Louisville’s recently proposed entertainment district has been put on hold for now.The reason? The mayor says the city needs to focus on improving safety first.The proposal was announced just last month, set to include most of the heart of the downtown, from central business district headed east to NuLu.It was a collaboration between Louisville Downtown Partnership and Metro Cabinet for Economic Development.More on the proposal in the player below.This initiative would allow visitors to drink alcohol in designated cups while strolling through designated areas.Mayor Craig Greenberg said Tuesday during his weekly news conference that the project needs to be paused.He said they want to make sure there are enough Louisville Metro Police and Alcoholic Beverage Control officers to support the district.”We have pushed pause on that for right now,” said Greenberg when asked about the district. “Given some of the what we have been dealing with, we want to make sure that we have enough, that we have enough manpower to ensure that when we do create that, that safety is paramount and that there are enough officers in the evening, ABC and LMPD to support any type of an entertainment district in the formalized form that we were talking about doing.” While he did not specifically say what they’ve been dealing with, there have been problems two weekends in a row with “street takeovers” in the NuLu area. A day prior to this announcement, the NuLu Business Association sent a statement to WLKY saying it has has expressed concern over the situation, urging the city for more support.While the district plans have been paused, they also still need to be approved. The proposal would require Metro Council to pass a local ordinance, and a license would need to be secured from the state Alcoholic Beverage Control. A form is open online where you can share your thoughts and comments on the district. The form will be open to the public for about one more week.
Louisville’s recently proposed entertainment district has been put on hold for now.
The reason? The mayor says the city needs to focus on improving safety first.
The proposal was announced just last month, set to include most of the heart of the downtown, from central business district headed east to NuLu.
It was a collaboration between Louisville Downtown Partnership and Metro Cabinet for Economic Development.
More on the proposal in the player below.
This initiative would allow visitors to drink alcohol in designated cups while strolling through designated areas.
Mayor Craig Greenberg said Tuesday during his weekly news conference that the project needs to be paused.
He said they want to make sure there are enough Louisville Metro Police and Alcoholic Beverage Control officers to support the district.
“We have pushed pause on that for right now,” said Greenberg when asked about the district. “Given some of the what we have been dealing with, we want to make sure that we have enough, that we have enough manpower to ensure that when we do create that, that safety is paramount and that there are enough officers in the evening, ABC and LMPD to support any type of an entertainment district in the formalized form that we were talking about doing.”
While he did not specifically say what they’ve been dealing with, there have been problems two weekends in a row with “street takeovers” in the NuLu area.
A day prior to this announcement, the NuLu Business Association sent a statement to WLKY saying it has has expressed concern over the situation, urging the city for more support.
While the district plans have been paused, they also still need to be approved. The proposal would require Metro Council to pass a local ordinance, and a license would need to be secured from the state Alcoholic Beverage Control.
A form is open online where you can share your thoughts and comments on the district. The form will be open to the public for about one more week.
