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Community Views Designers’ Plans for Distillery District

By Knox van Nagell | November 18th, 2011 | See all in Community Events, Events, Fayette Alliance Blog

Kentucky.com

Lexington Distillery District designers show plans to the public

By Josh Kegley, 11.18.11, Kentucky.com

The planners behind Lexington’s upcoming Distillery District streetscape renovation began gathering input about the project from the public at a meeting Thursday night.

About 50 people turned out at the Carver Center on Patterson Street to hear engineers and design consultants discuss plans for the project, which is to revitalize the long-neglected Manchester Road corridor northeast of downtown.

The revitalization will consist of renovations to streets, sidewalks, sewers, green space, lighting and parking, as well as a planned construction of a pedestrian trail that could connect parts of the Town Branch trail that have already been completed.

It has been almost two years since the Urban County Council approved $2.2 million for the combined public-private project, but construction is still a ways off…Read more at Kentucky.com

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Meeting to discuss ideas for Distillery District set for Thursday

By Karla Ward, 11.15.11, Kentucky.com

The public is welcome to voice ideas regarding Lexington’s proposed Distillery District at a public meeting on Thursday.

The meeting, hosted by the city’s Division of Engineering, will be 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Carver Center Cafeteria, 522 Patterson Street.

The Distillery District, a proposed arts and entertainment area, is along Manchester Street between Forbes Road and Oliver Lewis Way and includes some large buildings that once were distilleries, according to a news release…Read more at Kentucky.com

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Upcoming Event: Kentucky Ag Summit

By Knox van Nagell | October 14th, 2011 | See all in Community Events, Events

Landowners, interested citizens and policy makers should plan to join representatives from all segments of Kentucky agriculture on November 18 at the KENTUCKY AG SUMMIT for an important conversation about the future of agriculture and rural communities in our State.

A diverse line-up of national and local experts will convene at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville to talk about the paradigm-shift taking place in agriculture across the U.S. and around the world, and its impact for our rural communities. And on November 17, plan to attend the Pre-Summit BIOENERGY SYMPOSIUM. Bioenergy holds opportunities for all parts of our state and sectors of agriculture – from forestry to row crops to many new forms of biomass being developed, and for which markets are emerging. Everyone needs to understand the revenue-generating potential of land that may otherwise stand unproductive.

The Kentucky Ag Summit and the Bioenergy Symposium are presented by the Kentucky Agricultural Council and its lead sponsor, the Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund, with support from Kentucky Proud! For a line-up of speakers, downloading a registration form and hotel information visit: www.kyagsummit.com.

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Volunteer Opportunity: 2nd Sunday Outreach

By Knox van Nagell | October 7th, 2011 | See all in Community Events, Events, Fayette Alliance Blog, Past Events

2nd Sunday 2010 | Photo courtesy of 2nd Sunday Lexington-Fayette County

2nd Sunday Lexington
Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011
1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Downtown Lexington

Thanks to all of our volunteers who helped with outreach at this event! We answered questions, educated on local land-use issues, and garneed more support for a sustainable Lexington that benefits all of us! 2nd Sunday is a state-wide campaign that will serve as a catalyst for improving Kentucky’s health status and can become a template for nationwide awareness. For more information about Lexington’s 2nd Sunday Initiative check out their website or facebook.

Please email Charlene at charlene@fayettealliance.com or call 281.1202 to volunteer or for more information.

Mayor Jim Gray leads Sedentary Parade aboard moving couch

By Valarie Honeycutt Spears, 10.10.11, Kentucky.com

By design, a lot of nothing was going on Sunday afternoon during Lexington’s Sedentary Parade, which poked fun at the city being named America’s least active by Men’s Health magazine.

Mayor Jim Gray led the “parade” sitting on a couch atop an electric cart, complete with a table for putting your feet up. Members of the March Madness Marching Band, some wearing pajama pants, pretended to fall asleep in the streets. And people who lined the sidewalks just did a lot of sitting around.

“I thought it would be exciting to make fun of the article that said we were the most sedentary city because I don’t think it’s true at all,” said Alicia Helm McCorvey, who sat during the parade with her daughter Julia McCorvey…Read More at Kentucky.com

Activity-packed 2nd Sunday begins with Sedentary Parade

By Cherly Truman, 10.7.11, Kentucky.com

The Sedentary Parade will be the opening event in Lexington’s 2nd Sunday program for October, in which more than 60 organizations will provide activities. Couple that with a 5K run/walk, and Sunday will be an entire day of healthy-living activities, to include soccer, obstacle courses, belly dancing, swing dancing and something called “Diabetes Jeopardy.”

“This is not like a health fair,” said Fayette County extension agent Diana Doggett, whose organization helps to facilitate 2nd Sunday activities around Kentucky (all but a handful of counties have 2nd Sunday events in October). “We want it to be eventful and physical.” …Read more at Kentucky.com

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Cane Run Watershed Festival

By Knox van Nagell | July 29th, 2011 | See all in Community Events, Events

Cane Run Watershed Festival
Friday, August 12, 2011
5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Castlewood Park

Learn how you can protect your neighborhood streams!

This night of family fun begins with hamburgers and hotdogs at 5 and “green living” workshops at 6. There are also children’s activities, entertainment, a raffle and an art exhibit at the Loudon House. Best of all, it’s free!

Visit the festival website to learn more.

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Veggin’ Out at the Pool

By Knox van Nagell | June 22nd, 2011 | See all in Community Events, Events, Fayette Alliance Blog

Veggin' Out at the Pool

It’s a sellout: Lexington, Kentucky’s first fresh, local foods dinner at a city pool

07.15.11, EatLocalAmerica.coop

More than 200 people came, and another 50 had to be turned away, when a new local partnership offered a local foods dinner at the largest public pool in Lexington, Kentucky. Veggin’ Out at the Pool, part of a larger effort to improve food offerings for Lexington’s children and youth, featured locally grown and processed meats, vegetables and fruits, most provided by grower members of the Lexington Farmers Market, one major partner in the coalition.
More then 200 people came out for a night of swimming and a summer dinner of local foods
from Lexington Farmers Market prepared by Good Foods Market & Café chefs… Read more at EatLocalAmerica.coop

Due to the rain the event was moved to
Saturday, July 9, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Southland Aquatic Center, 625 Hill-n-Dale Road

Tickets: $10 adult/$5 child includes meal and pool admission after 5 pm.

Tickets were available in advance at the Lexington Farmers Market, Good Foods Market & Café, and Southland Aquatic Center.

For more information please visit www.lexingtonfarmersmarket.com and www.goodfoods.coop
Or download the official flier.

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Who We Are

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.