By Fayette Alliance / April 6, 2018 / Advocacy
Phase 2 of the 2018 update to the city’s Comprehensive Plan is in full swing. During Phase 2, the specific implementation items necessary to accomplish the overarching Goals & Objectives are drafted. For more information on Phase 2 and to view the adopted 2018 Goals and Objectives, please click here. On March 15 and March...
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By Fayette Alliance / April 5, 2018 / Advocacy
As installation of a fiber-optic network inside Lexington’s city limits gets underway, there may be hope for better internet access on the horizon for rural Fayette County as well. In today’s environment, access to high-speed, reliable internet is critical to education, business, and daily life. The internet has become as important as any other kind...
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By Fayette Alliance / March 27, 2018 / Advocacy
During Phase 2, the specific implementation items necessary to accomplish the overarching 2018 Goals and Objectives will be drafted and ultimately adopted by the Planning Commission. Phase 2 gets down into the details and is expected to last through the end of 2018. Planning Commission work sessions are open to the public and are typically...
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By Fayette Alliance / March 23, 2018 / Advocacy
Every five years, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government updates the city’s Comprehensive Plan, which provides the blueprint for how our city grows. The first phase of the Comprehensive Plan update is adoption of the overarching Goals and Objectives that will provide the framework for Lexington’s growth strategy. Phase 1 was completed in November with Council’s...
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By Fayette Alliance / March 22, 2018 / Advocacy
Fayette County is defined by the balance between our vibrant city and productive Bluegrass farmland. To manage our critical rural assets, the Rural Land Management Plan was adopted in 1999 as an element of the 1996 Comprehensive Plan. This groundbreaking document was the first extensive effort dedicated to the management of land uses in Fayette...
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By Fayette Alliance / March 22, 2018 / Education
This op-ed was originally posted in the Lexington Herald Leader on March 10, 2018. Last year, thousands of people gathered in small groups all over Fayette County to connect and discuss issues that are important to our community. With nearly 12,000 participants representing every zip code in Fayette County, the inaugural “On The Table” initiative...
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By Fayette Alliance / March 22, 2018 / Research
As part of the 2018 Comprehensive Plan update, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government conducted a survey to assess the community’s attitudes about greenspaces. Highlights from the Survey include the following: 72% of respondents favor no expansion of the Urban Services Boundary; 12% favor expansion; 16% don’t know 81% of respondents support using public funds to...
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By Fayette Alliance / March 22, 2018 / Blog
Fayette Alliance partnered with other community stakeholders and the Lexington-Fayette Urban County government to commission a housing market demand study as part of the 2018 Comprehensive Plan update. To plan responsibly for our future growth, it is important to understand recent trends and demographic projections. The study projected our housing needs for the ten-year period...
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By Fayette Alliance / February 21, 2018 / Education
As part of our voter education program, we’ve partnered with AARP, Kentucky Thoroughbred Association, Fayette County Farm Bureau and the Fayette County Neighborhood Council to sponsor a free, public forum featuring Lexington’s Mayoral and At-Large Council Candidates this fall.
By Fayette Alliance / February 9, 2018 / Advocacy
We are pleased to report that on February 8, 2018, the LFUCG Council unanimously voted to adopt amendments to the B-6P (Planned Shopping Center) zone. The amendments modernize the zone and enable greater redevelopment opportunities along our main corridors. A central focus of the 2018 Goals & Objectives is redevelopment of our major corridors and...
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