Hamburg Journal - Lexington, KY | April 2024

Lex Grow (More) Trees

Lex Grow Trees is now accepting applications for grant funding. If you are a local business or organization with a passion for improving Lexington’s tree canopy and the capacity for large-scale planting or other tree projects, visit lexgrowtrees.com/apply-for-funds to apply today. The granting cycle closes on April 26, 2024.

Stuck in Traffic?

Residents within Fayette and Jessamine counties are invited to review and offer input on the region’s 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP).

This long-range plan guides the development of regionally significant transportation projects and services and how federal highway and public transportation dollars are to be utilized over the next 25 years.

Residents may view the draft plan and provide feedback at lexarempo.org or by contacting lexareampo@lexingtonky.gov or at 859-258-3160 through April 15.

Pending public comment, the MTP is scheduled for adoption by the MPO Transportation Policy Committee on April 24, 2024.

In March, Lexington celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the merger of our Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government with current and former Mayors, Councilmembers, and friends attending.

Urban Growth Master Plan

The consultant for the Lexington Urban Growth Master Plan is seeking input from organizations and agencies with an interest in the outcome of the project. Any organization wishing to ask questions and provide feedback to the Urban Growth Master Plan team are encouraged to sign up for a time-slot running now through April 11, 2024. Visit Imagine Lexington’s website for more info about Lexington’s Urban Growth Master Plan.

Congratulations to Paul Miller Ford on the groundbreaking for their Ford Pro Elite Commercial Service Center.

Melia Hord accepts NAWBO’s Women Business Owner of the Year award.

Stormwater Grants

Lexington’s Stormwater Quality Projects Incentive Grant Program is now accepting applications for projects that reduce stormwater runoff, improve water quality and educate citizens about water issues in Lexington.

Applications are currently being accepted for all grants. The Water Quality Management Fee funds this program to provide financial assistance for neighborhoods, schools, businesses, nonprofits, and other organizations that pay the Water Quality Management Fee in Fayette County.

Class A Neighborhood Grants are available for Fayette County neighborhood, community, and homeowner associations representing single-family homeowners or farms. Neighborhood grants can fund rain gardens, rain barrels, stream bank restoration, neighborhood workshops and other projects that help improve or manage stormwater through education and infrastructure improvements.

Class B Education Grants are open to schools, churches, nonprofits, and owners and tenants of businesses that do not fall under the Class A Neighborhood Grants. The education grants have been used to fund the development of stormwater-related curricula for schools, outreach campaigns about water quality, workshops for the public and educational rain gardens.

Applications for neighborhood and education grants are due on Friday, May 3, 2024. First-time applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.

Pothole Reporting

With this past winter’s sub-freezing temps, potholes have become a common problem for Lexington drivers. Please report potholes to help the Division of Streets and Roads identify the issues. Include the street and the closest intersections. Call 311 to report.

NEIGHBORHOOD CALENDAR

SAT

APR 13

Shop Hamburg’s Kentucky Pop Up in the Regal Cinema parking lot, 10 am to 3 pm.

SAT APR 13

Join Moving Day Lexington for A Walk for Parkinson’s, 9 am at Henry Clay High School.

MON APR 22

The district-wide meeting for the 6th District, is 6 pm to 7 pm at Bryan Station High School Cafeteria.

APR 22

The deadline to register to vote in the 2024 Spring Primary is Apr 22, 2024 at 4 pm.

Summer Fun for Everyone Enjoy Lexington’s 2024 Summer Camp Guide

Whether your child wants to enjoy academics and arts, or sports and athletics camps, Lexington has what you need. Here is a sampling of summer camp options for kids of all ages throughout the Lexington area.

Bluegrass Youth Ballet

Children ages 4-8 can enjoy a week of art, dance, acting, and music during one of Bluegrass Youth Ballet’s Kids Fun Arts Camps. Classes are 9 am until noon for weekly sessions.

Visit bluegrassyouthballet.org to register.

Camp Carnegie

Camp Carnegie is a series of educational, half-day camps for rising sixth through eighth grade students at the Carnegie Center. Experienced, passionate instructors lead fun, hands-on activities at the Carnegie Center while field trips and visits with community leaders deepen learning experiences. Camps encourage summer learning and teach life skills or introduce campers to fascinating fields that could lead to future careers. Visit carnegiecenterlex.org for more information.

