Mellwood Avenue

Mellwood Avenue

The story of Mellwood Bourbon and the early fight against phantom...

Just after the Civil War, at the intersection of the former Southall Street (later changed to Reservoir Avenue in 1884 and now Mellwood Avenue...

Friday News Roundup

  Welcome to the Friday News Roundup, our editors' top ten picks for must-read news throughout the week. As with all news roundups, we play...

Snapshot: Mockingbird Terrace Rises

A new condo development near the corner of Mockingbird Valley Road and Mellwood Avenue just east of Zorn Avenue has made substantial progress. I...

Land Use And The Future Of Butchertown

As anticipated, the Louisville Board of Zoning Adjustments (BOZA) will not revoke JBS Swift's conditional use permit to operate a slaughterhouse in Butchertown. One...

Swift Battle Affects More Than Butchertown

Early Monday morning at the Old Jail Building on Jefferson Square at about 8:30am, the Board of Zoning Adjustments will call the latest meeting...

More Illegal Behavior Alleged At JB Swift Plant

Butchertown and the JB Swift Company have been fighting for a while over an illegal expansion to the pork slaughterhouse's facility (among other things)...

BOZA Needs Time, Postpones JB Swift Meeting

Monday's Board of Zoning Adjustments meeting concerning JB Swift's late-in-the-game approval for their mostly built facility expansion has been extended to August 31 at...

JB Swift Company Faces BOZA Monday

Monday morning, JB Swift will appear before the Metro Louisville Board of Zoning Adjustments (BOZA) to beg forgiveness for illegally starting construction on an...

JB Swift Meets With Butchertown Over Illegal Expansion

The JB Swift plant between Story & Mellwood Avenues in Butchertown had begun a construction project earlier this year illegally without a permit. The...