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We're Brick House neighbors and we take pride in looking after the neighborhood. We participate in neighborhood clean-ups and do neighborhood outreach to see what the needs and resources of the Old Louisville neighborhood are.
(Actually, this is just wishful thinking so far. We need to get the Old Louisvillers amongst us working together on this. Does this mean you?)
If you live in or near Old Louisville and want to become part of the Old Louisville community, please join this group.
Second Street Neighborhood Association
Being an active and supportive member of the Second Street Neighborhood Association is a great way to support our local neighborhood.
The SSNA meets on the 4th Sunday (most months), usually at the Kling Senior Center, 219 W. Ormsby Avenue (between 2nd and 3rd Sts.).
Check out our archive of SSNA newsletters.
2010 Calendar
2010 Officers
Requiem for Engine Company 7!
Mayor Abramson closed our historic local firehouse today (Sunday Jan. 11)
The Mayor has permanently closed our local firehouse this Saturday!
- This was the oldest continuously operated firehouse in the U.S.!!
- It was our closest firehouse. Closing it will increase fire response time for the Brick House and all our neighbors.
- It served Old Louisville, which has the largest collection of Victorian homes in the U.S.
- It served the more densely populated (but less affluent) northern end of Old Louisville, with many seniors and many high rise buildings.
- Doing this makes our neighborhood less sustainable and self-sufficient. We need more neighborhood institutions, not fewer!
(An injunction has been filed but won't be heard until Monday morning. Our firefighters volunteered to maintain service until then without compensation but that offer was refused.)
Our Own Engine Company 7
(That's the 800 Apartments high-rise in the background.)
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See our Old Louisville group page for the latest on the issue.
OldLouisville Forum
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Jeff Call invited you to "March SSNA Meeting" today.
Event: March SSNA Meeting
What: Club/Group Meeting
Start Time: Today, March 28 at 5:00pm
End Time: Today, March 28 at 6:30pm
Where: Kling Center
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http://us.cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2009/12/26/ky.urban.chickens.wave... [more]
Hey folks... Let us know if you can offer some volunteer hours in Old Louisville for Brycc House during St. James. We currently have some folks who will be out of town at this time and there are a few spots to cover. Activities include an Open House fea... [more]
(Our local firehouse Engine 7 officially closed this morning at 8 a.m. after over 137 years of service. (Here's some audio of the closing ceremony: http://www.jpaul.us/firehouse/firehouse.aif) But Old Louisville residents have not given up. They are going... [more]
{Update on firehouse status:}
Several local groups have filed for an injunction to stop the closing of Engine Co. 7, but the judge (Circuit Court Judge McKay Chauvin) will not be able to hear the case until Monday morning. Therefore, per Mayor Abramson... [more]
-From: Rose/ Fred Nett
-To: WHAS News Assignment Desk ; WGTK ; Steve Burgin ; Stephen George ; Sheldon Shafer ; Sarah Kelley ; Rick Van Hoose ; Rachel Platt ; Phillip M. Bailey ; Pam Platt ; Melissa Swan ; Melanie Snow ; Melanie Kahn ; Mark Hebert ; LEO-... [more]
I spoke with David Blank and Herb Fink and Jan Cieremans earlier tonight about the closing of Engine Company 7 among other things.
Apparently the meeting with the Mayor yesterday was not encouraging. Although the Mayor said he was going to get answers ... [more]
A small delegation from the Old Louisville Neighborhood Council met with the Mayor this afternoon (Tuesday, Jan. 6) to attempt to persuade him to reconsider his decision to close the downtown firehouse at 6th and York. A number of questions were raised th... (1 replies) [more]
Dear Brick Housers,
In a sly move during the chaos of the times, the City is rushing to permanently close our historic local firehouse (the oldest continuously operating firehouse in the U.S.) just three days from now. This raises vital issues of socia... [more]
(Thanks to Fred Nett for alerting us to this. The following is reposted from MySpace: Louisville Engine Co. 7 - frappy)
You heard it right, people. Mayor Abramson announced on De... (1 replies) [more]
Sunday January 18th 6-9 pm
@ The Old Louisville Coffee House (4th and Hill)
$5 at the door/winner takes home $50 prize!
