Whiskey Row - Louisville

Gentle Reminder--

Please tell Mayor Fisher, the Metro Council, the LEO, the Courier-Journal and anyone who will listen to you for 5 minutes how you feel about the plans to demolish Whiskey Row.(If you need contact info, email us (jamesharrodtrust.org) or go to our Facebook page--NPPKentuckiana)

BTW, WHISKEY ROW is what it was, 'Iron Quarter' is what owner Todd Blue calls his proposed development, which will begin as a flat surface parking lot for five years.

Yeh, the mayor said that was OK! Parking for everyone! Nope, not likely.

Seriously, please help us by voicing your opinion and spreading the word.

If you need inspiration, check out the Lexington Herald-Leader articles about CentrePointe. What happens when commitment to preservation is as scant as the capital needed for community altering developments (e.g., CentrePoint and Todd Blue's "Iron Quarter")?

Click below for Tom Eblen's excellent article for a sour reminder, and some eloquent language you may borrow. (e.g. "demolition by neglect") ;0) Lexington should learn lesson from CentrePointe.

No more crocodile tears, we need to make noise.

As always, thanks for your help,

Neighborhood Planning & Preservation, Inc. (NPP)
It is up to all of us!

Kentucky Museum and Haritage Alliance's

Attached, please find a call for proposals for the Kentucky Museum and Heritage Alliance’s (KMHA) Annual Meeting, to be held in historic Maysville from June 5-7, 2011.

Negotiating the Rapids: Celebrating our Strengths, Service & Stewardship is the theme for the 2011 KMHA Annual Meeting. KMHA is seeking sessions that highlight recent successful programming, capital projects, special events, exhibitions, fiscal plans (fund raising strategies) and how these challenges were addressed by cultural institutions.

KMHA members come from historical and genealogical societies and small and large museums. Sessions will address the theme with examples that show how organizations and institutions have met the challenging environments and circumstances during the past year to continue to provide service and stewardship in our communities. Discussions will leave the attendee energized– ready to tackle the challenges we all face with thoughtful perspectives and professionally-invigorating ideas.

KMHA sessions include panel discussions, forums, workshops, and roundtable discussions. For more information, please see the attached call for proposals.

If you cannot organize a session, please consider attending this great meeting, which focuses on best-practices for museums and local history organizations. Librarians, board members, and staff have attended this meeting in the past and have learned new ideas and important trends related to collections, fundraising, public programming and more.


Sincerely,

Stuart Sanders
Supporting Partner
Kentucky Historical Society

Kentucky Historical Society
Foundation