FREE Tax Preparation Friday, Jan 27 2012

DO YOU MAKE $50,000 or less?  DO YOU WANT YOUR TAXES PREPARED FOR FREE?  The 9th District office has once again partnered with the Louisville Asset Building Coalition to provide FREE tax preparation services to anyone – you don’t have to live in the 9th District to particpate!

The service is FREE if you earned $50,000 Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) or less in 2011 or if you quality for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).  We are offering four tax preparation dates – Fridays February 3rd and 24th and March 2nd and 30th from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm at United Crescent Hill Ministries, located at 150 S State Street.

CALL TODAY to make an appointment – 574-1109 or email kyle.ethridge@louisvilleky.gov.

We are also looking to recruit volunteers to help staff and prepare taxes.  Full training is provided by the Louisville Asset Building Coalition.  To volunteer or to obtain more information please contact our office directly at 574-1109 or email kyle.ethridge@louisvilleky.gov for a list of training dates and information.

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Active Living’s 2011 Person of the Year Friday, Jan 27 2012

From January 2012 Active Living Newsletter

Active Living’s 2011 Person of the Year: Tina Ward-Pugh, 9th District Councilwoman

A special thanks to Tina Ward-Pugh for being a strong leader for policies and improvements that make it easier to be active in Louisville. A champion for walkers, bicyclists and everything environmental, she most recently negotiated the installation of a new big rack on Frankfort Avenue, giving up one car parking space for up to 12 bike spaces outside of the Irish Rover.

In addition, she served as an inspiration on an Active Living Conference panel on advocacy and has been a tireless supporter of the Brownsboro Road Diet, slated to begin this spring. That project would narrow the road from four the three lanes from Ewing to Drescher Bridge Road so that a sidewalk can be added to the north side of the street. This is enormously important to Clifton and Clifton Heights, where a large number of blind people live. Support your 9th district council woman.

Click here to read the January 2012 Active Living full newsletter.

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READ the No. 9 eNews – Thursday, January 26, 2012 Thursday, Jan 26 2012

Click here to read the Thursday, January 26, 2012, No. 9 eNews.

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Sign the Brownsboro Road Reconfiguration Petition Thursday, Jan 26 2012

The Brownsboro Road Reconfiguration and sidewalk project will add sidewalks along the north side of Brownsboro Road from Ewing Ave. to Lindsay Ave. by reducing a lane of traffic.  Crosswalks at signalized intersections (N. Ewing Ave., N. Clifton Ave. & Haldeman Ave.) are to be marked with high visibility markings to improve pedestrian safety. An evaluation of the existing sidewalk on the south side and curb ramps will be made to determine adequacy in meeting ADA requirements, and deficiencies will be corrected. If you support this project please sign onto the electronic petition at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/brownsboro-road-reconfiguration-and-sidewalk/.  Make your voice count and sign on today.

 

* NOTE – the petition is located on a free website, which means you might be asked to contribute to the website but it is not necessary to electronically sign the petition. 

 

 

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Nominate a neighbor for the 9th District Black History Month Honoree Friday, Jan 20 2012

In February, the Community Affairs Committee of the Metro Council will host the 10^th Annual Black History Month Program during the committee meeting.  Please take a moment and nominate your neighbor or co-worker that lives in the 9^th District for this recognition. The nomination form is attached.  Please return the form to our office by Friday, February 3, 2012, via email, fax (574-7844) or mail to: Councilwoman Tina Ward-Pugh, 601 W Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky, 40202.

10th Annual Black History Month Nomination Form

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9th District Community Forum on Wednesday, Jan. 25th Thursday, Jan 19 2012

Please join me and my staff next Wednesday, January 25th, for a community forum.  The forum will begin at 6:00 p.m. at the Kentucky School for the Blind Auditorium, 867 Frankfort Avenue.  Hear updates from LMPD on crime stats and safety tips, Metro Parks on Breslin Park and the Brownsboro Road Reconfiguration and Sidewalk Project.  Click here to view flyer

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READ the No. 9 eNews for Thursday, January 19, 2012 Thursday, Jan 19 2012

READ the most recent version of the No. 9 eNews – click here!

To sign up for the eNews please contact Kyle Ethridge at kyle.ethridge@louisvilleky.gov.

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KYTC Crews Ready to Treat Roadways during Forecasted Winter Weather Thursday, Jan 12 2012

KYTC Crews Ready to Treat Roadways during Forecasted Winter Weather

 

LOUISVILLE, KY (January 12, 2012) – Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) road crews in Louisville and the surrounding counties are ready for the winter precipitation forecasted for today.  KYTC staff are monitoring the weather and will send salt trucks out on the roadways as temperatures drop and the rain turns to snow this afternoon. 

 

District 5 personnel have the responsibility for clearing more than 2,500 miles of state-maintained highways in the counties of Bullitt, Franklin, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer and Trimble.  Crews are prepared to work through the night clearing any accumulation from the roadways. 150 state and contract trucks are utilized to salt and plow the roadways in these eight counties with 64 of these trucks concentrated on the interstates in Jefferson County.  Per an agreement with Louisville Metro government, the Metro Department of Public Works will be clearing snow and ice from all state routes in Jefferson County, excluding interstates.

 

To view the priority network for snow removal, go to http://transportation.ky.gov/Maintenance/Pages/Snow-and-Ice-Priority-Maps.aspx and select a county.

 

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READ the Green Triangle eNews Tuesday, Jan 10 2012

The latest version of the Green Triangle eNews was just published.  To read the eNews please click here!

To be added to the Green Triangle distrubition list please email Katie Holmes.

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Proposed Airport Area Safety Program for Bowman Field Thursday, Dec 29 2011

For Immediate Release:

Owen, Ward-Pugh and Ackerson host meeting for residents concerning Bowman Field tree situation

Louisville – In an effort to answer questions and hear concerns, Councilman Tom Owen (D-8), Councilwoman Tina Ward Pugh (D-9) and Councilman Brent T. Ackerson (D-26) will host a special meeting concerning the FAA plan to cut and replace trees in several areas around Bowman Field.

The meeting will take place on Thursday, January 19^th at 7:30pm at the Douglass Community Center’s Gymnasium, 2305 Douglass Boulevard.

 “Our goal is to provide an occasion where citizens can seek answers to their questions in an orderly fashion while at the same time express their fears and disappointment about this program,” says Owen.

The meeting will be moderated by the Center for Neighborhoods to ensure a productive exchange of information and concerns. The Louisville Regional Airport Authority will make a power point presentation and then the floor will be open for questions and comment.

“As Council members who represent Bowman Field and the neighborhoods surrounding it, we want to make sure all sides have a say in what is about to happen,” says Ward-Pugh.

The Federal Aviation Administration was invited to attend the forum but declined to send a representative.

The subject of tree removal and replacement around Bowman Field has raised many questions by residents and neighborhood associations. The FAA and LRAA have maintained the trimming and cutting of trees is needed to allow Bowman its viability as an airfield under changing FAA Regulations.

The Council members want to ensure that those living in the effective area have the opportunity to understand what is proposed.

“If you live in this area and have wondered what all this discussion has been about, then you need to attend this meeting to let us know how you feel,” says Ackerson.

For more information about the meeting, contact Councilman Owen’s office at 574-1108.

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