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April 22, 2021
Mayor Greg Fischer announced today that Louisville Metro Government has entered into an agreement with Energize Kentucky for the administration of an Energy Project Assessment District (EPAD) program. The EPAD program allows for Louisville’s businesses and organizations to install renewable energy systems and increase their energy efficiency by providing a financing mechanism on property tax bills. As the administrator, Energize Kentucky will continue to advance the EPAD program through outreach to the local community via contractors, commercial real estate companies and commercial property owners.
To date, the participating property owners only had one option for the billing and collection of the EPAD special assessment. Now, Energize Kentucky will be able to offer a second option, which may result in a lower fee to the participating property owner. This new option also makes the program available to more properties, specifically larger developments for which fe
The (Un)Known Project retraces journeys of Kentucky s slaves Follow Us
Question of the Day By ANDRE TORAN and Louisville Courier-Journal - Associated Press - Sunday, February 28, 2021
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Fugitive slaves once stood on the banks of the Ohio River in Kentucky, gazing across its waters at the Indiana coastline and realizing that freedom was within a mile.
Some jumped in and swam across, some waited patiently, or fearfully, for conductors of the Underground Railroad to signal when it was safe to cross. Some never made it at all.
Their faces, their stories, the outcome of their crossing often unknown, forgotten by history, the outcome of their tales seemingly unimportant, whether they made it safely into the free state of Indiana or if they were captured by slave catchers and returned to their masters in Kentucky and throughout the South.