Our quarterly meeting is tomorrow night! The doors will open at 6 for a veggie soup dinner with salad and sandwiches provided by the SFNA Board Members. We do ask for a small donation for the dinner that will be deposited into our scholarship fund. Last year, we started this social hour as an opportunity to chat with our neighbors and as a fundraiser for various projects SFNA is involved with. Our meeting will begin at 7 p.m. and after a few committee reports, we will hear from Joy Jeffries from the Frankfort Tourist Commission to speak on the status of Riverfront Development and we will also hear from the Kentucky Heritage Council on a tax credit opportunity available to historic property owners that are interested in doing some rehabilitation projects on their property.
Speaking of the scholarship fund…we have distributed the application packet to the Frankfort Independent School system and are requesting that all applications be returned by Friday, November 16. If you have or know of a student graduating from FIS between now and May 2013, then ask them to pick up a copy of the packet or print out the attachment. The scholarship was created in Randy Bacon’s memory and additional information about Randy is in the packet.
Shew, Frankfort has been a busy little town and I have not been able to get notice to you guys about everything that has been happening. I hope some of you were able to participate in some of the activities of late, but here is an attempt to provide you with notification of future events happening around town.
A side note, I have heard that the Louisville Hill sewer/storm drain project is coming along nicely. They are in the third week and it is expected to last no more than 10 weeks.
Upcoming Dates of Interest
Thursday, 10/25 – SFNA Quarterly meeting at Investors Heritage Auditorium on the corner of West 2nd and Shelby. Doors open at 6 for social hour and meeting at 7.
Friday, 10/26-27 – South Frankfort Presbyterian Church’s annual bazaar from 9a-3p each day
Friday, 10/26 – Black Cat Chase at 7 p.m. There will be many downtown streets closed before the race and in South Frankfort, Capital Avenue will be closed.
Saturday, 10/27 – Pumkinfest from 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. on St. Clair. Come out for music, trolley rides, face painting, balloon animals, food and more. Info: https://www.facebook.com/pumpkinfestinfrankfort
Wednesday, 10/31- Halloween! Trick or Treat times will be announced at the meeting on Thursday night. Please leave your porch light on if you want to invite the goblins, ghosts, and witches to your doorstep.
Sunday, November 4 – Join Frankfort’s Audubon Society for a tree planting party at Juniper Hills from 1:30-5 at the arboretum. See attached flyer for additional information.
Tuesday, November 6 – Election Day! Get out and vote – polls open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Thursday, November 8-10 – Candlelight Tour! Go visit your favorite downtown businesses to kick off the holiday season! Interested in volunteering to help make this year’s Candlelight even better? Contact us at info@downtownfrankfort.com
Friday, November 9 – OK for CASA Chili Lunch from 11a-1:30p at the VFW on Second Street. Info: 875-0702 or http://www.franklin-andersoncountycasa.org/
Saturday, November 10 – Annual Kentucky Book Fair at the Civic Center
Saturday, November 10 – GoFrankfort’s dodgeball tournament at the First United Methodist Church
Sunday, November 11 – Preliminary round for the Crowned Prince and Princess Charm Pageant at the Capital Plaza Hotel at 12. For additional information go to their website www.distinct-impressions.net. The registration deadline is Halloween.
Saturday, November 17 – GoFrankfort’s volunteer day with the volunteer festivities based at the South Frankfort Presbyterian Church
Thursday, November 22 – Turkey Day!
Saturday, December 8 – Jaycee’s Annual Christmas Parade thru Downtown Frankfort at 11 a.m.
Please be sure to check out the SFNA website at www.southfrankfort.org or the Facebook page. If you would like additional information, wish to add someone to our e-mail distribution list or remove your name, then please send an e-mail. The SFNA Facebook page has about 200 followers and the e-mail distribution list is around 200. We are working on a goal of increasing both of these numbers…would 500 people on each be too much to request? Will you help make this happen? Also, attached is our membership application – we try to keep our annual expenses down, but we do encounter some printing and supply costs.
Thank you guys so much for all that you do! I hope to see you on Thursday at our meeting and around this wonderful city of ours!
Katie and the rest of your SFNA Board