Mentelle Neighborhood Association

The Fayette County Conservation District has a backyard conservation program that provides Lexington residents a cost-share of up to $200 back for conservation efforts at home

If residents are planting a vegetable garden, planting a pollinator garden, installing a bat house, beehive, raingarden, rain barrels or compost bin — all of those things are eligible to be 50 percent reimbursed, up to $200 back.

Here’s what you have to do: Apply, wait for your approval, complete your projects within 60 days and submit photos and receipts. Click here for more info.

Please join us for our annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 3, at 10 a.m. on the Mentelle Park medians near Cramer Avenue. The egg hunts — one for little kids up to age 4 and one for bigger kids between ages 5 – 10 — begin at 10 a.m. Bigger kids will hunt on the median closest to Cramer and the little ones will hunt on the second median.

Masking for everyone over the age of 2 and physical distancing from those adults not in your household is required to ensure the safety of all participants. Thank you for doing your part to protect your neighbors! And while we would normally serve light refreshments at this event, this year we think it is best if everyone brings their own breakfast beverage with them.

Donations of eggs are gladly accepted! If you would like to contribute to the event, please bring plastic eggs (preferably filled with a piece of wrapped candy) in a bag to the porch of 29 Mentelle Park no later than Friday, April 2. We would love to have at least 400 eggs to make this a truly fun and special event for the children of the neighborhood.

We hope to see all Mentelle Neighborhood residents there!

Here is an update on the Town Branch Commons project on our end of town from Brandi Peacher, project management director in the mayor’s office, and Third District Council Member Hannah LeGris:

• Construction activities for Town Branch Commons will begin on Midland Avenue starting March 24.
• Traffic will be impacted along Midland Avenue starting the week of March 29.
• One lane inbound and two lanes outbound will be in place at all times following restriping.
• During peak morning rush, two lanes will be opened on Midland.
• Left turns onto Midland Avenue from Winchester Road will be reduced to one left turn lane.
• Lewis Street will be closed at Midland starting in April.
• Lewis Street at Midland will temporarily be closed through July. No thru traffic will be permitted, but local traffic and construction traffic requiring access on Lewis Street will be accommodated.
• Other cross streets may temporarily close during construction, but coordination with adjacent businesses will occur in advance.
• To stay up to date on construction activities, sign-up for project and construction text alerts by texting TBCommons to 888777.  Visit the project website at  www.lexingtonky.gov/townbranchcommons. Follow LexWrecks on twitter for traffic alerts related to construction. For more information contact townbranch@lexingtonky.gov

April 1 is the deadline to apply for the city’s cost-share tree planting program.  The voluntary program assists homeowners with street tree removal and replacement. Street trees grow in the public right-of-way between street and sidewalk; property owners are responsible for their care.
Homeowners can receive matching funds for tree removal, stump grinding and new tree installation. The work must be completed by May 31. Click here for an application and program guidelines.

The regular monthly meeting of the Mentelle Neighborhood Association board of directors will be Wednesday, March 17, at 7 p.m., via Zoom.  Any MNA member is welcome to attend.  If you would like to attend, please email Tom Eblen beforehand for the link.

 

 

The Spring newsletter from LFUCG Waste Management has just been delivered to your mailbox with three free leaf bag coupons.  If you don’t plan to redeem all of those, could you please fill out your name and address and drop them through the mail slot at 52 Mentelle Park?  Second Presbyterian Church uses those to transport 120 BackPack Buddies bags — a program through God’s Pantry that provides weekend meals and snacks for needy children — to Cardinal Valley Elementary School each week during the school year. Thanks!

 

The Mentelle Neighborhood Association board has approved formation of a new committee to evaluate the neighborhood’s traffic issues and parking needs.  If you are interested in being a part of this committee, contact Ann Olliges, committee chair and MNA president, at annolliges@gmail.com

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Thanks to everyone who came out for the Mentelle neighborhood Mardi Gras parade this afternoon, and to organizers Kim Naujokas and Selma Owens, who suggested the idea. Special thanks to Tim Francis and Cheryl Irwin for leading the parade with their rolling couch. They really set the tone for a great afternoon!

 

 

The Mentelle neighborhood Mardi Gras parade begins at 3 p.m.! If you want to be in the parade, please be in position on Mentelle Park by 2:45 p.m. If you want to watch, gather in a socially distanced way along the sidewalks or median at 3 p.m., wearing your best Mardi Gras attire (and a face mask).  Click here for all the details.