Stormwater Management
Meeting to weigh sustainability along Beargrass Creek in Germantown, Smoketown, Shelby...
As the largest watershed in Jefferson County, Beargrass Creek has long been a source of cultural pride in the area, wending through inner neighborhoods...
University of Louisville Adds a Green Roof at New Business School
The University of Louisville opened an addition to its business school building on the Belknap Campus last week. The new 7,000-square-foot flatiron-shaped wing collects...
Community Improvement and the Impact of Razing 128 Houses
These days, terms like "shrinking cities" feel a lot like the "slum clearance" and "urban renewal" of the last century that wiped out large...
Water Main Break Leaves Downtown A Modern Venice
UPDATE 1:40pm: The water has receded and MSD is on the scene. Third Street has become a muddy wasteland and workers are scraping as much...
Liberty Green Knows How To Pave A Street
Liberty Green has become a showcase of late for great paving techniques that dually make Louisville more beautiful and more sustainable. Crews have been...
Jeffersonville Considers Innovative Canal District
Mayor Tom Galligan thinks a storm sewer can be beautiful and spur economic development in Jeffersonville. In one of the most ambitious moves in...
Great Flash Flood Of 2009: Where The Rain Fell
Wondering where the rain fell? Check out that giant red blob that represents about 7 inches of rainfall. Evidently, the storm got stuck in...
Soaking Into A Soggy City: Great Flash Flood of 2009
So in less than a year, Louisville has had a major windstorm, major ice storm, another pretty big windstorm, and now a torrential bout...
Metro Louisville’s New Green Roof Starting To Grow
Last year, the roof of the Metro Development Center on Fifth Street was a construction zone as 160 tons of gravel, planting medium, plants,...