By Fayette Alliance / April 12, 2010 / Education
GEORGE A. BROWN, JR. PREVIOUSLY SERVED SIX (6) TERMS, THIRTEEN (13) YEARS AS THE FIRST (1st) COUNCIL DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE. HE IS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AS CONTRACTOR/SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY’S FACILITIES MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. BROWN IS A LEXINGTON NATIVE. HE IS A MEMBER OF ST. PETER CLAVER CATHOLIC CHURCH. AS AN ADOLESCENT, BROWN PLAYED...
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By Fayette Alliance / April 12, 2010 / Education
Steve Kay is a founding partner of Roberts & Kay, Inc. (RKI), a research and organization development firm established in 1983. Steve’s major clients at the local level have included Fayette County Public Schools, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, and University of Kentucky. At the state level his clients have included the Governor’s Office of Agricultural...
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By Fayette Alliance / February 24, 2010 / Education
Click here to view a pdf of the February 2010 U.K. Sustainability Newsletter
By Fayette Alliance / January 23, 2010 / Education
This is our new promotional video and The Fayette Alliance’s first ad to be aired on cable television. Tell us what you think!
By Fayette Alliance / September 26, 2009 / Education
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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By Fayette Alliance / September 1, 2009 / Education
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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By Fayette Alliance / August 31, 2009 / Education
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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By Fayette Alliance / May 20, 2009 / Education
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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By Fayette Alliance / May 17, 2009 / Education
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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