Author: Tom Eblen

The Mentelle Neighborhood Home & Garden Tour is today! The tour features  homes and some gardens throughout the neighborhood, from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.  Buy tickets at Temple Adath Israel on online here.

There will be treats along the way!  Sav’s Chill will set up an ice cream stand near the Cramer end of Mentelle Park. And the Reucroft brothers of Given Avenue will be selling lemonade and cold water at 710  Aurora Avenue (one of the tour stops). A portion of the lemonade/water stand proceeds will benefit the annual Ashland Elementary PTA Jogathon fundraiser.

The Mentelle Neighborhood Home & Garden Tour will feature eight homes  throughout the neighborhood on Sunday from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. To buy tickets in advance, click here.

 

A reminder: The Mentelle Neighborhood Home & Garden Tour will feature eight homes  throughout the neighborhood on Sunday from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. For more information, or to buy tickets in advance, click here.

 

The Mentelle Neighborhood Home & Garden Tour will feature seven homes  throughout the neighborhood on Sunday, Sept. 15, from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The tour includes a mix of stately homes, bungalows and cozy cottages in our neighborhood, which is bounded by Richmond Road and National, Walton and Richmond avenues. You can explore the neighborhood’s architectural history and see impressive modern renovations of these houses that were built in the first three decades of the 20th century.

Tour tickets are $10 per person and can be purchased the day of the tour at Temple Adath Israel, 124 N. Ashland Ave., or by clicking here and using PayPal or your credit card.

The tour is a fundraiser for the Mentelle Neighborhood Association and its environmental, charitable and social activities. This is our second home and garden tour. The first tour, in September 2014, was a big success.

 

Temple Adath Israel once again brings the Jewish Food Festival to our neighborhood, 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 8. Don’t miss it!

The Warehouse Block today unveiled the The Cubes, a new public art installation behind Local’s Craft Food & Drink that will serve as a gateway to the mixed-use commercial district within Mentelle Neighborhood.

The art installation, designed by Ryan Hargrove and Renato Virto of the University of Kentucky, was funded by the Warehouse Block Business Association and the Lexington Corridors Commission. The Cubes are along a landscaped path that will be called The Grove and will be illuminated at night with multicolored LED lighting.

About 40 people, including Urban County Council members Bill Farmer, chairman of the Corridors Commission; James Brown; and Amanda Mays Bledsoe, attended a dedication ceremony emceed by Chad Walker of Walker Properties.

“The Warehouse Block is an exciting, growing area downtown,” Mayor Linda Gorton said in a prepared statement, although she was unable to attend. “Public art is a good addition.”

See The Cubes on Saturday during the Block Party, featuring local artists, food trucks, businesses and non-profit organizations set up along National Avenue.  Music will be provided by three bands at the Mirror Twin Brewing Stage: Type Blue Band, Hi-5 and the StarDevils.  The event is family friendly and open to the public from noon until 10 p.m.

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As Kentucky’s Poet Laureate for 2019-2020, one of Aurora Avenue resident Jeff Worley’s missions is to spread the enjoyment and appreciation of poetry across the state.  His most local effort is on his side fence: the poetry box.  Each week, Jeff selects a poem he likes from a variety of authors and prints a dozen or so copies to display in the box. Passersby are free to take a copy if they like the poem. So far, he says, it is proving quite popular.

Mentelle Park resident Tom Eblen got the idea from writers Dorianne Laux and Joseph Millar, who were featured in the book Carolina Writers at Home, by Med Reid and Rob McDonald. Jeff liked the idea, so Tom made him one.

Check it out on the long fence along North Ashland Avenue between Cramer and Aurora avenues. Think of it as a benefit of living in the same neighborhood as Kentucky’s Poet Laureate: Literature chosen just for you.

 

The Mentelle Neighborhood Association is preparing for another Home & Garden Tour fundraiser the afternoon of Sunday, Sept. 15. The last tour attracted a crowd of nearly 300 visitors.

As part of the illustrated tour booklet, we are selling advertisements — $50 for a half page and $100 for a full page. If you, your business or some business or organization you know would like to place an ad, please contact Shelby Reynolds at: reybart88@yahoo.com