Fayette Alliance Blog

Demolition Begins on the Lexington Mall

By Knox van Nagell | May 26th, 2011 | See all in Fayette Alliance Blog

The demolition of the old Lexington Mall, which started Wednesday, is the start of an 18-month plan for Southland Christian Church. Officials of the church said in February that construction is scheduled to be completed in December 2012. CHARLES BERTRAM | STAFF

Read more,

“Where do the remains of Lexington Mall go?” Beverly Fortune, 6.13.11, Kentucky.com

“Southland Unveils Construction Plans” Beverly Fortune, 2.20.11, Kentucky.com

“The Fayette Alliance Urges Southland Christian to be Creative in Redeveloping Lex Mall Site”
The Fayette Alliance, 9.10.10, FayetteAlliance.com

“Architectural Renderings Revealed for New Southland Christian Church Campus” Andy Mead, Kentucky.com posted September 12, 2010

“Southland’s Plans for Lexington Mall Get City’s Blessing” Beverly Fortune, Kentucky.com, posted September 10, 2010

“Southland Christian Church Greenlighted to Purchase Part of the Lexington Mall Property” BizLex.com, posted September 9, 2010

“Southland Christian expects to buy, revamp Lexington Mall for $30 million:Pastor to outline details of funding plans in Labor Day weekend sermons” Beverly Fortune, Kentucky.com, posted August 24, 2010

“Southland Christian to buy Lexington Mall property: Church plans additional campus at Richmond Road site,” Scott Sloan, Kentucky.com, posted July 4, 2010

“Southland Christian in talks to acquire Lexington Mall” Tom Martin, BizLex.com, posted June 25, 2010

“New sign at Lexington Mall but no more changes planned” Scott Sloan, Kentucky.com, posted May 5, 2010

“Readers remember Lexington Mall, offer ideas for space” Scott Sloan, Kentucky.com, posted May 6, 2010

“Acres of prime land are full of potential: Await right developer,” by Tom Eblen, Kentucky.com, posted Nov. 9, 2009

“Lexington Mall at the mercy of out-of-towners: The state of retail in Lexington,” by Scott Sloan, Kentucky.com, posted Nov. 9, 2009

“Lexington Mall site history,” Kentucky.com, posted Nov. 9 2009

“Planning for redevelopment at Turfland Mall,” by Scott Sloan, Kentucky.com, posted Oct. 26, 2009

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Downtown Business Improvement District Unveiled

By Knox van Nagell | May 24th, 2011 | See all in Fayette Alliance Blog

Downtown Business Improvement District

Downtown Business Improvement District Plan Introduced to Landowners: Proposed district would use assessment to market downtown as a whole

By Erik A. Carlson, 5.24.11, BizLex.com

Lexington, KY – A plan that would use a pseudo tax assessment on property in the core of Lexington’s downtown to market and beautify the district is being introduced to landowners by the Downtown Lexington Corporation, the proposed administrator of the program.

“Any area can form their own management district. The goal of it is to generate funds to improve the conditions of that area,” DLC’s VP of Business Development, Kathryn Minton told the first of three informational meetings for the Downtown Lexington Management District, Monday afternoon. “You have the public/private partnership in which property and business owners elect to make a collective investment in their commercial district.” Read more at BizLex.com

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Growing Controversy Over 2012 Farm Bill

By Knox van Nagell | May 18th, 2011 | See all in Fayette Alliance Blog

Hayroll | Photo Courtesy of Jeff Rogers, jeffrogers.com

Food Vs. Land: Major Farmland Debate Getting Underway

Tim Thornberry, 05.17.11, Bizlex.com

Frankfort, KY – Debate over what is arguably the country’s single most important piece of agricultural legislation is about to get underway in Washington and across the nation, setting up classic battle lines between pressure on global food resources versus the protection of rural environments, including those across Kentucky.

The 2012 Farm Bill will most likely create as much debate as ever in the coming year. A bad economy has both sides of the isle positioning for actions which will likely result in program changes and cuts with far-reaching consequences… Read more at Bizlex.com

Tags: 2012 Farm Bill, Conservation Reserve Program, Farming, Food, Land-use No Comments »

Pricing City Parking Right Matters

By Knox van Nagell | May 16th, 2011 | See all in Fayette Alliance Blog

Traffic in Downtown Lexington

Free Parking or Free Markets

by Donald Shoup, 04.04.11, Cato-unbound.org

In his book Great Planning Disasters, Sir Peter Hall defined a great planning disaster as a planning process that costs a lot of money and has gone seriously wrong. Urban renewal and high-rise public housing are classic examples. Many things in life cost a lot of money and go seriously wrong, however, so how does a great planning disaster differ from a great moviemaking disaster or a great catering disaster? One major difference is that individual investors, producers, or caterers bear the cost of their disasters. With a great planning disaster, almost everyone loses something.

Government regulation of the parking market is another great planning disaster. In this essay, I argue for a market-based solution to parking problems, drawing on the preface to the forthcoming paperback edition of my book The High Cost of Free Parking. I recommend in the book: (1) setting the right, demand-based price for curb parking, (2) returning the parking revenue to pay for local public services, and (3) removing minimum parking requirements… Read more on Cato-unbound.org

Tags: City Planning, Donald Shoup, Parking, SFPark No Comments »

Town Branch Market Now Open Downtown

By Knox van Nagell | May 16th, 2011 | See all in Fayette Alliance Blog

Town Branch Market is expected to open in May at East Main Street and Esplanade. Businessman Howard Stovall, who made the announcement Tuesday, said the store will carry local products whenever it can. | Photo by DAVID PERRY | Kentucky.com

Second downtown Lexington grocery to open Monday

by Karla Ward, 05.14.11, Kentucky.com

Lexington’s second downtown, independently-owned grocery store will officially open with a ribbon-cutting at 10 a.m. Monday. Town Branch Market, at 233 East Main Street, at the corner of Esplanade, is owned by Howard Stovall.

The grocery and market offers a coffee bar, fresh local produce and ready-to-eat products from local establishments, such as pastries, doughnuts and bread made by Lexington bakeries… Read more at Kentucky.com

Tags: Development, Downtown Businesses, Downtown Grocery, lexington, Town Branch Market No Comments »

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The Fayette Alliance is your voice at city-hall advocating for sustainable growth in Lexington…to achieve a world-class city in our world-class Bluegrass landscape.

Since 2006, the Alliance has worked with local government to usher over 50 major land-use policies into law that promote farmland preservation and our signature agricultural industries, responsible development, and improved water quality and infrastructure in Fayette County.

We are charting Lexington's future by positively impacting local zoning and policy decisions—the very building blocks of our community. Although many challenges still remain, we are accomplishing sustainable growth in Fayette County for a better quality of life, economy, and environment for all of us.