Mentelle Neighborhood Association

Thanks to everyone who came out today for the Mentelle Neighborhood Association’s Mardi Gras Celebration! Special thanks to organizer Kim Naujokas (with help from Justin); Selma’s Catering/Liberty Road Cafe for donating the king cake; Kenwick Table for donating hot chocolate and coffee; and hay wagon driver extraordinaire Gil Dunn. Also, thanks to everyone who donated to help make this event possible.

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The Mentelle Mardi Gras celebration is today! Please join us from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Mentelle Park at Cramer Avenue. A Mardi Gras celebration made up of the Big Blue Pedaler, sweet treats, music and fun for the whole family awaits you. Come out in your best Mardi Gras attire and catch some beads!

Adults and kids can capture the fun of Mardi Gras at the photo booth and complete your Mardi Gras “look” with some (temporary) tattoos!

Donations to the neighborhood association will be gratefully accepted. We look forward to seeing you this afternoon!

The Mentelle Mardi Gras celebration is Saturday! Please join us from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Mentelle Park at Cramer Avenue. A Mardi Gras celebration made up of the Big Blue Pedaler, sweet treats, music and fun for the whole family awaits you. Come out in your best Mardi Gras attire and catch some beads!

Adults and kids can capture the fun of Mardi Gras at the photo booth and complete your Mardi Gras “look” with some (temporary) tattoos!

Donations to the neighborhood association will be gratefully accepted. We look forward to seeing you Saturday!

The Mentelle Neighborhood Association’s board of directors has its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. tonight via Zoom. Any MNA member is welcome to attend. If you would like to attend, please email Tom Eblen for the link.

John Moore, the principal of Ashland Elementary School, today announced that the after-school car line will move from Aurora Avenue to Cramer Avenue, between Richmond Avenue and Ashland Avenue, because of gas line replacement work scheduled to begin soon on  Aurora. Click here for details.

From MNA member Kim Naujokas:

Council Member Hannah LeGris’ office has informed us that Kentucky American Water will be replacing 7,500 feet of water mains on the  neighborhood streets north of Cramer Avenue, beginning this month. This will results in some traffic disruptions.

The company supplied two maps of the planned work area, along with two PDF information sheets you can download: One here and one here.

There will be a Zoom meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday (Jan. 31) with water company officials at which neighborhood residents and businesses can get more information and ask questions about the project.

Here is the Zoom link info for the meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86123559384?pwd=d2sxZXNLTEJhNFp4Q1pQZnh5cDBNUT09

Meeting ID: 861 2355 9384

Passcode: 174642

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An invitation from Warehouse Block owner Chad Walker:

Please consider this letter an open invitation to join the first-ever Warehouse Block Advisory Board.  Walker Properties, a Lexington-born family business, owns the majority of properties located on Walton, National and North Ashland avenues, known as the Warehouse Block.  Although the renovation of this historic district has been slow and organic, it has finally achieved a stability as one of Lexington’s first adaptive reuse projects.  Following the implementation of the PlaceBuilder criteria, the City of Lexington has placed much greater emphasis on collaboration between property developers, or in our case re-developers, and the neighboring residences.  I have always maintained an open line of communication with Kenwick and Mentelle neighborhoods, but also with individual residents on upcoming projects, challenges and resolution of issues that extend beyond our neighborhoods.

Beginning this year, I’m offering to host a combined Kenwick and Mentelle Neighborhoods Advisory Board.  The purpose of this board is to remain up-to-date on future projects, track incoming businesses, correct issues but to also discuss and hopefully implement design elements that will make our neighborhood better for everyone. The first item we will discuss pertains to altering National Avenue to better accommodate pedestrians while slowing traffic.  But from there, any item would be up for discussion.

The schedule for the Advisory Committee would be quarterly for one hour.  Our first meeting will be held on February 10 at 5:30 at Mirror Twin Brewing.  I’ll have a table near the front overhead door at the 723 National Avenue building (the building on the left.)  I would like to have 3-5 folks from each neighborhood, that would be willing to meet four times per year for about an hour.

If you are interested, please contact your Neighborhood Association president (email Ann Olliges) by midnight, February 3, for availability.  Thank you in advance for your interest, and I hope to see you on the 10th.

Sincerely,

Chad T. Walker

859 227-0774

 

From Council Member Hannah LeGris’ legislative aide, Sally Lambert-Warfield:

On Thursday, January 20, 2022, 5:30 p.m. 0 7 p.m., the design team will host a community meeting to share the Charles Young Park Splash! design as informed by previously gathered community input. Please join us to see the splash pad’s design as we prepare for construction this spring! Please share with others as we hope everyone from the nearby neighborhoods will join us for this exciting presentation.

Below are the link and details to access the Zoom meeting:

Join Zoom Meeting

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Meeting ID: 836 7436 7768

Passcode: 846604

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If anyone has any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you and looking forward to hearing your feedback!