Sep 25 Community As Another Russell Project Begins, Gentrification Concerns Prevalent It's the latest project in a string of massive investments going into Russell, a neighborhood in west Louisville that has long lacked commercial development as a result of racist government policies. By Amina Elahi Sep 25 Community As Another Russell Project Begins, Gentrification Concerns Prevalent Amina Elahi
Jul 19 Community Victory Park Renovations Complete With Community Input The city and the Olmsted Conservancy held a ribbon cutting Friday to celebrate $1.1 million in improvements at Victory Park in the California neighborhood. By Ryan Van Velzer Jul 19 Community Victory Park Renovations Complete With Community Input Ryan Van Velzer
Jun 25 Here Today Here Today: How Did We Get Here? (Nobody’s S’posed To Be Here) On episode one of Here Today, we explore the people and policies that created today's West End. By Jonese Franklin and Laura Ellis Jun 25 Here Today Here Today: How Did We Get Here? (Nobody's S’posed To Be Here) Jonese Franklin and Laura Ellis
Jun 8 Community Better Block Parkland Aims To Foster Change, Celebrate Neighborhood The Center for Neighborhoods has been coordinating and planning the Better Block Parkland project since September. By Evan Heichelbech Jun 8 Community Better Block Parkland Aims To Foster Change, Celebrate Neighborhood Evan Heichelbech
May 29 Economy Under New Ownership, Passport Leaders Hope For Stability Virginia-based Evolent Health will purchase a 70 percent stake in Passport Health. Current CEO Mark Carter will step down in early June. By Amina Elahi and Lisa Gillespie May 29 Economy Under New Ownership, Passport Leaders Hope For Stability Amina Elahi and Lisa Gillespie
Apr 19 Community Impact Of Redlining Outweighs JPMorgan’s $3 Million Grant, Advocates Say The grant will fund programs aimed at helping residents of Portland, Phoenix Hill, Smoketown, Shelby Park, South-Central Louisville and Russell. By Liz Schlemmer Apr 19 Community Impact Of Redlining Outweighs JPMorgan's $3M Grant, Advocates Say Liz Schlemmer
Apr 8 Community Here’s A Look Inside The New West End YMCA Officials say construction of the $28 million, 77,000 square-foot building is on schedule and on budget. By Kyeland Jackson Apr 8 Community Here's A Look Inside The New West End YMCA Kyeland Jackson
Apr 2 Arts and Culture Russell Nonprofit To Host Preservation Trade Expo Commonwealth Preservation Trades will host the Midwestern Preservation Trade Expo, a showcase of jobs related to the home restoration industry. By Ashlie Stevens Apr 2 Arts and Culture Russell Nonprofit To Host Preservation Trade Expo Ashlie Stevens
Mar 6 Arts and Culture U of L Opens Its First Building West Of Ninth University of Louisville’s Hite Art Institute opened the doors to its newest building — a fully renovated 19th-century warehouse located in the Portland neighborhood. By Ashlie Stevens Mar 6 Arts and Culture U of L Opens Its First Building West Of Ninth Ashlie Stevens
Feb 26 Community Will OneWest Be Good For Business At 18th & Broadway? Commercial real estate proponent OneWest recently purchased a retail strip near the transforming intersection of 18th St. and Broadway. By Amina Elahi Feb 26 Community Will OneWest Be Good For Business At 18th And Broadway? Amina Elahi
Feb 22 Economy Passport Health Plan Puts West Louisville Campus On ‘Indefinite Hiatus’ Announced in 2017, the headquarters complex has been hailed by city officials as an anchor development of the planned revitalization of west Louisville. By Amina Elahi Feb 22 Economy Passport Puts West Louisville Campus On 'Indefinite Hiatus' Amina Elahi
Jan 23 Community Passport Health CEO: Reimbursement Rates Could Bankrupt Company The threat of bankruptcy raises questions about Passport’s $130 million planned development for West Louisville. By Lisa Gillespie and Amina Elahi Jan 23 Community Passport Health CEO: Reimbursement Rates Could Bankrupt Company Lisa Gillespie and Amina Elahi
Jan 10 Recut Recut: Where We Go From Here Over the last six months, a recurring theme kept popping up. Here's what we're gonna do about it. By Laura Ellis Jan 10 Recut Recut: Where We Go From Here Laura Ellis
Oct 17 Investigations Louisville Metro Council Committee Scrutinizes Landbank Authority The meeting comes three weeks after KyCIR found that nearly a third of the properties sold by the land bank since 2010 were vacant. By Jacob Ryan Oct 17 Investigations Louisville Metro Council Committee Scrutinizes Landbank Authority Jacob Ryan
Sep 27 Recut Recut: Is Louisville’s Land Bank Solving The Vacant Property Problem? The program is supposed to fix vacant houses. So why are so many of them still empty and in disrepair? By Jonese Franklin Sep 27 Recut Recut: Is Louisville's Land Bank Solving The Vacant Property Problem? Jonese Franklin