Author: Tom Eblen

A reminder that the Fayette Alliance, a local non-profit organization focused on “smart growth” and rural land preservation in Lexington, is inviting Mentelle neighborhood residents to a “happy hour” discussion about local growth and development issues and the city’s upcoming Comprehensive Plan discussions. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. today at the new Myriad Meadery, 732 National Ave.

A sharp-eyed neighbor noticed that I had the wrong date for the Mentelle median cleanup in preparation for the Easter Egg Hunt. The cleanup will be at 1 p.m. Saturday April 1. No foolin’.

 

 

A group of neighbors will be getting together at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 1, to clean up the Mentelle Park median in preparation for the annual neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt the following Saturday. Please come and help if you can.

A development group headed by Scott Shapiro, a South Hanover Avenue resident who was an aide to former Mayor Jim Gray, made a presentation to the Mentelle Neighborhood Association board last Wednesday. The group has purchased the stone yard along Midland Avenue and will soon seek rezoning to develop 180 market-rate apartments aimed at young professionals. The board was favorably impressed by the project.

The apartments would be in two five-story buildings on the site with 210 parking spaces and about 2,000 square feet of first-floor retail space. The main entrance would be on Midland with a secondary entrance on Owen Avenue, the small piece of a street beside the “flat iron” building.

Click here for more information about the project prepared by the developers.

Click here for more information about the city’s planning and zoning process, schedules of meetings, etc.

 

The Fayette Alliance, a local non-profit organization focused on “smart growth” and rural land preservation in Lexington, is inviting Mentelle neighborhood residents to a “happy hour” discussion about local growth and development issues and the city’s upcoming Comprehensive Plan discussions. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 27, at the new Myriad Meadery, 732 National Ave.

Sorry for the late reminder; the third Wednesday of the month snuck up on me this month. The regular monthly meeting of the Mentelle Neighborhood Association board will be Wednesday, March 15, at 7 p.m. in the meeting room around back of the Children’s Advocacy Center of the Bluegrass, 162 N. Ashland Ave. Any MNA member is welcome to attend.

At this month’s meeting, we will have a short presentation from a development group seeking to rezone the stone yard along Midland Avenue to construct apartments. Afterward I will post details of the proposal.

Thanks to everyone who came out for the 3rd annual Mentelle neighborhood Mardi Gras parade and celebration. We had about 100 people there, including so many adorable kids!  Special thanks to Chad and Jill Walker, owners of The Warehouse Block, for bringing their 1950 Ford farm truck and their pet goat, Itty Bitty, and to Kevin Heathcoat, the owner of Bourbon & Toulouse restaurant, for his support.

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Join your neighbors in the Mentelle Park median nearest Cramer Avenue tomorrow from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. for the Mentelle Neighborhood’s 3rd annual Mardi Gras Parade!

Chad Walker, owner of the Warehouse Block, is bringing an antique farm truck to give hay rides to the kids. We’re hoping for some musicians. And we’re asking neighborhood kids (and adults if they like) to decorate their bicycles and join in the parade. We  will have $10 gift certificates to Graeter’s Ice Cream for three kids judged to have the best-decorated bikes.  And there will be a gift certificate to Bourbon & Toulouse restaurant for the best-costumed adult in attendance.

We plan to have some coffee and cajun food to help keep you warm, and plenty of beads and masks. And, of course, king cake. See you there!

The regular monthly meeting of the Mentelle Neighborhood Association board will be Wednesday, Feb 15, at 7 p.m. in the meeting room around back of the Children’s Advocacy Center of the Bluegrass, 162 N. Ashland Ave.  Any MNA member is welcome to attend.

Join your neighbors in the Mentelle Park median nearest Cramer Avenue next Saturday (February 18) from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. for the Mentelle Neighborhood’s 3rd annual Mardi Gras Parade!

Chad Walker, owner of the Warehouse Block, is bringing an antique farm truck to give hay rides to the kids. We’re hoping for some musicians. And we’re asking neighborhood kids (and adults if they like) to decorate their bicycles and join in the parade. We  will have $10 gift certificates to Graeter’s Ice Cream for three kids judged to have the best-decorated bikes.  And there will be a gift certificate to Bourbon & Toulouse restaurant for the best-costumed adult in attendance.

We plan to have some coffee and cajun food to help keep you warm, and plenty of beads and masks. And, of course, king cake. For more information, or to volunteer to help out, email Katie Mueller. See you there!