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Council approves renaming street for Coleman

February 10, 2011 – 7:57 pm

In a 20-0 vote, the Louisville Metro Council passed an ordinance renaming a section of 34th Street to Louis Coleman Jr. Drive in honor of the late civil rights leader. The measure was sponsored by Councilwomen Judy Green, D-1, and Cheri Bryant Hamilton, D-5, to honor the Rev. Louis Coleman, who led the Justice Resource [...]

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West End experiencing high foreclosure rates, says PVA

April 29, 2010 – 2:52 pm

Hoping to bring attention to the city’s housing woes, Jefferson County Property Valuation Administrator Tony Lindauer says that although Louisville has been fairly insulated from the national foreclosure crisis, the West End has a significant number of vulnerable properties. The property value administrator is responding to data found in the upcoming annual state of the [...]

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Louisville receives $7.9 million grant to improve city’s health

March 19, 2010 – 1:40 pm

The Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness received a big boost from the federal government today, according to Mayor Jerry Abramson and Congressman John Yarmuth, who told the media that Louisville has received a $7.9 million grant to help the city achieve its health goals. Earlier this week LEO Weekly reported that an [...]

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Lunchbox: Merged and un-merged

March 18, 2010 – 1:54 pm

The 7-year merge: Remember when Mayor Jerry Abramson told reporters in West Virginia that before merger the city of Louisville was getting “poorer, blacker and older,”? The gaffe sparked a new debate about the reason behind consolidating city and county governments in 2003. And WFPL’s Gabe Bullard has a two-part piece story on the benefits [...]

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Portland residents draft letter to TARC

March 12, 2010 – 4:13 pm

After getting an earful from riders about potential service cuts, the Transit Authority of River City’s director Barry Barker told The Courier-Journal that he will modify some of those recommendations to TARC’s board. The city’s public transit system has received about 2,000 comments from riders during a series of public hearings this weeks. Among the [...]

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Operation Fresh Stop

March 10, 2010 – 4:20 pm

The need for healthier food options in the city has been a subject LEO Weekly’s covered for awhile now, particularly the lack of food security in the West End. Check here, here and here for more examples. Among the many social justice groups and Metro government agencies addressing this issue, a new organization called New [...]

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Tyler’s got soul

February 17, 2010 – 8:30 am

Democratic mayoral candidate Tyler Allen will hold another live Ustream chat today at 12:30 p.m., this time from Soul Unique Restaurant, which is located at 26th & Broadway in west Louisville. The co-founder of 8664 will be discussing the recent mayoral debate on downtown development hosted by the Louisville Downtown Management District. When the race [...]

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Lunchbox: West Louisville knows best

October 13, 2009 – 12:05 pm

Playing the dozens: After announcing that the Louisville African-American Think Tank will be hosting monthly political forums in west Louisville that will focus on the mayoral race, the Rev. Gerome Sutton made it a point to tell The Courier-Journal, “The West End does not know (Metro Councilman) David Tandy.” One prominent Tandy supporter has taken [...]

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Eating alone in west Louisville

October 9, 2008 – 1:07 pm

For LEO Weekly’s upcoming 2008 Dinning Guide, I’ve decided to eat only in West Louisville for the next two weeks. The idea sort grew out of the overarching findings covered in a piece I wrote last year on food security, ‘Eating Ourselves to Death’. The rules are very simple. I can only eat food from [...]

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