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.
Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr., Charleston, SC
Building and Maintaining Livable Cities – Everyone’s Responsibility by Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Charleston, S.C.
Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr. is widely considered one of the most visionary and highly effective governmental leaders in America. First elected Mayor in December 1975, Mayor Riley is serving an unprecedented ninth term. Under his leadership, Charleston has increased its commitment to racial harmony and progress, achieved a substantial decrease in crime, experienced a remarkable revitalization of its historic downtown business district, seen the creation and growth of Spoleto Festival U.S.A., built the beautiful Waterfront Park, developed nationally-acclaimed affordable housing, and experienced unprecedented growth in Charleston’s size and population. Mayor Riley has led a city government with an impressive record of innovation in public safety, housing, arts, and culture, children’s issues, the creation of park and other public spaces, and economic revitalization and development. The City of Charleston is recognized as one of the most livable and progressive cities in the United States.
The Gaines Center for the Humanities at University of Kentucky presents the 2010 Lafayette Seminars in Public Issues.
“Hold onto vision of a livable city: Charleston mayor challenged Lexington to navigate change” Op-ed by Randall Vaughn, posted March 29, 2010, Kentucky.com
“Eblen: Charleston, the transformed: mayor’s oversight of urban design returns rich dividends,” by Tom Eblen, Herald-Leader columnist, posted March 7, 2010 on Kentucky.com
“Charleston, S.C. mayor extols virtues of design standards during Lexington talk,” by Beverly Fortune, bfortune@herald-leader.com, posted March 4, 2010, Kentucky.com
Lexington, KY Smart Growth Mayoral Forum from Wildcat Student TV on Vimeo.
