A Mini-Post about Mini-Grants for Walkable Communities in Kentucky

I was pleased to learn this morning of a funding opportunity, albeit small, through the Kentucky Department for Public Health. Ten Kentucky cities will receive $2,000. According to the press release: We move more when we have inviting places to be active. But there are still neighborhoods where personal safety is [...]

By | 2017-12-26T00:41:12+00:00 September 1st, 2016|Bikeable/Walkable|1 Comment

Bikeable Walkable Progress

Many forward thinking city leaders deserve credit for the trail progress thus far (and make no mistake, Greenway is an outstanding facility), including Mayor Kaler and City Commissioners Rhodes, Abraham, Wilson, and Gault, leadership past and present from the city planning office including Director Steve Ervin with excellent support from City Grants Administrator, Sheryl Chino, as well as Parks Director Mark Thompson and many others.

By | 2017-12-26T00:41:13+00:00 August 31st, 2016|Bikeable/Walkable|2 Comments

Paducah Power – Rate Protection Ordinance Part II: The Legalese

This post follows on the first installment which should be read prior. Here I include back-up information and the KRS Statutes on which my strategy regarding Paducah Power is based. Some Legislative History (Exciting and Riveting Stuff) If organization structure is or was part of the problem, (and to be very clear - [...]

By | 2017-12-26T00:41:13+00:00 August 25th, 2016|Paducah Power|1 Comment

Bikeable Walkable Paducah – FAST Act Cash Goes Fast

Beginning in 2016, the federal government implemented a new program which is entitled “Fixing America’s Surface Transportation” or the FAST Act for short. The FAST Act has set aside $835 million dollars per year over the next five years for the purpose of funding “a variety of smaller scale transportation projects [...]

By | 2017-12-26T00:41:13+00:00 August 23rd, 2016|Bikeable/Walkable|4 Comments

Bike Camp

Last week, I was pleased to meet with participants from the Bike World's Bike Camp at the law office of Boehl Stopher and Graves. We discussed a future "bikeable walkable" Paducah along with some career planning thoughts.  Over the week, these future leaders rode over 75 miles visiting various places in Paducah, Kentucky.  Bike [...]

By | 2016-09-03T20:05:23+00:00 July 18th, 2016|Bikeable/Walkable|Comments Off on Bike Camp