If you want to join us, please RSVP by emailing me (Professor Gilderbloom,
University of Louisville: [email protected]
Public Housing, Hope VI and smart Community Development
University of Louisville Saturday October 22:
Cell phone of Dr. Gilderbloom 502-608-7567
In this session, we will have two class sessions on understanding how public
housing works, Hope VI and community building operate.
Note to arrive on time I urge folks from Louisville to leave by 7:00 a.m.
and enjoy a nice café on Mommouth Café.
9:00 a.m. meet at Mommouth Café (515 Monmouth) Newport Kentucky:
Orientation Meeting
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9:30 a.m. meet Brenda Ramsey President Jacob Price Residents Council at La
Tondra Terrace
See Hope VI development site Jacob Price
11:00 a.m. meet at Covington Housing Authority Main Office, Housing
Authority of Covington
2300 Madison Ave. Covington, KY 41014 email:
[email protected]
meet the Director of Covington Housing Authority: Aaron Wolfe-Bertling,
see renderings and drawings of proposed Hope VI development 859-760-2145
12:30 p.m. go to Pompolios Italian Restaurant (where parts of Rainmaker
were filmed) 600 Washington Street in Newport lunch (859-581-3065: meet
former Mayor and current director of Newport Housing Authority: Thomas
Guidugli (cell phone 859-912-2560. email
[email protected] Professor Gilderbloom will buy lunch
for everyone.
1:45 p.m. go to Newport Housing Authority Offices
3:00 p.m. tour Hope VI Housing Developments on Liberty and Corpus Christi
church converted to affordable housing
4:00 p.m end of class.
I think we should attend some of these sessions give our recent talks!
Bill McKibben, scholar in residence at Middlebury College, author of twelve
books along with two national best sellers: End of Nature and Deep
Economy is coming to Louisville on Thursday November 3, 2011 for a morning
breakfast and lunch. I have seen him lecture in Chicago and he is
magnificent. The event is being sponsored by the University of Louisville
along with the festival of faiths:
www.festivaloffaiths.org <http://www.festivaloffaiths.org/>
Please see Bill McKibben on Thursday November 3 at the Henry Clay at 7:30
a.m. for free breakfast but must RSVP
http://www.festivaloffaiths.org/images/stories/mckibbenworkshopevent.pdf
Bill McKibben will also speak at the Rotary Club at noon on Thursday
November 3
http://www.festivaloffaiths.org/images/stories/rotaryevent.pdf
But there is more on November 4; there will be two presentations on how
cancerous air is causing an alarming number of premature deaths in West
Louisville:
Cancerous Neighborhoods: How Deadly is the Air in Some Louisville
Neighborhoods? November 4 Friday, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Henry Clay
http://www.festivaloffaiths.org/images/stories/localairevent.pdf
So now that we have a problem, how do we fight it? Stay around and find out
how:
Environmental Justice: Movement Leaders Talk about Fighting for Safe Air!
November 4 Friday, Henry Clay 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.!
http://www.festivaloffaiths.org/images/stories/justiceevent.pdf
