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Landowners, then and now
North of Center A reflection on my visit to the DAP celebration held in the Limestone Hall at the renovated Old Courthouse, which sits inside the northern edge of...
Danny Mayer
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PVA David O’Neill under-assessed Coach Cal estate by $900,000
North of Center News broke over the holiday weekend that the home of former University of Kentucky head boys basketball coach John Calipari had sold for $3.4 million. This...
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Taxes generated from the publicly renovated Old Courthouse go to CentrePointe Parking Company, LLC.
North of Center Thank former Mayor Jim Gray for the TIF arrangement This is Part 3 of my ongoing reporting of the CentrePointe Tax Increment Financing development project. Articles...
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Downstream riffles
North of Center Part 3 of a Paint Lick up-back How many parts does it take to adequately capture a 2 mile paddle? Three!Part 1: The unlikely wilderness of...
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Paint Lick: Put-in to grounding zone 1
North of Center We often think of paddling rivers and creeks as a strictly downstream activity. One starts in one place and ends in another. Lexington, however, is surrounded...
Fall 2017, Pool 7 of the Kentucky River Danny Mayer
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The unlikely wilderness of your home place
North of Center When Totality hit, I headed for Paint Lick. Lexington lay at around 90% Totality, maybe 70 miles from the Full Monty. This was close enough to...
John Calipari's home on Richmond Road in Lexington. Fayette PVA
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Assessing Calipari: UK coach’s property taxes barely rose despite major upgrades, housing boom
North of Center John Calipari arrived to Lexington from Memphis on an 8 year, $34.65 million contract to coach the University of Kentucky boys basketball team, the pride of...
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Is UK entering the post-faculty era?
North of Center I attended the University of Kentucky for seven years during the early Aughts while earning my PhD in American Literature. At the time, the school was...
A recent CivicLex graphic on public safety depicts an ambulance with its siren ablaze. CivicLex recently received a $95,000 city contract. CivicLex
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North of Center: Is CivicLex’s $95,000 city contract an ethical breach?
North of Center With the “local news and reporting” nonprofit set to receive a $95,000 city contract to audit local boards and commissions, why have local journalists kept quiet...
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The deca-billionaires in your community
North of Center I have enjoyed reading The Frankfort Power Brokers, the multi-article introduction by the Herald Leader‘s Austin Horn to 15 unelected power-brokers who “play a major role...