Bi-Weekly Update-5/23/01

Look for our next eMain Neighborhood update on June 6, 2001.

 

eMAIN TEAM MEETING AND REPORTS

The May 16 meeting was cancelled. Our next report will cover topics discussed in our May 30, 2001, eMain team meeting.

 

Related Local News

 

$9 million, 650-space garage gets approval

The Parking Authority of River City's board has approved building a 650-space garage costing up to $9 million on the southeast corner of First and Main streets. Construction could begin this summer and be completed by fall 2002.

http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2001/05/11/ke051101s22026.htm

 

Developers plan 4-acre fun site Waterfront play area to expand
Waterfront Park’s one-acre  playground has been so popular that some of its equipment has had to be replaced because of heavy use. The Waterfront Development Corp. hopes to build on that success with a new $2 million, four-acre Adventure Playground that will be a centerpiece of the first leg of the planned Waterfront Park expansion.

http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2001/05/09/ke050901s21284.htm

 

Main Street revitalization project shifts east

The city has turned its attention east, with an $800,000 project to plant trees, install new sidewalks, "street furniture" and curbing from Second to Sixth streets. As a result of the work, the word is getting out that Main Street is visitor-friendly.

http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2001/05/06/ky_main.html

 

Industry Related News

 

Stonestreet One an early player in new technology

A relatively new Louisville company has been making news lately by forging alliances with some large players in a new technology field. Stonestreet One Inc. has jumped into Bluetooth development and won contracts with Ericsson Microelectronics and Philips Semiconductor, as well as a Japanese electronics firm, Taiyo Yuden USA.

http://louisville.bcentral.com/louisville/stories/2001/05/14/story3.html

 

Internet service providers fear bill

Executives of two Louisville Internet service providers say a bill being debated in Congress could strike a fatal blow to most companies in their industry. The internet freedom and broadband deployment bill could spell the end of small- and mid-sized local and regional ISPs in two to five years.

http://www.courier-journal.com/business/news2001/05/06/biz_isp.html

 

While bloom is off the Web, opportunities still exist

Before last year's dom-com disaster, small business owners were told the Internet was the place to be. Now the Web doesn't look so attractive, but there are still opportunities. One approach is to search for an untapped market.

http://www.courier-journal.com/business/news2001/05/14/bu051401s23004.htm

 

Neighborhood Entertainment

 

Slugger Field

May/June	Game Riverbats vs.	Time
Thursday, May 24	Syracuse	7:15
Friday, May 25	Syracuse	7:15
Saturday, May 26	Syracuse	6:15
Sunday, May 27	Syracuse	7:15
Monday, May 28	Charlotte	1:15
Tuesday, May 29	Charlotte	7:15
Wednesday, May 30	Charlotte	7:15
Thursday, May 31	Charlotte	7:15
June
Saturday, June 9	Durham	6:15
Sunday, June 10	Durham	1:15
Monday, June 11	Durham	7:15
Tuesday, June 12	Durham	12:15
Thursday, June 14	Buffalo	7:15

http://www.batsbaseball.com/

 

Swanson Cralle

Call 589-5466 for more information.

 

Stevie Ray's Blues Bar Calendar of Events for May

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
20 Levon Helm & the Barn Burners featuring Bobby Keyes Doors open at 6:30 PM Showtime 8:00 PM $20	21 TBA 9:00 - 11:30 PM No Cover	22 Blues Jam 9:00 - 11:30 PM No Cover	23 Hi-Tone Records Recording Artist James Armstrong 9:00 PM	24 Planet Blues 9:30 PM	25 The Blues Drifters 7:30  PM The Beat Daddys 10:30 PM	26 The Blues Drifters 7:30 PM The Beat Daddys 10:30 PM
27 closed	28 River Bats 1:15 PM Live Blues After the Game Blue Swing Shooz 3:30 - 6:00 PM No Cover 21 and Over	29 Blues Jam 9:00 - 11:30 PM No Cover	30 Blue Swing Shooz 9:00 PM	31 Ron Harris & The Knott Brothers 9:30 PM

http://www.stevieraysbluesbar.com/