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UK Celebrated 40th Anniversary of School of Interior Design

By Knox van Nagell | March 20th, 2012 | See all in Events, Fayette Alliance Blog, Past Events

Thanks for joining us!
UK College of Design’s ‘Rethinking Design’ Symposium
in the Student Center’s Center Theater

March 29-30, 2012

University of Kentucky College of Design

March 29,  2012
8:30 AM – Prataap Patrose – SRED: Socially Responsible Enlightened Design
10:30 AM – Robin GuentherPerkins+Will, New YorkFuture Think: Hospital Design as a Catalyst for Global Wellness

March 30, 2012
8:30 AM – Cindy ColemanGensler, ChicagoWorkplace and the Global Economy
10:30 AM – Chris CollinsTipodean Technologies, San FranciscoInteractive, realtime design
Each session will include a panel discussion with local professionals

UK College of Design to Bring World-Class Speakers for ‘Rethinking Design’ Symposium

by Celeste Lewis, 3.20.12, BizLex.com

Lexington, KY – Interior designers and those interested in the important role design plays in our life and well-being will have an opportunity to take part in a special event to be held at the end of this month to help celebrate the 40th anniversary of the School of Interior Design, part of the University of Kentucky’s College of Design. A symposium, 40+ Rethinking Design will feature a world-class line up of speakers and panel discussions and opens Thursday March 29 running through Friday March 30 and take place in the Student Center’s Center Theater. The symposium is free and open to the public.

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Health and Food Summit

By Knox van Nagell | March 5th, 2012 | See all in Events, Past Events

3rd Annual Kentucky Health Literacy Summit at Griffin Gate Marriott Resort and Spa
11:00 a.m. – March 22-24, 2012
&
5th Annual Bluegrass Local Food Summit at Crestwood Christian Church
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.  – March 22-24, 2012

Talon Winery grapes | photy by Jeff Rogers | www.jeffrogers.com

Sharpening health and food literacy is aim of simultaneous summits

by Business Lexington Staff, 3.1.12, Business Lexington

Lexington, KY – Beginning on Thursday, March 22, Lexington is hosting simultaneously a pair of conferences that have everything to do with the quality of our lives, as well as the future of our local and regional economy.

The 3rd Annual Kentucky Health Literacy Summit and the 5th Annual Bluegrass Local Food Summit both get underway on the 22nd, the former a two-day conference housed at the Griffin Gate Marriott Resort and Spa, the latter scheduled for March 22-24 at Crestwood Christian Church and Good Foods Coop.

Hosted by the University of Kentucky, the Health Literacy Summit is designed to help professionals, including librarians, UK Cooperative Extension Service agents and those who work in health-care fields, acquire the tools they need to help the rest of us increase our health literacy, defined by the Institute of Medicine as “one’s ability to obtain and understand basic health-related information from medical diagnosis to insurance claims.”…Read more at Bizlex.com


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Symposium on Preservation Issues

By Knox van Nagell | February 28th, 2012 | See all in Fayette Alliance Blog, Past Events

 6th Annual Historic Preservation Symposium
Hosted by University of Kentucky
College of Design
was held March 1 and 2

Downtown | photo by Kathleen Burke | Alliance Staff

Tom Eblen: We need to balance past, future in historic preservation debates

by Tom Eblen, 3.4.12, Lexington Herald-Leader

Times change, and it is good when professionals take a critical look at what they do and how they do it to make sure they are meeting society’s needs.

The University of Kentucky’s Historic Preservation Graduate Organization in the College of Design did an excellent job of that last week with its 6th annual symposium on historic preservation issues.

The symposium brought together several national experts to reflect on this basic question: Is the way historic preservation is viewed and practiced in this country too elitist? The basic answer was, well, yes, but not as much as it used to be… Read more at Kentucky.com

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Kentucky Crafted

By Knox van Nagell | February 27th, 2012 | See all in Events, Past Events

photo courtesy of Business Lexington.com

A make-or-break marketplace for Kentucky artists

by Kathie Stamps, 2.29.12, Bizlex.com

Lexington, KY – Imagine splitting your business brain in two: one part focusing on wholesale to retailers and the other on selling retail products to individuals. Artisan entrepreneurs do this all the time, especially during events such as Kentucky Crafted: The Market.

The four-day event at Lexington Center, sponsored by the Kentucky Arts Council, is actually two separate events. March 1-2 are “trade-only” days for retail businesses to place orders with the artists, and March 3-4 are open to the public. The market features about 250 artist businesses, 185 of whom are visual and craft artists. Artists’ sales at the market were right under a million dollars last year.

In 1982, Kentucky Crafted: The Market was the first state-sponsored wholesale and retail marketplace in the nation. It was held at the Kentucky Horse Park. After a long run in Louisville, the market has returned to the Bluegrass for its 30th anniversary at Lexington Center…Read more at Bizlex.com

Pamela Mattei of DyeSigns by Pamela worked on her display at last year's Kentucky Crafted. The market is open first to wholesalers and then to the public. This year, it returns to Lexington. | Photo courtesy Kentucky Arts Council

Kentucky Crafted: the Market returns to Lexington

by Janet Patton, 2.27.12, Kentucky.com

This year, Kentucky Crafted: The Market, the state’s major marketing opportunity for artists, craftsmen, musicians and locally produced foods, returns to its roots in Lexington.

The market was first held in 1982 at the Kentucky Horse Park for a small number of potential store buyers. As it grew, it moved to the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville.

For its 30th year, the market is coming to the Lexington Convention Center downtown…Read more at Kentucky.com

 


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City Sought Public Input on Sanitary Sewer Improvements

By Knox van Nagell | February 21st, 2012 | See all in Events, Fayette Alliance Blog, Past Events

Allies of the Alliance Stream Clean Up | photo by Kathleen Burke | Fayette Alliance staff

 

Public Meetings to Discuss Plan for Fixing Lexington’s Sanitary Sewer System
Cane Run meeting
Monday, Feb. 27, 6 p.m.
Northside Branch – Lexington Public Library
1733 Russell Cave Road

and

Town Branch meeting
Monday, March 5, 6 p.m.
McConnell Springs Nature Park
416 Rebmann Lane

Sanitary sewer improvement projects may be coming soon to your Lexington neighborhood. The city’s Division of Water Quality is holding a series of public meetings to inform residents and seek comments about the plans…View Press Release

The public was invited to attend one of two meetings to discuss the development of Remedial Measures Plans, which will become the master plan for fixing Lexington’s sanitary sewer system. The first meeting focused on needed improvements in the Cane Run watershed and the second meeting focused on the Town Branch watershed.

The Cane Run sanitary sewer meeting was Monday, Feb. 27, at the Northside Branch of the Lexington Public Library, 1733 Russell Cave Road; the Town Branch meeting was Monday, March 5, at McConnell Springs Nature Park, 416 Rebmann Lane. Both meetings begin at 6 p.m.

To find out your watershed, visit www.lexingtonky.gov/remedialmeasures and enter your address.

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