Alliance Featured in the U.K. Sustainability Newsletter
Click here to view a pdf of the February 2010 U.K. Sustainability Newsletter
Category: Education
Brighter Day
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Fayette County Named Among Nation’s Finest in Farmland Preservation
Since it’s inception, The Fayette Alliance has strongly supported the efforts of LFUCG Purchase of Development Right program. View the Alliance’s Position Statements for Fiscal Year 2009 and Fiscal Year 2010. We congratulate the PDR program on a job well done in preserving our irreplaceable Bluegrass landscape. Preservation recognition Excerpt from www.Kentucky.com, Opinion Editorial, posted...
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Council Creates “Vacant Land Commission & Tax for Abandoned Urban Property”
On July 7th 2009, LFUCG formally adopted an ordinance establishing a vacant land commission and tax for abandoned urban property. Such a measure lays the framework for facilitating the redevelopment of vacant or blighted property throughout the city of Lexington. Click here to learn more. As demonstrated by the city of Louisville, The Fayette Alliance...
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Transportation America’s 2009 Report on Kentucky
Lexington’s peak travelers experienced 38 annual hours of delay in 2005, while they only experienced 18 annual hours of delay in 1995. Kentuckians produce 8 metric tons of CO2 from transportation per capita, while the national average is only 6.9 metric tons. However, bus ridership in Lexington is up 11.5% from 2007-2008. Read more facts...
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The Fayette Alliance
Alliance goes on Commerce Lexington’s Leadership trip to Madison, WI
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...
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Dell Ridge Farm
DELL RIDGE FARM WAS FOUNDED 1999. Frank and Mattie Justice are the owners, and the Farm Manager is Desmond Ryan. Our entire operation is 800 acres of prime farmland, located on Winchester Road outside of Lexington, and in Bourbon County. Dell Ridge Farm East Dell Ridge boards, trains, breeds, races and sells Thoroughbreds. DELLA FRANCESCA,WISEMAN’S...
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Brookfield Farm
BROOKFIELD FARM, LOCATED ON TODDS ROAD AND CLEVELAND ROAD at the edge of eastern Fayette County and western Clark County is one of the most storied general agricultural operations in Kentucky. In 2000, much of the legendary Brookview Farms became Brookfield Farm, and the Gay family has been raising prized cattle and crops on Brookfield...
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Juddmonte Farms
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY IS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THOROUGHBRED RACING IN THE U.S. and is informally known as the “Horse Capital of the World”. Many of the world’s leading owners and breeders have established farms in this “bluegrass region” of Kentucky. Keeneland Racecourse and Sales Company are located in Lexington. Juddmonte Farms’ Lexington operation is located just...
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