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Shepherdsville leader calls 2025 "transformational year," highlights $30M aquatic center and $10M in park projects

Shepherdsville City Council · January 13, 2026
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Summary

At the council's first January meeting, the mayor delivered a state-of-the-city overview that emphasized a $30 million borrowing for an aquatic center, roughly $10 million in complementary park amenities, lowered local taxes, and a multi-year push for hundreds of millions in road and infrastructure funding.

The meeting opened with a state-of-the-city overview in which the mayor said this year “is going to be the most transformational year probably in our history of Shepherdsville,” pointing to a package of projects the city has financed and plans to complete.

The mayor said the city has borrowed $30,000,000 for an aquatic center and has added roughly $10,000,000 for park amenities, listing an inclusive playground, a 1,600‑seat amphitheater, a dog park, disc golf, sand volleyball, basketball and pickleball courts, new landscaping and fencing, and a skate park. “This aquatic center is not just…

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