SFNA email news, March 2015
Hello Friends and Neighbors,
We have lots of news and information for you, Spring is packed with community activities!
The next South Frankfort Neighborhood Association quarterly meeting will be held April 23rd at 6:00 p.m. at the South Frankfort Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. Please use the Third Street entrance. We will have a supper and social hour ($5 donation recommended for our Randy Bacon Scholarship fund), then begin the business portion of our meeting at 7:00 p.m. We expect the meeting to run for approximately one hour.
Besides our regular Board and committee updates, our guest speaker will be Gary Mueller, Planning Director for the City of Frankfort. Mr. Mueller will be on hand to discuss proposed changes in requirements and boundaries of the downtown historic districts.
Also making a brief presentation will be Eric Whisman from the Franklin County Trust for Historic Preservation.
All South Frankfort residents are invited to attend this meeting, and are encouraged to join our organization! Dues are only $12 per household per year.
The 2015 recipients of our annual Randy Bacon Scholarship have been chosen and will be announced soon! Our scholarships are awarded annually to one or more Frankfort High Senior who lives in South Frankfort.
To continue supporting our neighborhood students, we will host a SFNA Scholarship fundraiser at Casa Fiesta on May 28. We will have more details at the quarterly meeting, but mark your calendars now for this festive event!
Everyone using an FPB email address needs to be aware of the coming changes, see: FPB email change – http://fpb.cc/email
Envision Franklin County meeting – 6pm, Tues 31 March 2015, Community Room at the Library
ReForest Frankfort is coming up April 4th, see attached document for the full schedule of activities.
Preservation Trades Fair: Saturday, April 11, 2015 at 211 East Muir Avenue, Bardstown KY. See the flyer for more details
April 20 to 25th is the annual City & County Spring Clean week with lots of opportunities to drop off scrap metal, free access to Benson Valley landfill, and toxic material drop-off. See the attached PDF flyer for more details.
Earth day activities at Salato: April 25th – http://app.fw.ky.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?ID=48314
Although we are in town, we are not immune to invasive species in our yards and gardens. Learn more here (http://forestry.ky.gov/foresthealth/Pages/InvasivePlantThreats.aspx). In particular our irreplaceable mature trees are under threat from ivy and winter creeper. It is particularly important to remove winter creeper from trees to slow its spread — start by cutting the vines at the base of the tree. (http://www2.ca.uky.edu/forestryextension/KWM/Winter%20creeper.pdf) Contact the Extension Office for more information.
Opening Day, Franklin Co. Farmer’s Market Saturday April 25, 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM Riverview Park, 404 Wilkinson Blvd, Frankfort Come join us for the opening day of the Franklin Co. Farmer’s Market. Vendors will be there with local vegetables, fruit, eggs, meat, bread, honey, and more.
Katie has put together a nice calendar of upcoming events for us. You can read and download it here.
Please let us know if you have information to share. We look forward to seeing you soon.
Sincerely,
Scott Tippett and the SFNA Board
