“Council to consider bonds for Distillery District, other projects”
Excerpt from Kentucky.com, posted Dec. 3, 2009
By Beverly Fortune, bfortune@herald-leader.com
Streetscapes $3.8 million for Main Street $2.5 million for South Limestone $2.4 million for Vine Street, Photo by: David Perry | Staff, www.Kentucky.com
Tough choices face Urban County Council members Thursday when they must decide which of about 90 city projects to finance with city bonds — and which ones to keep on the waiting list.
“These are all projects we have approved. They are all good projects. They will all get done. It’s a question of when,” said 6th District Councilman Kevin Stinnett.
Work has already started on $48 million worth of those projects, including renovation of the Lyric Theatre and the South Limestone streetscape project.
Added to those is a $3.2 million last-minute request from developer Barry McNees for infrastructure improvements along the blighted Manchester Street for his Distillery District…Read more at Kentucky.com