Camp Horsin’ Around

Camp Horsin’ Around enriches the lives of children whose health is compromised or who have special needs by collaborating with organized groups to provide an outdoor camp adventure.

Camp Kesem

Camp Kesem is a child’s friend through and beyond a parent’s cancer. Throughout the school year, the Kesem team raises funds to send children ages 6-18 who are affected by a parent’s cancer to a free weeklong summer camp. This is a student-run organization that welcomes members from all backgrounds.

Camp Kesem holds a special place in HJ’s heart, as our late designer, Kellee Edwards, was fortunate to send her daughter Kate there to make special memories in the summer of 2017.

Kellee wrote at the time, “Kate calls it cancer camp. It’s Camp Kesem for kids whose parents have cancer. After 10,021 hugs and 27 pep talks (some to Kate, some to me), she’s off, and I’m really gonna miss her. We’ve pulled out all the stops. The list said she could bring a musical instrument.

Kate has three: a Mexican drum, a maraca and a recorder. She was allowed to bring a disposable camera. I sent two, plus one for underwater. I sent maze books and stickers and a journal and different colored pens. Thank God the camp prohibits taking snacks. I don’t know how John would’ve carried the minifridge up that hill.”

“But I offer no apologies for my overdone behavior. This could be my life’s equivalent of sending my daughter off to college, so it was a really big deal.

Camp Shalom

Camp Shalom was established in 1968 with the goal of bringing together Jewish kids in central Kentucky for four weeks of fun through an enriching experience. Themed weeks for July 2024 include Nature Week; Mission Impossible; The Arts; and the Olympics.

Cathedral Domain

“The Domain” is located one and a half hours southeast of Lexington, KY. It covers 800 acres in the mountains of Lee County and is adjacent to the Daniel Boone National Forest.

Camp programs include athletics, hiking, caving, arts and crafts, dancing, fishing, rappelling, archery, rock climbing and more.

The Cathedral Domain recognizes that more than 1 in 4 children in Kentucky are living in poverty. The Cathedral Domain does provide scholarships to campers in financial need, and it is their policy that NO camper is turned away due to financial hardship.

The Cathedral Domain is accredited by the American Camp Association. Being an ACA-Accredited® camp means the Cathedral Domain meets up to 300 national standards for health, safety, and program quality.

For many years, expenses have been subsidized by the Cathedral Domain and the Episcopal Diocese of Lexington. Tiered pricing is well below the national average, and the quality of the camper experience remains high. Facilities include a recreational pavilion, playground, activity field, pool, archery range, nature center, rock climbing and repelling stations, hiking, fishing, and much more.

Frederick Douglass Youth Soccer Camp

The Frederick Douglass Youth Soccer Camp in June will be directed by Coach Megan Adkins (girls’ Varsity Coach) and Coach Blake Parker (boys’ Varsity Coach), assisted by their staff, various college athletes, All State High School athletes, and FDHS soccer student athletes.

The 2024 Youth Soccer Camp will feature: State of the Art Facilities, GK Training, Camp T-Shirts, and a Pizza Party on the Final Day of Camp. Early Bird Registration Rates are available on or before April 14, 2024.

La Bonne Vie Cooking

Cooking camps are engaging, educational, hands on, and lots of fun. The La Bonne Vie team will be cooking up a storm with your kiddos, and maybe even sending some tasty treats home for Mom and Dad too.

Lexington Children’s Theatre Summer Camp School

Lexington Children’s Theatre is offering a comprehensive program of Summer Theatre School opportunities for ages 4-18.

The Little Gym

The Little Gym offers summer day camps in three hour sessions, with a new theme every week, right here in our neighborhood!

PARKS AND REC

Lexington Parks & Recreation offers a wide variety of summer camps each year (nearly 20) including: ArtKids Camp; Camp Kearney at Jacobson Park; Castlewood Community Center Camp; Equestrian Camp at Masterson Station Park; Golf and Recreation Camp; Tennis and Swim Camp; and more.

Rugged Research

Rugged Research is a national nature-based outdoor education organization founded by Rocky Mountain Park Rangers designed to spark curiosity about the natural world. Kentucky has diverse ecosystems, which the program uses as a giant learning laboratory to help students fall in love with nature and learn about the impact of their actions on the environment. June’s morning sessions are held at different parks throughout Lexington.

