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By Jillian Riseman, CivicLex Weekly The Social Services and Public Safety Committee is holding a special meeting Tuesday at 6pm in Council Chambers to hear public input on banning Source of Income (SOI) Discrimination. This meeting was set by Committee Chair Councilmember Jennifer Reynolds after they heard a presentation on SOI discrimination in their October…
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by Paul Oliva, The Lexington Times A report scheduled to be presented to the Urban County Council’s Social Services and Public Safety Committee on Tuesday, and made available online Friday, has revealed over $11 million in recent allocations to a firm whose owner’s past financial dealings with the City of Lexington have come under…
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by Paul Oliva, The Lexington Times LEXINGTON, Ky.–A horse farm on Tates Creek Road near Brannon Road could soon be redeveloped into a new subdivision. According to plans filed Friday, Turner Management LLC wants to turn the almost 14 acre George Knight Stables farm property into a 29-unit housing development. The property is located…
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By Paul Oliva, The Lexington Times LEXINGTON, Ky. — Lexington is gearing up for a series of town hall meetings to discuss the recommendations from the Commission for Racial Justice and Equality’s Housing and Gentrification Subcommittee’s 2021 report. Councilmember Shayla Lynch, who co-chaired the subcommittee, will co-host the events with Councilmember Denise Gray. A…
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by Jill Riseman and Adrian Paul Bryant, CivicLex Weekly Judge Lucy VanMeter has dismissed the lawsuit by Fayette Alliance and property owners over the Urban Service Boundary (USB) expansion. Judge VanMeter wrote that the Fayette Alliance had no standing to sue because the Planning Commission has not held a final vote on the expansion…
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By Paul Oliva, The Lexington Times LEXINGTON, Ky. — Joel Bennett is a nursing home social worker, but he recently found himself fighting a different kind of battle — one with Lexington’s city bureaucracy. Armed with persistence, Bennett has navigated a maze of red tape, setbacks, and disappointments, eventually taking his grievance directly to…
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By Paul Oliva, The Lexington Times LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Neighborhood Action Match Program Review Board has released the list of awardees for the Fiscal Year 2024 Neighborhood Action Match Program. The announcement comes ahead of the council meeting scheduled for Thursday, where the resolution to authorize these grants will be discussed. The Awardees…
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LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council’s Social Services and Public Safety committee has postponed a decision on an ordinance that would ban landlords from discriminating against tenants using federal housing vouchers and other sources of income. The committee will revisit the issue in November, allowing time for a public hearing scheduled for…
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This report is based on notes taken by Max Puchalsky for the Lexington Times Observer Program Lexington, KY — The Lexington Board of Adjustment convened on Monday for a meeting that lasted from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. The meeting, held in the Council Chambers at City Hall, was marked by impassioned public statements and…
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by Paul Oliva, The Lexington Times LEXINGTON, Ky. — Here is a quick look at the Urban Growth Management Advisory Committee’s proposed urban expansion map. A public hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12 in Council chambers at 200 E. Main St.