a math activity. It is geared toward City Hall, 3rd Floor elementary aged students and those who need review at that level. Louisville, KY 40202 This is not a drop off event. Children under the age of 11 or in elementary school (502) 574-1105 are unable to take part without an adult present. This event is for families. E-mail: What are the benefits to the family? [email protected] Families will have an opportunity to see how their children process information. Myra Friend-Ellis Families will be able to replicate activities at home. Legislative Assistant There will be a school counselor on site and access (502) 574-3905 to information about other resources. E-mail: Families will be able to demonstrate to their children [email protected] that their success with math is important. Fax: (502) 574-2560 Written By: Chase Sanders [email protected] West Louisville All Stars Baseball Team is Heading to the Little League World Series!!! Web address: Monday, August 6 at 6:30pm http://www.louisvilleky.gov/ On Broadway between the PNC Bank at 34th Street to Shawnee Park district 5 Come join the parade and Please feel free to copy any of this information for use at your cheer the team on. There meetings or in your newsletters. will be a Parade on Monday, If you would like to be August 6th at 6:30 pm from removed from this the PNC Bank (at 34th & communication please email Broadway) down Broadway with “REMOVE” in the to Shawnee Park for the subject or body. Thank you! team. They’ve already won the State and regional tournaments, and now they’re headed to the Little League World Series! 1 E-News and Updates August 2nd, 2018 CHERI BRYANT HAMILTON, DISTRICT 5 COUNCILWOMAN LMPD Impound Lot Community Meeting Monday, August 13 at 6:00pm California Community Center (1600 W. Saint Catherine Street) What will be discussed at this meeting? Louisville Metro Government received a number of suggestions regarding the new impound location. One suggestion to relocate vehicles held at the impound lot as evidence in a criminal or civil lawsuit or investigation to a separate, secured location. This would decrease the number of vehicles at the impound lot by approximately 350, allowing towing operations to resume as space was made available through vehicle relocation. A warehouse located on 9th Street has been identified as a proposed alternative storage location for impounded vehicles being held as evidence. The warehouse will provide an indoor, secure location for these vehicles, and is located in an industrial area of the California neighborhood. Impacts to the neighborhood are expected to be minimal because access to the warehouse will not be through a residential area, the warehouse is surrounded by commercial and industrial uses, the vehicles will be secured indoors and the relatively small number of trips associated with adding or removing vehicles from the space will not significantly affect traffic on 9th Street. LMPD National Night Out Tuesday, August 7 at 6pm 1st Division Crime Report LMPD 2nd Division Please go to this link to view the Cash Saver (3044 Wilson Ave.) 1st Division Crime report for the LMPD 1st Division week of July 22nd - 28th. Baxter Square (Beecher Terrace) Vision Russell Updates and Events Check out the great changes underway as a result of the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative in the Russell Community at this link! JCPS Summer Food Service Program Free Breakfast and Lunch Program Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) has kicked off its Summer Food Service Program, offering free nutritionally balanced meals to children and teens to help prevent the nutritional ‘summer slide’. The free breakfasts and lunches are available Monday through Friday at 127 sites throughout the summer. Participants can also get a meal at the JCPS Bus Stop Café, a converted school bus that travels to sites where young people typically gather, such as parks and pools. Families can find a site near them by texting “FOOD” to 877877, checking the school menu section of the JCPS mobile app or by visiting JCPS.Nutrislice.com/Meal-Locations. Visual Arts for Kids Class Tuesdays through August 28th, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Western Library, 604 S. 10th St. Each ArtsBridge Visual Arts Class will allow students the opportunity to express themselves with a variety of arts media including scribble and doodling, spontaneous expression, painting, cartooning and working as a team to create a group drawing. Students will learn life skills such as conflict resolution, problem solving, goal setting, positive thinking, and develop increased confidence and self-esteem through visual arts expression. 