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RELATED LOCAL NEWS

The joys and challenges of living downtown
People are going downtown after 5 p.m. with the opening of restaurants, bars and shops. Art galleries have also opened on Main and Market streets. Slugger Field is attracting families who once rarely ventured downtown. The Extreme Park is pulling in suburban teen-agers. And most important, people are starting to move back downtown. With over $1 billion in investments occurring or planned in the near future, downtown is on the right path.
http://www.courierjournal.com/localnews/2002/08/25/ke082502s264504.htm

Price is cut on land for Waterfront Park
Plans for Waterfront Park's expansion got a boost yesterday with news that a key, 3.5 acre shoreline parcel dotted with steel tanks soon will be in the hands of waterfront officials. The tract off River Road, just upriver from the Kennedy Bridge, is in the target area for Waterfront Park's third phase. Plans call for groves of trees, meadows, walking paths, picnic areas and a large mound leading up to the Big Four Bridge, which is envisioned as a walkway across the Ohio River. The expansion ''will certainly make (the park) one of the most extraordinarily attractive gateways to any city in the country,'' Gov. Paul Patton said at a news conference at the site. Mayor Dave Armstrong said months-long negotiations for the land ended recently with the surprise decision by Marathon Ashland Petroleum to cut the land's price by $250,000, as a donation to the nonprofit Waterfront Development Corp.
http://www.courierjournal.com/localnews/2002/09/10/ke091002s273761.htm

More financing for condo tower being lined up
With work at least 18 months behind the initial schedule, developers of Waterfront Park Place on the downtown riverfront say they have lined up financing to allow construction on the luxury condominium tower to proceed at a faster pace. The project's cost, once estimated at $34.5 million, has crept up to $42 million, and its opening has been moved back to early 2004 from spring 2002. Managing partner Jim Walters, an architect, said his development-investment group has received a tentative commitment for a $23.8 million loan from Compass Bank of Birmingham, Ala.
http://www.courierjournal.com/localnews/2002/09/03/ke090302s269441.htm

Event will generate money for Extreme Park
Louisville's Extreme Park will receive an estimated $10,000 from proceeds from the 2002 Bud Light LRSFest at Waterfront Park on Sept. 29, radio station WLRS-105.1 and Mayor Dave Armstrong announced on August 16. Armstrong said the money will start a fund he hopes eventually will be sufficient to finance the second phase of the park at Clay and Witherspoon streets for skaters and bicyclists. The second phase, which is to include indoor skating facilities, restrooms and a concession stand, was shelved in June when the Board of Aldermen killed Armstrong's proposed $2 million funding for it. Armstrong has pledged to find the money elsewhere.
http://www.courierjournal.com/localnews/2002/08/17/ke081702s259824.htm

The future of the Extreme Park
If Mayor Dave Armstrong fails in his pledge to secure $2 million in private funding for the second phase of the city's Extreme Park, it likely will never be built. That's because 32 of the 57 candidates for the new metro government surveyed about the park say they are opposed to spending any more public money on it.

http://www.courierjournal.com/localnews/2002/08/06/ke080602s253530.htm

Aldermen vote to require helmets
Adults and children would be required to don helmets if they want to glide and grind along the bowls, banks and pipes at Louisville's Extreme Park, under an ordinance passed by the Board of Aldermen. The ordinance, approved unanimously, also requires those under 18 to wear helmets when riding skateboards, in-line skates and non-motorized scooters anywhere in the city. Bikers under 18 would have to wear helmets when riding in city parks.




http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2002/09/11/ke091102s274455.htm

Glassworks plans new phase
Developers of the Glassworks plan to open a health club, deli and farm-produce store in a former Goodwill Industries building at Eighth and Market streets. The project will continue the momentum of new development along the western edge of downtown and will ''offer fresh produce and a chance to be healthy'' for residents of the Glassworks and also for downtown workers. The project is another phase of the redevelopment of what's called the Glassworks neighborhood along Market between Eighth and Ninth streets. The development partnership completed the initial $12 million Glassworks project last fall. The Glassworks contains 36 apartments, 50,000 square feet of office space and 30,000 square feet of art studios and retail space.





http://www.courier-journal.com/business/news2002/08/21/bu082102s261808.htm

Bittners to close East End store, focus on downtown
Bittners will close its retail and bridal registry store on Brownsboro Road next month to concentrate on its interior design and custom furniture business in downtown Louisville. As part of the consolidation, Bittners will redesign its downtown Louisville location on East Main Street between Clay and Shelby streets with a new facade and reconfigured showrooms, a garden area and a coffee bar.



http://www.courier-journal.com/business/news2002/08/23/bu082302s263158.htm

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INDUSTRY RELATED NEWS

KSEF offering seed funds for tech companies seeking federal dollars
The Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation is accepting applications for grants of up to $4,000 to small and medium-sized businesses applying for federal funds through Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer phase one programs. The KSEF program, called Phase 0, is intended to provide "critical funds for the demonstration and development of high-risk, innovative business ideas and concepts," according to a news release. The goal of the initiative is to help new and existing businesses to compete for the federal funds and to grow successful technology-driven Kentucky companies. For more information on the seed funds, including an application, visit http://www.ksef.kstc.com or call (859) 255-3613, Ext. 230.

http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2002/08/19/daily29.html?f=et66

A technology firm and a biomedical firm receive approval for KEDFA funds
A technology firm plans to expand its facilities and a biomedical firm plans to open an office in Louisville. The expansions will create up to 40 jobs in Louisville. Kinetic Corp., a communications company specializing in software development, marketing, sales and Web hosting for clients, plans to expand its facility at Distillery Commons. The expansion will add 6,000 square feet to an existing building, add 15 new jobs with an average salary of $54,000 and will help Kinetic roll out its new product, Kbam!. Medeqco Medical Technologies LLC, a startup medical device sales company, plans to open a Louisville office. The German operation makes a product that keeps patients warm during surgery, and Medeqco will use its new Louisville facility to bring this system to the United States. Medeqco will invest $467,000 in its leased office space at MedCenter One in the Louisville Medical Center and add 25 new jobs with an average salary of $40,000.

http://louisville.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2002/08/26/daily36.html

SBC, Yahoo launching broadband service
SBC Communications Inc. and Yahoo Inc. have begun offering their co-branded high-speed Internet service to small-business and residential customers. The digital subscriber line, or DSL, service is offered to new customers in the 13 states where San Antonio, Texas-based SBC operates. The new service offers a selection of speeds to accommodate the different needs of residential and business customers.

http://louisville.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2002/09/09/daily40.html

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NEIGHBORHOOD ENTERTAINMENT

Slugger Field
http://www.batsbaseball.com/  

Swanson Cralle Gallery
Call 589-5466 for more information

Stevie Ray's Blues Bar
http://www.stevieraysbluesbar.com/

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