The next phase in our ND-1 effort is neighborhood determination of whether or not to submit an application for a ND-1 overlay and, if so, which design standard/s to include in it. You are invited to participate in this process by attending the general meetings (October 23 and a date yet to be determined at SCAPA) and then, by voting when the discussion period is over. If you cannot attend these meetings, please offer your thoughts and suggestions online via this ND-1 Comment form.  To review the draft standards before responding to the form, please visit this link (link is also available within the form).

Neighborhood Meeting, September 24, 7 – 8:30 pm SCAPA Multipurpose Room

Join us as we discuss updates on ND-1 and ADU as well as hear from neighborhood principals about what’s happening in their schools.

Picadome Neighborhood Ice Cream Social
Beat the heat with PNA on June 8! Join us for an Ice Cream Social from 2-5pm in the outdoor space at SCAPA. Bring a chair and your sweet tooth!

At the Ice Cream Social we will also be voting for PNA Board Officers. 

Current officers include:
President– Melinda Ryles-Smith
Vice President unfilled
Secretary– Erin Waggoner
Treasurer– Lynne Flynn
Neighborhood Watch Safety Coordinator– Darcy Ripley-Frame
Community Outreach Coordinator unfilled
Neighborhood Beautification Coordinator– Chris Smigell
Government Relations Coordinator   unfilled

Would you like to join the board? Or know a perfect person to complete the group? Nomination form is available here, we’d love to have you join us!

The PNA Neighborhood Yard Sale is scheduled for Saturday, May 18. Save the date and plan some time to shop from your neighbor’s sales! Looking to sell some of your own things? Use this Google Form to sign up to participate and have your sale listed in our announcements!

Here’s who’s signed up so far! (Click the blue markers to see what they’re selling!)

In the 2018 Spring/Summer issue of Preservation, The Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation profiled Lexington’s Chevy Chase neighborhood and their ND-1 Overlay. Click here to read more.

Would you like to learn more about ND-1 in a smaller group setting? Over the next several weeks, PNA members will be hosting small meetings in their houses, or common meeting spaces for smaller groups of neighbors to discuss ND-1. We will be delivering invitations, so make sure to be on the lookout for yours!

by Hilary Angelucci, aide to Council Member Peggy Henson, District 11

The Harrodsburg Road and South Broadway left turn lanes to Mason Headley and Waller Avenue respectively will be closed Monday to allow for demolition and reconstruction of the Harrodsburg and Broadway medians. Detour signage will be in place for the left turn to Waller.  Once the medians are complete, they will remove the detour and push the lanes towards the medians, which will pretty much make Harrodsburg Rd unobstructed the rest of the project.  The entire project should take about 8 weeks. 

The right turn lanes near the corner islands will close, routing them over newly placed temporary paving on the left side of the islands. The outbound right turn lane from Harrodsburg to Mason Headley will close and the lane width will adjust on Waller by St. Joe to construct curbs, accessible ramps and drainage structures, etc. 

Once the perimeter areas of the project are finished, the construction team will complete the corner islands shifting right turn traffic back to the right side of the islands. Mason Headley will close the inside left turn onto Harrodsburg while leaving the combo thru and left turn lane open. 

The current configuration of the intersection is not pedestrian friendly, much less ADA compliant. This project is intended to address that, making the intersection friendlier to all folks walking in this area.  

Please be patient and use extra caution at this intersection. 

Beginning early August, Columbia Gas will be replacing old deteriorating pipes on the following streets:  McCubbing Drive (510-535), Ridge Road (510-525), Springhill Drive (501-542), and Lafayette Parkway (401-420).  If your home is within the number range for the street, you will be affected.   This project includes establishing connectivity for each home to the new pipe, and relocating gas meters to the outside of houses.  The old pipe will remain in the ground but disconnected. This is preventive infrastructure maintenance and there is no current risk or danger.

Columbia Gas is working hard to minimize impacts.  Laying new pipe through boring underneath the ground, however, some street digging may be needed.

When it comes time to connect, Columbia Gas personnel will ensure that each home is connected properly, a new meter installed, and that all pilot lights are re-lit.  Outage time for a home should be minimal; less than 1 day.

Eventually, this kind of work will be done on other streets but no schedule yet exists.

The PNA will invite Jordan Smith to our next neighborhood meeting – probably late August or Early September, to explain further or answer any questions.