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Environment protections urged as part of LFUCG contracts
POSTED: 17 Jun 2008 at 10:45am
In light of the recently approved settlement agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency, Lexington should consider adding environmental standards to the contracts it issues, Van Meter Pettit told the Urban County Council on Thursday. Pettit is president of Town Branch Trail Inc., which wa...

Greenways and Greenbacks in North Carolina
POSTED: 30 Apr 2008 at 5:13pm
Greenways and Greenbacks: The Impact of the Catawba Regional Trail on Property Values in Charlotte, North Carolina by HARRISON S. CAMPBELL, JR. University of North Carolina at Charlotte DARLA K. MUNROE Ohio State University Abstract Planners and policy makers are increasingly aware that local a...

Downtown vitality sapped by closed decision-making
POSTED: 30 Apr 2008 at 5:06pm
By Van Meter Pettit Downtown Lexington is in the midst of a major comeback by just about any measure you can make. We have produced more new housing downtown in the last few years than in many preceding decades. The Lexington Center-Rupp Arena Complex has been dramatically improved. The fine buil...

Homebuyers Want Trails
POSTED: 12 Apr 2008 at 4:41pm
In a survey conducted by the National Association of Home Builders in 2002, homebuyers were asked to rank their preferences in buying a house. When asked about the importance of 18 community amenities, the highest ranking features were (with percent ranking as important or very important): highwa...

A Brief History of DISTILLERIES along Town Branch
POSTED: 2 Apr 2008 at 3:29pm
Distilling was a significant Lexington industry in the 19th century and continued to impact Lexington into the 20th century. In the Old Frankfort Pike area, distilleries operated at three different sites. The Pepper Distillery may be the one to focus on because one of its owners, James E. Peppe...

Early Model Steamboat Tested on the Town Fork of Elkhorn Creek, Lexington, Ke...
POSTED: 9 Mar 2008 at 3:45pm
In 1793, Edward West, a craftsman and inventor, successfully demonstrated a model steamboat on Town Fork before a large crowd. The Town Fork was dammed up near the Lexington and Frankfort freight depot to allow for the demonstration. It was reported that the boat swiftly moved through the water...