8128279918 if any questions.... [more]
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{SSNA NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AND HALLOWEEN PARTY}
Dave and Pam Murrer invite you to their slightly haunted mansion, 122 W Ormsby Ave.,
this Saturday, October 25, for the annu... [more]
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Posted by frappyjohn on 2009-09-24 02:59:50:
Second Street Neighborhood Association Newsletter, Sept. 2009
Volunteers needed for St. James Art Show Clean-Up
The 53rd Annual Saint James Court Art Show is almost here!
Starting Friday, October 2, over a quarter-million visitors and
artists from around the country will descend on the Old
Louisville neighborhood for the Annual Saint James Court Art
Show. This event is a real showcase for Old Louisville because
it provides many people with their first look at our historic
neighborhood.
In preparation for our visitors, the SSNA encourages members
and neighbors to come out this Sunday, September 27, from
1:00 pm to 4:30 pm, for our Annual Fall Blitz. As we do
every year, volunteers should meet at Magnolia Park on
Second St., just south of Magnolia Avenue. From there, we
will organize cleanup crews for the sidewalks, park, alleys, and
tree trimming. Neighbors should bring rakes, shovels, brooms, bow saws, pruners, work gloves,
etc., if you have them. If you don’t have clean-up tools, we always have extra!
If you cannot work full time... (read and comment) Post a Comment
Posted by creativemindsunion on 2009-08-03 12:07:51:
Open Studio Arts Cooperative Activities
Joining the dialogue and Redesigning our Resource Base...
Well another year has proved to be a work in progress with lots of outreach and planning for our community. There seems to be some confusion about where to check for upcoming events and how members will dialogue together regularly with regards to events and resources... Here is a list serve we can use for internal decision-making and discussion:
Confirm your list serve subscription and Join the Open Studio Arts Cooperative Community
Please feel free to start up conversation and kick around ideas for proposal or project development. Also join the facebook community online by searching for BRYCC and clicking on the groups link for Open Studio...
Your input counts more than ever now that we are moving forward as a community to redesign our buildng and plan for accessible resources in our greenovation process. ... (read and comment) 3 comments (View)
Posted by creativemindsunion on 2009-05-24 12:26:40:
LAST... Louisvillians Advancing Sustainable Transport...
How do we get our voices heard???
Our community is actively pursuing a biking lifestyle on many accounts and with folks of all ages participating as members of a movement for social change...
So whats next... Mayor's Hike and Bike?? Ride to Work with City Support... Park and Tarc?? Sure why not... but there has got to be more and there has to be a safer way of doing all this together.
We are proposing a community-based survey be run this summer to understand and gather facts about the alternatives to combustion-based transport as well as alternatives to further roadway development. Anyone interested in these ideas is welcome to gather and present or propose your city wide solutions, neighborhood applications or personal resolutions on the issue.
We welcome your input and your ideas and would love to spend some time documenting these expressions as a part of organizing a film on the subject to be used in outreach around the city. West and and East end alike do not seem to be benefitting from the grand scale of corporate progress a... (read and comment) 2 comments (View)
Posted by frappyjohn on 2009-02-19 04:27:24:
February 2009 SSNA Newsletter
Second Street Neighborhood Association Newsletter, February 2009, Vol. 28 No. 2
February 2009 Newsletter Vol 28 No 2
NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, GUEST SPEAKER & POTLUCK
The SSNA will meet this Sunday, February 22nd, 5:00 pm, at the Kling Center, 219 W. Ormsby
Ave. SSNA meetings are open to all and children are always welcome! Our special speaker this
month is Officer Dean Sturgeon of the LMPD. After the meeting, please join us for a traditional
potluck dinner hosted by Ms. Zandra Lyons and the Kling Center (eat where we meet!)
SSNA BUSINESS MEMBERS SUPPORT US!
