Past Events

Greening the Bluegrass Tour

By Knox van Nagell | April 22nd, 2010 | See all in Events, Past Events

Rural Landscape

Friday April 23, 2010
2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Experience first-hand the benefits of land conservation, green farming practices and sustainable agriculture to the Bluegrass. Visit two Thoroughbred horse farms, one of our premier vineyards and end your day at a state-of-the-art equine veterinary facility. Tour Blackburn Farm, one of Kentucky’s oldest Thoroughbred nurseries, now part of a critical mass of conservation easement-protected farm land. Go behind the gates at Three Chimneys Farm, a pioneer in green farming, and meet their world-renowned stallions. Enjoy a wine tasting at Equus Run Vineyards, which produces award-winning wines with minimal environmental impact. Finally, visit Hagyard Equine Medical Institute and explore their extensive campus, including their new Sport Horse Soundness Facility. Proceeds of this tour benefit the Equine Land Conservation Resource, The Fayette Alliance and Bluegrass Conservancy.

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Council At-Large Candidate Forum

By Knox van Nagell | April 21st, 2010 | See all in Events, Fayette Alliance Blog, Past Events

Don’t Forget to Vote in the Primary Election on Tuesday, May 18th!

The Fayette Alliance would like to thank fellow forum sponsors, Fayette County Neighborhood Council, Kentucky Thoroughbred Association and Fayette County Farm Bureau, and the Council At-Large Candidates for a very informative forum.

Watch a recording of the forum on ustream.

Lexington 2010 Council At-Large Candidate Forum

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Win a Box at Keeneland for this Saturday

By Knox van Nagell | April 15th, 2010 | See all in Events, Past Events

Keeneland

Donate $5 for a chance to win a box at Keeneland for this Saturday.

Experience the Coolmore Lexington Grade II Stakes–the last chance for horses to secure enough graded stakes for a spot in the Kentucky Derby.

Help The Fayette Alliance,

*View Giveaway Rules Below

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“Building & Maintaining Livable Cities – Everyone’s Responsibility” presented by Mayor Joe Riley of Charleston, SC

By Knox van Nagell | March 10th, 2010 | See all in Community Outreach, Events, How We've Made a Difference, Past Events

The Fayette Alliance congratulates Mayor Joseph P. Riley on his visionary leadership and accomplishments in the city of Charleston. We look forward to promoting his lessons in Lexington-Fayette County–to make it a world-class city in an already world class rural landscape. We also thank the Gaines Center for organizing Mayor Riley’s talk and allowing The Fayette Alliance to be a co-sponsor of this remarkable event.

“Building & Maintaining Livable Cities: Everyone’s Resonsibility” by Mayor Joseph Riley of Charleston, SC at the Lexington Public Library on 03.03.10 sponsored by the Gaines Center for Humanities & The Fayette Alliance from Wildcat Student TV on Vimeo.

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Paint for Your Supper, featuring Thomas Coates

By Knox van Nagell | January 28th, 2010 | See all in Events, Past Events

A benefit series for The Fayette Alliance
Upon completion of this series, an auction of works by the featured artists will be held to benefit The Fayette Alliance for, Our Town, Our Farms, and Our Future.

Supporters of The Fayette Alliance joined us at Jonathan’s at Gratz Park on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. to watch Thomas Coates “paint for his supper.”

The Paint for Your Supper series will feature well known artists throughout the year at local venues “painting for their supper.” Please register here to receive an announcement about the next Paint for Your Supper.

Special thank you to Cross Gate Gallery for sponsoring the Paint for Your Supper series.

Thomas Coates, born in Birmingham England, is world renowned and uses a variety of mediums including pastel, water color, and oil. He is past president of the New English Art Club, Society of British Artists, and the Pastel Society.

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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.