By Knox van Nagell | March 11th, 2010 | See all in Events, Upcoming Events
Over 82 varieties of “old time” vegetable seeds, many of them Certified Organic by the USDA. Twenty-two new selections this year.
Heirloom Tomatoes
Saturday, March 13th
8:00 A.M.-12:30 P.M.
Maxwell St. Presbyterian Church
180 East Maxwell
Lexington, KY
Contact: Bob McKinley
859.270.4027
nytefist7@aol.com
By Knox van Nagell | March 10th, 2010 | See all in Events, Past Events, What's New
The Fayette Alliance congratulates Mayor Joseph P. Riley on his visionary leadership and accomplishments in the city of Charleston. We look forward to promoting his lessons in Lexington-Fayette County–to make it a world-class city in an already world class rural landscape. We also thank the Gaines Center for organizing Mayor Riley’s talk and allowing The Fayette Alliance to be a co-sponsor of this remarkable event.
“Building & Maintaining Livable Cities: Everyone’s Resonsibility” by Mayor Joseph Riley of Charleston, SC at the Lexington Public Library on 03.03.10 sponsored by the Gaines Center for Humanities & The Fayette Alliance from Wildcat Student TV on Vimeo.
By Knox van Nagell | February 28th, 2010 | See all in Current Issues, What's New
Lexington Neighborhood
This fall, The Fayette Alliance supported a temporary moratorium on “big box” additions in Lexington’s Infill and Redevelopment Area. The purpose of the moratorium was to promote a discussion of potential solutions to the density, noise, trash, parking, public safety, and nuisance problems facing neighborhoods around U.K. campus and throughout the city. Click here for our official position statement. Ultimately, Council adopted the moratorium only for the 3rd District.
During the moratorium, Council and community stakeholders met and recommended changing the definition of family in the zoning ordinance to address the problems associated with student housing.
Yesterday, the Council Planning Committee adopted the work group’s recommendations–sending them to the full council for review, debate, and potential adoption. Council will begin this process on March 9th. Please view below for the Lexington Herald-Leader article covering the meeting.
The Alliance continues to follow this issue closely, and will provide updates as they become available.
View previous news articles on student housing and the moratorium below the jump,
By Knox van Nagell | February 28th, 2010 | See all in Fayette Alliance Blog, What's New
Farmland and Sprawl
Excerpt from Kentucky.com, posted February 28, 2010
By Tom Eblen, Herald-Leader Columnist
…Any healthy city needs to grow, and Lexington has managed growth better than most. Sprawl was limited by the Urban Services Boundary, created in 1958 and expanded a few times since then, as well as by minimum lot sizes for rural homes — 10 acres from 1964 to 1999, when they were increased to 40 acres. Read the rest of this entry »
By Knox van Nagell | February 24th, 2010 | See all in Fayette Alliance Blog, What's New
Boone Creek
The Fayette Alliance proudly served on the Steering Committee that drafted the incentive grant program–along with members of the development, neighborhood, and commercial property sectors.
“Mayor announces incentive grants for water quality projects”
Press Release by Live Green Lexington, LFUCG Department of Environmental Quality
Lexington businesses, churches, apartment complexes and neighborhood organizations are eligible for incentive grants to improve water quality, Mayor Jim Newberry announced today. Read the rest of this entry »
By Knox van Nagell | February 23rd, 2010 | See all in Fayette Alliance Blog, What's New
This is our new promotional video and The Fayette Alliance’s first ad to be aired on cable television. Tell us what you think!
The Fayette Alliance is Lexington’s ONLY land-use advocacy organization that regularly educates and lobbies local government for a sustainable growth model that benefits all of us.
We believe that preserving our signature Bluegrass landscape, creating a dynamic and equitable cityscape through infill redevelopment, and improving our natural waterways by fixing our sanitary sewer and stormwater systems are key components to achieving our economic and environmental promise here in Lexington-Fayette County.
We are an alliance of citizens from the entire community, including stakeholders from the agricultural, neighborhood, and infill sectors. See "Who We Are" We are a united voice for responsible growth, and only weigh-in on those land-use issues that have countywide implications. Together we can chart our future, and positively impact local zoning decisions—the very building blocks of our community. See "Our Successes"
If you want a better quality of life for all of us, please join The Fayette Alliance today for free.
Learn more about our mission, policies, and legal status.
In 2006, the World Monuments Fund designated the inner Bluegrass Region, including Fayette County, as one of the 100 most endangered cultural landscapes in the world due to it’s alarming loss of farmland to sprawl development.
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