2 E-News and Updates August 2nd, 2018 CHERI BRYANT HAMILTON, DISTRICT 5 COUNCILWOMAN Save the Date: Shawnee Neighborhood Association Meeting Back to School Bash Tuesday, August 21 at 6:30pm Port Shaw Community Center (3713 W. Market St.) Sunday, August 12 from Our guest speaker, Toya Northington, Research 4:00pm - 7:00pm Coordinator at the University of Louisville’s School of Public Health and Information Sciences will be Central High School Stadium addressing HIV prevention and education. (1130 W. Chestnut Street) The UofL Youth Violence Prevention Research Center along with the Rajon Rondo Foundation and the Office of Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods is hosting a Back to School Bash on Sunday, August 12, 2018 from 4 pm - 7 pm at the Central High School Stadium. Join Mayor Fischer for a Community Bike Ride Saturday, August 4th from 9am-11am Falls City Community Bike Works (1217 Logan Street) Park Duvalle Community Health Center Annual Health Fair Saturday, August 4th from 11am- 3pm 3015 Wilson Avenue Come out and get FREE health screenings : School Physicals (Without Immunizations) Sports Physicals Blood Pressure Screenings Blood Sugar (Glucose) Screenings Cholesterol Screenings Dental Screenings HIV Testing Vision Screening Hearing Screenings 3 August 2nd, 2018 E-News and Updates CHERI BRYANT HAMILTON, DISTRICT 5 COUNCILWOMAN Updated Vacant Lot List and Updated VAP List Landbank Authority Launches the August 2018 Request for Proposals! Proposals due on August 17 by 5pm Click here for available buildings and RFD guidelines on how to submit a proposal. For updated vacant lots click here. Open House Schedule Monday, 8/6/2018 Thursday, 8/9/2018 667 S. 37th St. – 12:00pm-1:00pm 2717 W. Market St– 12:00pm-1:00pm 2208 W Chestnut St – 5:00pm-6:00pm 667 S. 37th St – 5:00pm -6:00pm Tuesday, 8/7/2018 Friday, 8/10/2018 2717 W. Market St – 5:00pm-6:00p 2208 W. Chestnut St – 12:00pm-1:00pm If you have any questions please feel free to contact the Louisville Metro Office of Vacant and Public Property Administration at (502) 574-4200. Now Accepting Applications for the Louisville Metro Government 2018 Brightside Awards Launches New Web Tool to Explore Opportunity Zones To celebrate their dedicated volunteers and business/ In April 2018, the U.S. Department of the Treasury corporate partners, Brightside has opened the certified 144 Opportunity Zones in 84 Kentucky nomination window for the Brightside Awards. The counties under a new community development awards will be presented at the Brightside Bash program, the Investing in Opportunity Act. In presented by the Republic Bank Foundation on Louisville, 19 census tracts are designated as September 20 at the Louisville Palace Theater. Opportunity Zones. Brightside asks residents to nominate a friend, The Opportunity Zones program is designed to neighbor, family member, colleague or company to spur economic development and create jobs by be recognized for their dedication to keeping our city encouraging long-term investment in economically distressed urban and rural areas. “Projects like the clean and green. redevelopment of the Louisville Gardens, the Track on The nomination window will close on Friday, Ali at Heritage West, and projects from Butchertown to August 24 at midnight. The nomination form can downtown to west Louisville are great examples of be found at www.brightsideinc.org. developments that could benefit from this program,” said Mayor Greg Fischer. To assist business owners and investors with identifying Opportunity Zones, the city created an interactive map to show exact addresses and boundaries of Louisville’s designated Opportunity Zones. To search Louisville-specific addresses, visit https://louisvilleky.gov/ government/louisville-forward/ opportunity-zones-louisville. 4 E-News and Updates August 2nd, 2018 CHERI BRYANT HAMILTON, DISTRICT 5 COUNCILWOMAN Try The Smell Louisville App, and Tell Us What You Think! We encourage you to give the Smell Louisville app a test run, and download it to your iPhone or Android cell phone. Please use the app even if you do not smell an odor to see how it works and if there are changes you would recommend. If you could further assist us, please complete the survey at this link to tell us about your experience with the app or why you have not attempted to download or use the app. Air Quality affects everyone and is not confined to one neighborhood. We need to find a way to determine and track where and when odors occur.