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Council members announce neighborhood grants, senior housing groundbreaking and upcoming town halls
Summary
Councilmembers used reports Feb. 4 to promote a neighborhood corridors grant, announce the Oaks at Woodland affordable senior-housing groundbreaking, town halls on code enforcement and new school designs, and community events including a heart-health summit and ribbon-cutting.
Several councilmembers used Feb. 4 remarks to announce local programs, project updates and community events.
Councilmember Baxter said the application window for a local neighborhood grant program through the Corridors Commission is open through March for physical, public-facing improvements along designated corridors. Councilmember LaGree announced the groundbreaking of The Oaks at Woodland, a project that will convert Woodland Christian Church into 38 affordable senior-housing units while preserving the building’s historic character. LaGree said the project used historic and housing tax credits and thanked Kentucky Housing Corporation, the Affordable Housing Board, Commissioner Lanter and partners for support.
Councilmember Hale announced a town hall Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 5:30 p.m. at the Woodhill Community Center, 422 Codell Drive, to discuss neighborhood improvements and meet the new councilmember for District 7. Councilmember Lynch invited residents to a ribbon-cutting at Black and William’s Gymnasium at 11 a.m. the next morning and a Feb. 19 community meeting with Fayette County Public Schools about the new elementary school on Greendale Road; staff from the school district will present designs and answer questions. Lynch also noted a free heart-health summit hosted by Delta Sigma Theta on the weekend with events at the Lexington Senior Center and Greater Liberty Baptist Church.
Councilmember Gray summarized the recent LexCount point-in-time count of people experiencing homelessness and invited residents to district events including a town hall on code enforcement at Frederick Douglass High School; Gray noted performances by Frederick Douglass High cheerleaders and local theater productions featuring district residents. Councilmember Reynolds highlighted bilingual code-enforcement office hours at the Marksbury Family Branch Library on Tuesdays from 5–7 p.m. and provided phone numbers for housing-help resources.
Why it matters: The announcements include opportunities for neighborhood funding applications, community input on school design and code enforcement, and a major affordable-housing infill project that reuses a historic property.
No council votes were taken on these reports; the items were informational.
