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Maintaining Our Urban Forest
The following is a guest post by Angela Poe, a Program Manager for Public Engagement with the LFUCG Division of Environmental Services.Lexington is invested in enhancing its corridors and medians. Trees are an important part of that effort. To keep our urban forest healthy and attractive, Lexingt…
"Green Up for the Breeders' Cup" Council Comment
The Breeders’ Cup begins on October 30th, 2015–just a few weeks away. The city has been hard at work making sure Lexington’s signature beauty is at its finest not only for the upcoming festivities but long into the future as well. Keep Lexington Beautiful (KLB) partnering with the Division of Env…
Green Up for the Breeders’ Cup
The following is a guest post by Angela Poe, a Program Manager for Public Engagement with the LFUCG Division of Environmental Services.Lexington is busy preparing to welcome guests from all over the world to our community for the Breeders’ Cup. One such effort has Keep Lexington Beautiful (KLB) pa…My Interview with WUKY
Recently I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Chase Cavanaugh as part of WUKY’s“Know Your Council” series. Chase asked about my professional background, my history of involvement in public service, and my work on council. My thanks to Chase and to WUKY for offering this public interest pro…
Council Comment with Martine's Pastries
I had the distinct pleasure of touring a wonderful local business, Martine’s Pastries, for GTV3’s Council Comment series. The shop, located at 1039 Industry Road, has been in Lexington since 1999. Martine’s Pastries is renowned for its superb cakes and other pastries, available at their shop and …Design Excellence Proposal Delayed
Council has worked on the issue of Downtown Design Excellence for roughly seven years. For the issue’s progress in Fiscal Year 2015, please see my blog posts here and here. Following a series of procedural motions before council’s summer break, the issue returned to the Planning & Public Safe…Lexington Is More Welcoming to All with Global Lex
Lexington’s new center, called Global Lex, will offer multilingual services, citizenship classes, driver’s education and public safety classes. It features art by foreign-born Lexingtonians and is likely to host business incubation programs. The expected outcome from this center is a community th…Minimum Wage Meeting Postponed
At the August 18th, 2015 Work Session, a majority of Council (9-5) voted to postpone the August 20th, 2015 Committee of the Whole discussion on minimum wage. I voted with the minority who wanted to keep the original date (8/20/15) because many people had made plans to attend this meeting, and I be…
SeedLeaf's Ordinary Magic
The following is a guest post by Ryan Koch, Director of SeedLeaf. You may view the original post here.This is only a song; it won’t change the world.-Ben SolleeWith Fayette County Public Schools starting up again today, I have caught myself thinking about the past twelve weeks and our summer prog…
