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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 24th, 2010 | See all in Fayette Alliance Blog, Successes
Red Mile Design Proposal
On January 14th, LFUCG Council approved the Red Mile zone change application–requesting Mixed-Use Community (MU-3) zoning for 67 acres located at 780, 790, and 1200 Red Mile Road. The Planning Commission also unanimously approved the Red Mile preliminary development plan.
This zone change will lead to a $170 million mixed-used entertainment infill project at the Red Mile racetrack.
The Fayette Alliance strongly supported the zone change application, as it satisfied the legal and statutory requirements for MU-3 zoning, and was the result of an unprecedented small area plan process that transparently involved the developer and key community stakeholders. Please view the Alliance’s official position statement of support here.
By Knox van Nagell | February 24th, 2010 | See all in Fayette Alliance Blog
Click here to view a pdf of the February 2010 U.K. Sustainability Newsletter
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"
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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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