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Oldham County Extension reports program growth and begins master‑planning for new Crestwood site
Summary
Extension County Director Kelly Woods presented FY25 results and tax rates, highlighted 4‑H attendance and master gardener activity, and said the planning committee issued RFQs for a proposed extension site on a 67‑acre Crestwood (Veil) property.
Kelly Woods, county director for the University of Kentucky Extension Service in Oldham County, presented the extension district’s year‑end actuals and the tax rates set Aug. 4 at the district board meeting.
Woods said the district set real property, personal property and inventory rates at 0.014 (1.4¢) and motorcraft at 0.015 (1.5¢) per $100 of assessed valuation. She reviewed program activity across three divisions: Family and Consumer Sciences, Agriculture and Natural Resources, and 4‑H youth development.
Family and Consumer Sciences agent Heather Toome described local volunteerism and classes, including walking programs, baking and sewing classes and partnerships with the health department and public libraries. Toome said Oldham County Homemakers recorded 13,657 volunteer hours in the year and that master clothing volunteers produced more than 1,000 pillowcases for active military.
Agriculture and natural resources agent Gretchen Winslow reviewed outreach and workshops — a regional beef field day, hay‑sampling classes, beekeeping and pond management — and said the 2025 Regional Beef Field Day will be hosted in Oldham County at Fox Hollow Farms. Winslow described a public forum co‑hosted with the Oldham County Conservation District that identified 13 high‑priority programs and five new programs requested by residents. Winslow also said the Master Gardeners program logged about 1,745 volunteer hours and added five community garden locations in the past year.
4‑H agent Hannah Ratliff and Kentucky 4‑H State Teen Council President Kaye Sherrill reviewed club activity: 12 community clubs, 55 school clubs and a county 4‑H camp that had the third‑largest attendance on record this year with 391 campers. Teen leadership and state‑level events were highlighted as development opportunities for older youth.
Woods said the extension district is working on longer‑range site planning for a property in the Crestwood/Ballardsville area commonly referred to in the meeting as the Veil property. She said the planning and development committee issued RFQs and is developing a master plan after an open house that collected community input on desired elements for the site. Woods said the property totals about 67 acres, the entrance is near 3 Lakes Road and that selection of consultants was narrowed with final reviews scheduled soon.
Woods and the extension staff invited the fiscal court to partner on communications to promote programs such as Credible Mind (mental‑health platform) and active parenting classes. The court did not take action on the presentation; Woods’s materials and the RFQ process will continue through the planning and development committee for future design and implementation work.
