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Creative Cities Summit Lexington & Now What, Lexington?

By Knox van Nagell | March 11th, 2010 | See all in Community Events, Events, Fayette Alliance Blog

www.creativecitieslexington.com

Hosted by the Carnegie Center & Progress Lex

Visit www.creativecitieslexington.com for more information.

Articles about Now What, Lexington?

“Crowd ponders future at Now What, Lexington?: City’s potential explored at ‘unconference’” posted April 18, 2010, Kentucky.com

Youtube video at Now What Lexington

Articles about Creative Cities Summit Lexington:

“Creating a place that ‘makes the heart sing’: summit focused participants on lexington’s assets, challenges,” posted April 18, 2010 Kentucky.com

“The Creative Cities Summit: what it was all about,” posted April 13, 2010 BizLex.com

LFUCG Creative Cities Summit: Audio Clips & Articles

“Generating buzz by getting creative: Summit showed visitors, residents how good we can be,” posted April 11, 2010, Kentucky.com

“Nourishing creativity called key to happier cities,” posted April 9, 2010, Kentucky.com

“‘Creative Class’ author to speak at summit: Summit to show how to marry creativity, economic development,” posted April 6, 2010, Kentucky.com

“BURNING QUESTION | What do we need to become a more creative city?” posted March 30, 2010, Bizlex.com

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“Design + Politics” Symposium Hosted by the College of Design at U.K.

By Knox van Nagell | March 11th, 2010 | See all in Community Events, Events, Fayette Alliance Blog

Design + Politics Symposium

The College of Design at the University of Kentucky will host “Design + Politics,” a day-long symposium on March 27 at the Downtown Public Library, in Lexington, KY. Speakers and panel members will discuss the increasingly important role that design plays in national, regional and local government policy.

The symposium will feature two speakers in the morning, Henk Ovink, Director of National Spatial Planning for the Netherlands, and Casey Jones, Director of the Design Excellence Program for the United States General Services Administration. The afternoon session will feature Aaron Betsky, Director of the Cincinnati Art Museum and curator of the 11th Venice Architecture Bienale, “Architecture Beyond Building.” The symposium will conclude with a panel discussion moderated by Dean Michael Speaks, and will feature members from state and local government. Read the rest of this entry »

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The City of Detroit May Become Smaller and Greener

By Knox van Nagell | March 8th, 2010 | See all in Fayette Alliance Blog

“Detroit Wants to Save Itself - By Shrinking”

Excerpt from The Huffington Post, posted March 8, 2010
By David Runk

DETROIT — Detroit, the very symbol of American industrial might for most of the 20th century, is drawing up a radical renewal plan that calls for turning large swaths of this now-blighted, rusted-out city back into the fields and farmland that existed before the automobile.

Operating on a scale never before attempted in this country, the city would demolish houses in some of the most desolate sections of Detroit and move residents into stronger neighborhoods. Roughly a quarter of the 139-square-mile city could go from urban to semi-rural…Read more at Huffingtonpost.com

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Purchase of Development Rights (PDR) Program Protects Fayette County’s Pristine Farmland

By Knox van Nagell | February 28th, 2010 | See all in Fayette Alliance Blog

Farmland and Sprawl

“Eblen: PDR still a great deal for taxpayers”

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 »

Tags: Conservation Easements, Horse Capital of the World, Inner Bluegrass Region, PDR, sprawl, The World Monuments Fund, Tom Eblen, Urban Services Boundary No Comments »

Incentive Grants to Improve Water Quality Available for Lexington Businesses, Neighborhood Organizations & Others

By Knox van Nagell | February 24th, 2010 | See all in Fayette Alliance Blog

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 »

Tags: incentive grants, infrastructure, kentucky, lexington, LFUCG Department of Environmental Quality, live green lexington, Mayor Jim Newberry, stormwater, Water Quality No Comments »

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We are a coalition of citizens dedicated to achieving sustainable growth in Lexington-Fayette County through land use advocacy, education, and promotion.

As the voice for sustainable growth, we believe that preserving our unique and productive Bluegrass farmland, advancing innovative development, and improving our infrastructure are essential to our collective success in Lexington.

Since 2006, we have worked with city-hall to usher over 55 major land-use policies into law that further sustainable growth. Through our efforts at government and beyond, we positively impact planning and zoning laws - which are the building blocks of a better quality of life, economy, and environment for all of us.

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