- Areté Real Estate LLC, Michael Rudy, ESQ., President/CEO http://www.areterealestate.net 502-636-3900
- Auto Research Inc., 105 E. Hill, Marc McAdams, Owner http://www.yellowbot.com/auto-research-louisville-ky.html 502-635-2707
- Bearwood Gardens Inc., 227 E. Ormsby, Kevin Kouba, Owner http://bearwoodgardens.com 502-636-0602
- Broadway Management Group, LLC, Greg Popham, President http://www.bmgapts.com 502-584-4400 502-637-8100
- E. J. Printing, 2nd & Kentucky, Earl
... (read and comment) Post a Comment
Posted by frappyjohn on 2009-01-07 03:38:05:
OLNC Appeal for Support to Save Engine Company 7
Mayor Jerry Abramson is closing our Engine 7 downtown firehouse at 821 S. 6th Street near York this Saturday, January 10 without public discussion or input from Metro Council
- TO: All Who Expect Quick Emergency Response When You Dial 911
- DATE: January 6, 2009
- SUBJECT: 911-URGENT: ACTION NEEDED TO STOP LOSS OF YOUR FIRE PROTECTION!
Without public discussion or input from Metro Council, Metro Mayor Jerry Abramson is closing our Engine 7 downtown firehouse at 821 S. 6th Street near York this Saturday, January 10.
He is moving our twelve EMT firefighters to others of the 22 firehouses scattered throughout the Urban Services District (USD), thus rationalizing the claim that he is not cutting our fire service – a promise made repeatedly during 2000-2003 when promoting City/County merger…despite the fact that Engine 7 made 2,085 emergency response runs in 2008 and has always been one of the busiest in the Department.
The Metro Mayor announced this unilaterally in mid-December, telling the press he was closing the firehouse to help balance an anticipated Metro Government budget shortfall of $20 million this fiscal year due to lagging occupational and business profit... (read and comment) Post a Comment
Posted by frappyjohn on 2009-01-04 02:01:56:
Hurriedly closing Engine Company 7 raises issues of social justice, neighborhood sustainability, and good government
Please attend the meeting tonight on closing our historic local firehouse (the oldest continuously operated firehouse in the U.S!!)
Dear Brick Housers,
In a sly move during the chaos of the times, the City is rushing to permanently close our historic local firehouse (the oldest continuously operating firehouse in the U.S.) just three days from now. This raises vital issues of social justice since the firehouse serves the northern, less affluent end of Old Louisville. And it flies in the face of our core Brick House principles of localism and neighborhood sustainability. If we truly want to walk the walk, we as an organization and as individuals need to mobilize and speak up now.
On December 10, Mayor Abramson gave just three weeks' notice that Old Louisville's Fire Engine Company No. 7, at 821 S. 6th St., would be closed and permanently disbanded. Unless we act during the next day or two, this living local institution will be forever lost on January 1 (this Thursday).
Those of us who question this action invite you to attend a meeting:
- Public Meeting
- Monday night (tonight) at 7 p.m.
- at the offices of the Council on Mental R
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| 10 current conversations in OldLouisville Forum: |
| March SSNA Meeting today at 5 pm at Kling Center Mar 28
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| Old Louisville's chickens make CNN! Jan 12
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| St James Outreach and Activities 2009 Sep 20, 2009
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| Please attend the Court Hearing tomorrow at 1 pm on keeping our historic firehouse Jan 11, 2009
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| Vigil and Silent Witness for Engine Co. 7 Sat. and Sun. Jan 10, 2009
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| More from Fred Nett on Engine Co. 7, the Urban Services District, The Mayor, etc. Jan 8, 2009
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| Update on the firehouse issue Jan 8, 2009
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| Show up at Thursday's Metro Council meeting at 6 pm, reply to Urgent Appeal for Action to preserve our fire protection, emergency rescue, and medical response in the downtown neighborhoods Jan 8, 2009
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| Hurriedly closing our firehouse raises issues of social justice, neighborhood sustainability, and good government Dec 29, 2008
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| Some reasons why the decision to disband Co. 7 should be reconsidered, reply to City wants to close our Old Louisville firehouse, the oldest continuously active in the U.S.! Dec 27, 2008
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Save the Brick House!We're trying to assemble 100 fans of the Brick House to pledge $5 a month to help close our shortfall in monthly expenses. Please visit SaveTheBrickHouse.org for more information and to make a pledge or donation.
Thank you, Brick House donors!
A heartfelt thanks to those of you who have rallied to help the Brick House so far. We are currently assembling a database of donors and sustaining members.
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