Lexington opening grant to encourage beautifying neighborhoods, roadways
Originally published by WEKU.
The Lexington-Fayette County Urban Government will start accepting applications for a grant to support the beautification of roads and neighborhoods next month.
The Neighborhood Enhancement Match Grant Program is meant to fund improvements to public property and promote cleanup efforts in corridors around the city.
Lexington-Fayette councilmember James Brown is chair of the city’s corridors commission. He says it’s a chance to include public input on how to beautify the city.
“We work to do a lot to enhance our corridors throughout the city, our major corridors and arterials,” Brown said. “But we can’t do the work by ourselves, and there’s no way that we can address every issue.”
The program is a matching grant, which means the applicant must contribute 50 cents for every dollar requested.
But Brown says hours of labor on a project can also be used as a substitute for money.
“That change was instituted to just give some neighborhoods with less resources more of a hand up in regards to doing some of these projects,” Brown said.
Eligible corridors in Lexington include:
- Alumni Drive (Nicholasville Road to Man O War Blvd.)
- Athens Boonesboro Road (Man O War Blvd. to I-75)
- Broadway
- Citation Blvd. (Leestown to Newtown Pike)
- Clays Mill Road
- Georgetown Road (New Circle to Iron Works)
- Georgetown St.
- Harrodsburg Road
- High St.
- Iron Works Pike
- Leestown Road
- Liberty Road
- Limestone
- Main St.
- Man O War Blvd.
- Manchester St. (Jefferson Street to Forbes)
- Maxwell St.
- Midland Ave.
- New Circle Road
- Newtown Pike (South Broadway to Iron Works Pike)
- Nicholasville Road
- Old Frankfort Pike
- Paris Pike (New Circle Road Iron Works Pike)
- Richmond Road (Hanover to I-75)
- Russell Cave Road (North Broadway to Iron Works Pike)
- Tates Creek Road (Sunset to Ashgrove Park)
- Todds Road (Man O War Blvd. to Polo Club Blvd.)
- Upper St. (Main St. to South Limestone)
- Versailles Road (Angliana to Man O War Blvd.)
- Vine St.
- Winchester Road (Third St. to Man O War Blvd.)
More information on the grant can be found online, or by reaching out to the city council district offices by calling 311 and asking for council members.
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Originally published by WEKU.
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