Tactical urbanism hits Beechmont with “Better Block Woodlawn Avenue”
This weekend, the 300 block of Woodlawn Avenue will experience a sudden transformation via “Better Block Woodlawn Avenue.” The event will bring the Beechmont neighborhood in the South End a vision of what their area could look and feel like in the future —...
The Week Ahead … Bevin at GLI, Mayor at Waterfront Park, beer at Creative Mornings and more
Here is what you can expect in the jammed-packed week ahead … On Tuesday from 7:30 to 9 a.m., Gov. Matt Bevin will deliver the keynote during Greater Louisville Inc.‘s Business at Breakfast, at the Louisville Marriott Downtown, 280 W. Jefferson St. On Tuesday at...
With Better Block project, a nonprofit aims to show what Shelby Park could be
The 1200 block of South Logan Street and the 500 block of East Oak Street in Shelby Park were spruced up Thursday as part of a visioning project. Louisville nonprofit Center for Neighborhoods installed benches, trees, flowers, a parklet, colorful picnic tables and a...
Beargrass documentary sheds light on ‘The Creek in Your Backyard’
A new 30-minute documentary about the historically maltreated Beargrass Creek will be screened at a special event at the Clifton Center on Thursday. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Morgan Atkinson, the film — titled “Beargrass: The Creek in Your Backyard” — will focus on the environmental impact...
New Hikes Point mural combines history and community
The Hikes Point community has been watching the History of Hikes Point Mural progress in their midst over the last several months. On Saturday, Aug. 20, this piece of public art, made possible by the Center for Neighborhoods through its P.A.I.N.T. (Producing Art in...
LVA’s Mural Arts Program aims to make every neighborhood ‘Flourish’
Louisville Visual Art has launched an ambitious new program that aims to help bring art to local neighborhoods and businesses. In conjunction with partners from Louisville Metro and the Center for Neighborhoods and sponsors/collaborators from strADegy Advertising, LVA kicked off the new Mural Art Program on Thursday with the unveiling of a mural...
Center for Neighborhoods opens applications for free Green Institute
For the fifth year, the Center for Neighborhoods is offering 12 weeks of environmental leadership education — and dinner! — for free. The Green Institute equips people to make measurable change and learn skills to increase their neighborhood’s resiliency. According to a Green Institute...
Free neighborhood leadership training at the Center for Neighborhoods
The Center for Neighborhoods has been helping citizens become neighborhood leaders for close to 30 years now and has been hosting the Neighborhood Institute since 1987. The next cohort of aspiring neighborhood leaders begins Jan. 26 and lasts for 12 weeks. Each session of...
Center for Neighborhoods adds two new positions and new board members
The 40-year old Center for Neighborhoods has added two new positions and expanded services. The nonprofit hired Isabella Christensen and Laura Stricklen to be neighborhood liaisons, each responsible for half of the city’s districts. They will be working with neighborhood associations, suburban cities, homeowner associations...
Free environmental leadership-education program offered by Center for Neighborhoods
This August, the Center for Neighborhoods kicks off its fourth Green Institute. The environmental leadership-education program helps neighborhood leaders gain the skills and resources needed to have a positive impact on the environment of their communities. The goal is to create energy, economic and environmental goals...
Center for NeighborhoodsAugust 22, 2019
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