Author: Fayette Alliance
By Fayette Alliance / June 10, 2020 / Education
Running for: 3rd District Council Campaign Website: https://jessicafordistrict3.com/ 1. What do you see as the single most important issue facing your district? Growth. The 3rd District feels a great brunt of Lexington’s growth, and as our city grows, so does the economic inequality. The racial wealth gap is widening. Neighborhoods are at risk of...
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By Fayette Alliance / June 10, 2020 / Education
Running for: 3rd District Council Campaign Website: https://www.hannahforcouncil.com/ 1. What do you see as the single most important issue facing your district? The most important issue in our district is the same one affecting the entire nation. We will need to overcome a huge economic crisis and budgetary shortfall. Much of our work must focus...
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By Fayette Alliance / June 1, 2020 / Education
CivicLex and Fayette Alliance have partnered with ten local community organizations to provide a voter information center for the upcoming 2020 elections in Lexington-Fayette County, available online at Lex.Vote. This primary voter center includes a ballot generator based on address, an eleven-question candidate questionnaire distributed to the primary LFUCG Council candidates, and a guide to...
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By Fayette Alliance / May 21, 2020 / Education
Join us on May 28th for a discussion with Ashley Becnel, Chief Zoning Official of the City of New Orleans, Louisiana about how New Orleans manages short-term rentals in their city.
By Fayette Alliance / May 5, 2020 / Advocacy
As a non-profit, we recognize that these are challenging times for everyone: our supporters, our neighbors, our government, and other nonprofits that are stepping up to make our community better. We challenge you to be a part of the solution and take a moment to make a donation to a Lexington community organization. Nourish Lexington...
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By Fayette Alliance / April 22, 2020 / Education
Fayette Alliance Board Member Stan Harvey, Lexington principal of the Atlanta-based urban planning firm Lord Aeck Sargent, was recently named a 2020 American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) Fellow. This is the AICP’s highest honor and recognizes Stan’s outstanding achievements in urban planning. Fayette Alliance is so grateful for Stan’s continued dedication to smart growth...
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By Fayette Alliance / March 23, 2020 / Education
While we came together as a community to express our vision and goals for growth in Lexington, the hard part, implementation of the policies that make this vision a reality, is what we currently face. With zone changes, public opposition, op-eds, and conversations happening around the city around our infill and re-development strategy, it’s important...
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By Fayette Alliance / March 4, 2020 / Education
On February 28, 2020, the one year anniversary of the adoption of Lexington’s Comprehensive Plan, LFUCG Division of Planning unveiled a new website at www.imaginelexington.com. The goal of the site is to encourage citizens to “increase accessibility, transparency, and public awareness”, and provide a user-friendly way for the public to dig in and interact with the Plan...
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By Fayette Alliance / January 23, 2020 / Advocacy
Fayette Alliance was proud to attend the 2020 State of the City address by Mayor Linda Gorton at a luncheon hosted by the Lexington Forum, a local civic group. Progress and successes in many areas were reported, including public safety, infrastructure and sanitary sewer projects, economic and workforce development, gigabit fiber and quality of life...
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By Fayette Alliance / October 21, 2019 / Advocacy
Planning Commission has initiated a request for a ZOTA to amend the subdivision regulations regarding the definition of a “stub street sign” and the location and responsibility of the said signs. The intent of the ZOTA is to clarify for and inform the general public when a street is not considered a dead end street...
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