Proposed development across from Jacobson Park includes gas station, restaurant, apartments; will go before Council next week
by Paul Oliva, The Lexington Times Lexington, KY – A proposed mixed-use development across from Jacobson Park at 4075 Old Richmond Road is stirring up community debate as it heads for...
Planning presented the Urban Growth Management ZOTA last week; expansion draft map to come this week
by Jillian Riseman, CivicLex LEXINGTON, Ky. — In last Thursday’s Planning Commission Work Session, Senior Long Range Planner Hal Baillie presented a comprehensive list of changes to land use...
Lexington officials say health insurance funding plan continues to work
by Stu Johnson | WEKU During a time when health care costs continue to rise, Lexington Council members have been advised the City’s health insurance strategy continues to work....
Lexington’s Opioid Abatement Commission has a choice between harm reduction and systems of harm
By Paul Oliva, The Lexington Times LEXINGTON, Ky. — As the opioid crisis continues to ravage communities across the United States, the allocation of settlement funds has become a...
Historic Davis Bottom neighborhood continues to undergo changes
WEKU | By Stu Johnson A lengthy transformation continues in a community near downtown Lexington. You could say discussions began a half-century ago, but the real transition began just over...
Invisible No More: A firsthand account of surveying Lexington’s homeless population
by Paul Oliva Note: Identifying features of individuals and locations have been changed to protect the vulnerable. LEXINGTON, KY — Teams of volunteers hit the streets in Lexington on...
Lexington Council approves ad valorem tax increases amid controversy, risk of insolvency
LEXINGTON, KY — In a move that has sparked both support and dissent among council members and the public, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council passed ordinances Thursday setting ad...
The Athens Boonesboro Rd. welcome sign: A monument to Lexington’s misplaced priorities
by Paul Oliva, Web Editor In a city where homelessness has surged past pre-pandemic levels and low-wage workers are being pushed to neighboring counties due to unaffordable rents, the...
Efforts continue to see industrial development in 200 acres in Lexington
WEKU | by Stu Johnson Efforts to see further economic development on long-standing acreage near the interstate in Lexington continue. The Lexington City Council’s Budget Committee got an update...
Uprooted Lives: A Lexington mother on the harsh reality of a housing system that puts profits over people
by Davita Gatewood I’m listening to my children stress about why we have to move again even though we haven’t yet been in our house for a year. I’m...