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Sprawling Hamburg Development is Poised to Cross I-75
By Knox van Nagell | August 10th, 2009 | See all in Fayette Alliance Blog, Land Use News
The Herald Leader reports that “the sprawling Hamburg Development is poised to cross I-75″. Learn more at Kentucky.com.
Hamburg farm was admitted inside the Urban Service Area for development in 1996. Consequently, a new Central Baptist facility is slated for construction on 130-acres of Hamburg land located East of 1-75.
As the land was already inside the Urban Service Area, in 2006, The Fayette Alliance negotiated with Patrick Madden and Central Baptist Hospital to change the “Economic Development (ED) Zone” to allow a medical campus at Hamburg, while protecting surrounding neighborhoods and farmlands from the development through set-backs, buffering, and other use restrictions. Please view the following links to learn more about the Alliance’s role in these negotiations, and changes made to the ED zone that were adopted by Council in 2006.
The Fayette Alliance’s Position Statement
Lexington-Fayette County Council’s Adopted Text Amendment to ED Zone.
Lexington’s PDR program garners praise from Planning Magazine
By Knox van Nagell | August 4th, 2009 | See all in Land Use News
“Farmland conservation easements are most effective when they accompany a local comprehensive plan, restrictive agricultural zoning, and growth boundaries. Several of the leading counties in growth management have used this approach, including … Lexington-Fayette County, Kentucky.” Saving Farms & Farmland. Planning Magazine, August, 2009.
For more information on farmland conservation easements, also known as PDR (Purchase of Development Rights) visit LFUCG’s PDR Program www.lexingtonky.gov/index.aspx?page=497 and the Bluegrass Conservancy www.bluegrassconservancy.org
Alliance goes on Commerce Lexington’s Leadership trip to Madison, WI
By Knox van Nagell | May 20th, 2009 | See all in Fayette Alliance Blog, Land Use News
Madison's Capitol
Madison, WI Neighborhood
Director Knox van Nagell attended the Chamber’s leadership trip to Madison, WI.
Madison is a great city with a vibrant, human scale downtown. It also has a thriving university, extensive bike trails, and a flourishing $9 billion agricultural economy… All it takes is innovative planning and visionary leadership! Needless to say, The Alliance looks forward to promoting Madison’s lessons here in the Bluegrass.
Developer insists CentrePointe will be built despite death of key financier
By Knox van Nagell | May 5th, 2009 | See all in Land Use News
“Developer insists CentrePointe will be built despite death of key financier”
Posted April 10, 2009, Kentucky.com
By Beverly Fortune
A key financial backer of the planned CentrePointe development in Lexington died last fall, but the project’s California trustee says he is working with the financier’s heirs to keep the $250 million deal on track.
Los Angeles attorney Richard P. Crane Jr. said in a letter to Lexington officials that the death has “complicated the implementation of the funding plan,” but he remains optimistic about the future of the proposed 35-story luxury hotel and condominium…Read more at Kentucky.com
Richard Florida Comments on the Economy
By Knox van Nagell | May 5th, 2009 | See all in Land Use News
“How the Crash Will Reshape America”
Posted March 2009, Atlantic
By Richard Florida
My father was a child of the Great Depression. Born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1921 to Italian immigrant parents, he experienced the economic crisis head-on. He took a job working in an eyeglass factory in the city’s Ironbound section in 1934, at age 13, combining his wages with those of his father, mother, and six siblings to make a single-family income…Read more at TheAtlantic.com
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The Fayette Alliance is Lexington’s ONLY land-use advocacy organization that regularly educates and lobbies local government for a sustainable growth model that benefits all of us.
We believe that preserving our signature Bluegrass landscape, creating a dynamic and equitable cityscape through infill redevelopment, and improving our natural waterways are key components to achieving our economic and environmental promise here in Lexington-Fayette County...
We are an alliance of citizens from the entire community, including stakeholders from the agricultural, neighborhood, and infill sectors. See "Who We Are" We are a united voice for responsible growth, and only weigh-in on those land-use issues that have countywide implications. Together we can chart our future, and positively impact local zoning decisions—the very building blocks of our community. See "Our Successes"
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