Slaughterhouses

Industrial Transition in Cities Still Causes a Stink

The New York Times ran an interesting story on Friday that mirrors a perennial struggle in Louisville: industry in evolving neighborhoods. Many of New...
Meatpacking District in Manhattan

How Another Butchertown Handled Gentrification

Louisville's Butchertown neighborhood is going through a period of transition. It's been heated at times when dealing with issues like the JBS Swift slaughterhouse,...

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...

Wrapping Up The JBS Swift BOZA Battle In Butchertown

At the end of August, an epic ten-hour hearing before the Board of Zoning Adjustments (BOZA) concluded that JBS Swift could continue operating in...

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...

JB Swift Starts Butchertown Expansion Without Approval

The JB Swift Plant between Story and Mellwood avenues in Butchertown is ready to expand. So ready, a tipster tells us, that construction has...