Stepping Stone’s Horse Summer Camp

Each day, kids ages 6 to 12, will learn and experience something new, while learning the valuable responsibilities of taking care of a horse, equine safety, and riding with confidence.

UK STEM CAMP

UK’s STEM Camp is for those who are looking to have positive, hands-on experience with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics content. The curriculum focuses on authentic investigations in real STEM settings with STEM professors and their research topics as well as daily computer programming experience through robotics. No prior STEM, programming experience or love for STEM required.

Walnut Hill Day School

Walnut Hill offers morning camps (9 am to 1 pm), Mondays thru Thursdays, for little campers ages 3 thru 7.

Summer Camp

Permission to Participate in Camp Activities

I understand and certify that my child’s participation in completely voluntary and I have familiarized myself with which my child will be participating. I recognize that certain in the Cathedral Domain’s program including, but not limited repelling, hiking and caving. Although The Cathedral Domain minimize the risk of injury to camp participants, equipment, not be free of hazards, accidents, and/or injuries.

I further recognize and have instructed my child in the importance the camps rules, regulations, and procedures for the safety

Photo Permission

As the parent or guardian of the camper listed on this application, consent for the use of any photography or video that includes I further give my permission and consent that any such Episcopal Diocese of Lexington, The Cathedral Domain, to illustrate and promote the camp experience, and/or The Policy on Rooming Requests

Rooming requests may be considered, but not guaranteed. mate. The request must appear on both campers’ registration grades must be the same. It is our policy to place siblings requested by a parent/guardian.

Cabin mate request

Our camp staff will work diligently and lovingly to make sure who may be feeling “new” or uncomfortable, are welcomed the Domain.

APRIL KIDS’ CALENDAR

APR 1 Fayette County Spring Break (thru Apr 5)

APR 8 Eclipse Activities, around Lexington

APR 12 Swifties Kids Night, Create Studio

APR 17 Dinosaur World Live, EKU

APR 18 Disney on Ice, Rupp Arena

APR 20 Kite Fest, Masterson Station

APR 21 Kids Club Family Day, Keeneland

APR 27 Kid Safe Workshop, Elite Martial Arts, Hamburg

APR 28 Family Farm Day, Kentucky Castle

Kentucky Children’s Hospital (KCH) cut the ribbon on the Pediatric Sleep Center in March, a clinic dedicated to young patients with sleep disorders and underlying health conditions. The current UK HealthCare Sleep Center at Good Samaritan Hospital is used by both adult and pediatric patients. The wait time for a sleep study is eight weeks, and patients under the age of 18 months and patients with complex health needs such as Down syndrome and heart defects cannot be treated. The new clinic can accommodate children of any age with or without complex medical needs.

Frederick Douglass High School hosted ‘Wild About Reading,’ Read Across America in March.

Welcome Baptist Health!

Baptist Health Hamburg’s rolling open is underway at Polo Club Boulevard. The new 300,000+ sq ft campus is expected to be home to more than 300 employees, and the Nicholasville Rd Baptist Health location will remain open.

HEALTH CALENDAR

SAT APR 20

UK Athletics will host the UK5K the morning of Saturday, April 20. The race will begin and end at Kroger Field, and guide participants through various athletic facilities on south campus.

SAT APR 27

Almost 14% of all Kentuckians have diabetes and 34% have prediabetes, making the state the 8th highest in the country for diabetes prevalence.

Learn how to prevent or manage diabetes. Join the Fayette County Diabetes Coalition for a FREE Diabetes Expo 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at 1140 Harry Sykes Way (the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension office). The event will feature more than 25 vendors with cooking demonstrations, Primary Care and Education services, vision screenings, Q&A with experts, free vaccines and much more!

Pre-register 859-257-5582.

What is Moving Day?

With nearly one million Americans and 10 million people worldwide living with Parkinson’s, the Parkinson’s Foundation makes life better for people with Parkinson’s disease by improving care and advancing research toward a cure.

Moving Day, A Walk for Parkinson’s, is an opportunity to join together as a community to honor loved ones, raise awareness, support the life-changing work of the Parkinson’s Foundation and celebrate movement – proven to help manage

Parkinson’s symptoms. The Moving Day experience includes PD-friendly fitness demonstrations, information booths, the We Move Ceremony, and the Moving Day Walk.

Moving Day walks across the country are fighting Parkinson’s.

