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Town Branch Clean Up…What a success!

By Knox van Nagell | November 1st, 2011 | See all in Cleaning Up Our Streams, Events, Fayette Alliance Blog, How We've Made a Difference, Past Events

Volunteer at Town Branch Stream Cleanup

Great volunteer effort

Op-ed, Sam Razor, Kentucky.com, 10.30.11

I was fortunate enough to participate in the 2nd Annual Town Branch Creek Stream Clean-up organized by The Fayette Alliance and The Bourbon Review.

I was astounded that more than 30 volunteers devoted an entire Sunday afternoon to clean pollution and invasive species of brush from the Town Branch of Elkhorn Creek in downtown Lexington.

Town Branch is Lexington’s founding waterway and was diverted, due to repeated flooding problems, into a subterranean channel under downtown Lexington. The creek re-emerges just past Rupp Arena as you head toward Manchester Street.

Once a little-known and neglected natural wonder of the Bluegrass, its profile has risen due to the hard work of several local organizations and businesses. From the great work at McConnell Springs to the ongoing endeavors of the Town Branch Trail and the Distillery District, the waterway has become a steady source of exciting news.

The Fayette Alliance and The Bourbon Review have very different missions — one advocates for a balanced approach to development and preservation while the other promotes the bourbon industry.

However, both agree that Town Branch is vital to the community’s economy, quality of life, local agricultural industry and environment.

Having never participated in a stream clean-up, I wasn’t sure what to expect, but the dedication and effort put forth by the volunteers was truly an inspiring experience.

Sam Razor

A special thanks to all of our volunteers and The Bourbon Review for making the Town Branch Stream Clean-Up a great success!

Clean streams are essential to our community’s health, quality of life, environment, and economy. As the advocate for a sustainable Lexington, The Fayette Alliance partnered with The Bourbon Review to clean up Town Branch…for our town, our farms, and our future. Thanks to all who came out to help clean-up Lexington’s founding waterway!

Town Branch Stream Clean-Up
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Lexington Distillery District
1151 Manchester St.
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Email charlene@fayettealliance.com  for more information about this event.

Learn More about the Allies of the Alliance.

For information about previous Allies events check out our recent Habitat for Humanity Build!


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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: Friday Fest at Cheapside Park

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

Friday Fest at Cheapside Park
Friday, October 7th
6:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.

Free admission
Live music by James Brown Tribute Band, The Payback
Beer and bourbon specials
New Orleans style char-grilled oysters

Alliance volunteers and staff are volunteering to serve beer at the event and in return, all tips will be donated by Friday Fest to The Fayette Alliance.

Interested in volunteering? Email charlene@fayettealliance.com

Volunteers must be 21 years or older.

Photo of New Orleans style char-grilled oysters courtesy of Friday Fest at Cheapside Pavilion Facebook page.


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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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Thanks for celebrating our 5th birthday with us!

By Knox van Nagell | October 6th, 2011 | See all in Events, Fayette Alliance Blog, Past Events

 

Thanks for Celebrating
5th Birthday Party
With Us!

 

Thursday, October 6th
The Fayette Alliance Office
603 West Short Street
5:30-8:30 p.m.

Guests watched artist Bill Fletcher create a beautiful new painting, while enjoying birthday cake, wine, & hors d’oeuvres donated by Apiary, Fine Catering & Events. Supporters also viewed our new video and celebrated what we’ve achieved together.

Take a moment to celebrate what we’ve achieved together over the last five years. Without you, we couldn’t have had these victories. Many challenges still remain, but by standing together, we can create change and achieve a sustainable Lexington for all of us through farmland preservation, responsible development, and improved infrastructure. As we celebrate our 5th year, we would like to thank you for your support of our town, our farms, and our future!

Shaker's Gold by Bill Fletcher

Shaker's Gold by Bill Fletcher

Bill Fletcher is a Kentucky artist gaining a national reputation for his landscapes and still lifes. His work has been featured in Southwest Art, International Artist, and Keeneland Magazine. He has a great love for the land, and enjoys helping others develop a positive relationship with their desire to create through his oil painting workshops and classes.

Bill Fletcher’s new painting created at the Alliance’s 5 Year Birthday Party will be auctioned at a future event along with work by other artists featured in the Paint for Your Supper Series. Previous Paint for Your Supper events featured Thomas Coates, Andre Pater, Kelly Brewer, and Sandra Oppegard.

Thanks to our generous sponsors,

 

 


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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.

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