Sorry for the delay. Many big stories to bring you today and in days ahead. Here’s to catching up with the news.
Local News
- Jim Host is dedicated to seeing this arena thing through (Ville-Voice)
- Final report on the arena collapse due in August (C-J)
- Extreme Sports Park again closed for maintenance, graffiti removal (C-J)
- St. Matthews property fight continues, car lot no longer interested (C-J)
- City targeting owners of blighted properties with higher taxes (C-J)
- If Wayside’s Hotel Lou goes back to action it might again be a hotel (Ville-Voice)
- Butchertown Neighborhood Association president highlighted (I Live In Lou)
- Section of 34th Street may be renamed to honor Rev. Coleman (C-J)
- Considering the segregation problem in Louisville (Russell NA)
- Why everyone should care about Lou’s segregation problem (Russell NA)
Local Business
- Kaelin’s gone for good, replaced by Mulligan’s Pub & Grill (Ville-Voice)
- Baxter’s Dublin Cellar set for a name change (My Loueyville)
- Zanzabar on Preston Street open for business (louisville.com)
- Upscale french restaurant planned for St. Matthews (C-J)
- Gerstle’s Pub approved for changes at St. Matthews site (C-J)
- New Albany’s Main Street set for another restaurant (C-J)
Cordish
- Everyone still upset over Cordish’s lack of accountability (C-J)
- Metro Council, Tandy want answers from Cordish (Ville-Voice)
- David Tandy writes a letter about ‘serious public concern’ (WHAS Politics)
- And plans a visit to Baltimore to meet with Cordish (WHAS 11)
- More from Fat Lip, WHAS11, Page One, C-J, C-J Cartoon, the Edit, Wave 3.
Mobility
- Walking and biking our ‘secret weapon’ against common problems (Citiwire)
- Learn from the mistakes of highways when building light rail (Citiwire)
- Check out the extreme density of a market & train in Bangkok (WorldChanging)
- Run a red light in China? This man will throw a brick at your car (Urban Velo)
- And the military has its own ways of making drivers stop at stop signs (How We Drive)
Sustainability
- Local agriculture movement embracing ‘Community Supported Forests’ (World Changing)
- Walmart implementing a ‘sustainability index’ for its products (TreeHugger)
- Permeable concrete helps avoid rainwater runoff problems (LookOut via P-zen)
- And other smart ‘green infrastructure’ can help with runoff too (NRDC Switchboard)
Everything Else
- Heroin use growing in the suburbs (C-J)
- And people starting to get sick while living in former meth labs (Edit)
- Why America should avoid building new Nuclear Power (GOOD)
- Coal in Eastern KY not as competitive as once thought (WFPL)
- Frank Gehry designs a modern shotgun, ‘Modgun,’ for New Orleans (TreeHugger)
- Be careful of the ever increasing number of city-rankings (StreetsBlog)