Every dollar raised supports the Parkinson’s Foundation mission to make life better for people affected by Parkinson’s disease (PD).

Moving Day is more than just a walk. Bring your friends and family to exercise, learn about Parkinson’s resources, take part in the We Move Ceremony, and, of course, enjoy the Moving Day Walk.

APR 15

Trager Institute medical director Dr. Christian Furman, and Chelsea Miceli, program manager, will be participating in the panel discussion ‘How to Make Tough Decisions for Your Loved One’ at Lexington City Church on April 15th at 6:30 p.m. Join them and learn about critical topics such as financial planning, Medicaid/Medicare, veterans benefits, and geriatric care.

Lexington’s Moving Day is scheduled for Saturday April 13, 2024 at 9 am at Henry Clay High School.

APR SENIOR LIVING CALENDAR

SAT APR 13

Join Moving Day: A Walk for Parkinson’s at 9 am at Lexington’s Henry Clay High School.

APR 21

Explore the Trager Institute’s 2024 Optimal Aging Preconference at the historic Brown Hotel in Louisville, KY on April 21. Discover caregiver resiliency, social work ethics, and community health worker impact in three dynamic sessions. Gain insights and earn continuing education credits (pending approval).

Events subject to change, check with each individual venue. Calendar

MON APR 1

Fayette County Schools are on Spring Break, April 1 - April 5, 2024.

FRI APR 5

Keeneland’s 2024 Spring Race Meet opens Friday, April 5, and continues through Friday, April 26. No racing will be held on Mondays or Tuesdays.

MON APR 8

Today is Eclipse Day!

SAT APR 13

Celebrate the 25th anniversary of Reforest the Bluegrass on Saturday April 23. Coldstream Park has gone through a lot of changes since the first Reforest. The Legacy Trail and a dog park have made Coldstream a popular destination, and a major stream restoration project and the wet weather storage tank have helped protect the Cane Run watershed. Help keep the momentum going.

Since 1999, more than 17,500 volunteers have planted over 200,000 native tree seedlings. Volunteers will receive free lunch, treeplanting training and a t-shirt (first come, first served). All ages are welcome. 9 am to 1 pm, Coldstream Park.

SUN APR 14

Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn, “the king and queen of the banjo” (Paste Magazine), have a musical partnership like no other. Béla Fleck is a sixteen-time Grammy Award-winner who has taken the instrument across multiple genres, and Abigail Washburn a singer-songwriter and clawhammer banjo player who re-radicalized it by combining it with Far East culture and sounds. The two met at a square dance, began collaborating musically and eventually fell in love. Over the years, they played together most visibly in the Sparrow Quartet alongside Ben Sollee and Casey Driessen and informally, occasionally popping up in each other’s solo shows. They will perform at Lexington Opera House, 8 pm.

SAT APR 20

Kite Fest is an exciting event celebrating kites and all things aerial. Activities will include kite flying, children’s games, inflatables, and more. Kites will be available for purchase onsite. Noon to 4 pm, Masterson Station.

MON APR 22

The 2024 Primary Election is May 21, 2024. The registration deadline for the 2024 Primary Election is April 22, 2024 4 pm local time. If you were not registered on or before this date, you are not eligible to request an absentee ballot or vote in person during the Election.

MON APR 22

Happy Earth Day!

Kick off Earth Day by learning how to identify trees and enjoy a walk on the mowed meadow paths at Hisle Farm Park. Please dress for the weather and BYO water and snacks.. Registration recommended. 9 am to 10 am.

Wind down Earth Day at Raven Run Nature Sanctuary. Take a walk through the nighttime park to listen to nocturnal wildlife and experience the annual Lyrid meteor shower. Dress appropriately for the walk and weather. Registration is required. 7:30 pm to 9 pm.

Events subject to change, check with each individual venue.

THU APR 25

The Lexington Legends return for Opening Day at the ballpark, Thursday April 25, 2024.

Lexington Locals, remember your school trip to this historic gem? It’s time to return and uncover new experiences! Explore the mansion of Henry Clay himself. Immerse in rich history and interactive exhibits. Discover the intriguing stories of those who lived and worked there. Don’t let memories fade –create new ones. Book your visit now!

HenryClay.org

FRI APR 26

Billy Strings drops into Rupp Arena for a twonight stand on April 26 and April 27.

SAT APR 27

Pete Davidson (SNL regular from 2014-2022), is scheduled to perform a two-set evening on Saturday Apr 27.

SUN APR 28

The Kentucky Three-Day Event wraps up today at the Kentucky Horse Park.

COMING SOON

MAY 10 Nate Bargatze, Rupp Arena

MAY 11 MayFest, Gratz Park

JUN 15 Tim McGraw, Rupp Arena

Rediscover Ashland, the Henry Clay Estate

Garden Spot

BY KEVIN NANCE

The garden at Second and Upper is just the latest (and one of the smallest) projects for designer Jon Carloftis, whose award-winning work is extensively documented in a recently published coffee-table book, Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens, featuring photography by Abby Laub.

At a hefty 316 pages, the hardcover book features 24 private and public gardens by Carloftis, beginning with his childhood home at what is now the River House at Rockcastle River Trading Company and ending with his current home, historic Botherum in Woodward Heights..

In between, featured gardens include those at Dudley’s restaurant; Castle & Key Distillery; the Maker’s Mark Distillery; the Apiary; and several horse farms, including Cathy and Bob Roberts’ Golden Oak Farm; and Linda and Jerry Bruckheimer’s Walnut Grove Farm.

Each project portfolio includes “before” photos followed by images of the transformed spaces, each of which Carloftis says he approached without preconceived notions or anything resembling a design signature. “Some people use the same stamp over and over again,” he says. “I come into each project knowing nothing. I look at the land, I listen to the people, find out what they want, and they all want something different. Linda [Bruckheimer], for example, wanted it to look like Kentucky. She lives in Hollywood, so she doesn’t need flower-flower-flowerflower, like it’s Beverly Hills.”

Laub, of Lexington, said the photography was done over two years of trips to the gardens with Carloftis and his dogs in tow. She was struck by his creativity — “he would find some random old antique and turn it into a container,” she says — and the sense of mystery in the gardens, almost all of which contain a path, walkway or tunnel through trees or shrubs. “It’s always intriguing,” she says. “You can get lost in there.”

“ I look at the land, I listen to the people, find out what they want, and they all want something different.”

— Jon Carloftis

FOOD

FOOD & DRINK CALENDAR

FRI APR 12

Join Harkness Edwards Vineyards for an evening of learning Focaccia bread art and wine. Use delicious ingredients to make the perfect masterpiece. Learn step by step skills for creating edible artwork. Then take your artwork home to bake and show off your masterpiece just in time for dinner! 5:30 pm.

SUN APR 14

Visit Void Sake for a beginner sushi class. Learn to make sushi rice, the sauces you love (from eel sauce to BangBang), where to shop/what to buy and how to safely serve raw fish at home.

The chef will prepare a snack for you on arrival and you’ll make a sushi roll yourself toward the end of class. 2 pm to 4 pm.

FRI APR 19

Celebrate Lexington Vegan Week happening Friday, April 19 to Sunday, April 28 throughout Fayette County featuring your favorite eateries.

Athens Lunchroom’s baker Nancy, takes her oven mitts off and puts her garden gloves on to start this year’s kitchen garden. Herbs, veggies & flowers are on the way.

APRIL HOME AND GARDEN CALENDAR

SUN APR 7

The Central Kentucky Home + Garden Show returns to Central Bank Center, in Lexington, Kentucky, from April 5-7, 2024. Enjoy three days of home improvement inspiration.

SAT APR 13

The City of Lexington, along with the Bluegrass Regional Transfer Station, is offering Fayette County residents a free trash disposal day for non-hazardous household waste. Fayette County residents can dispose of up to one pickup truck load of non-hazardous household waste at this event. Residents can also bring items in a car or SUV. Items normally serviced through the city’s curbside collection program will be accepted without charge. 6 AM to 1 pm at 1505 Old Frankfort Pike.

SAT APR 27

Lexington hosts free paper shred events twice a year, once in the spring and again in the fall. Fayette County residents may bring up to five boxes or bags of material to be shredded at no cost.

This event allows Lexington residents to safely dispose of their sensitive materials in an environmentally-friendly way. Shred-it, a division of Stericycle, securely destroys documents on-site with their fleet of mobile shredding trucks. The material collected is recycled into low-grade paper products.

Saturday, April 27, 2024, 9 AM to 2 PM, 1631 Old Frankfort Pike. Participants should enter via Jimmie Campbell Dr.

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