Tonight, the city will host its first-ever Downtown Open House at The Mercury Ballroom on 4th Street.
It’s a new adventure for the Downtown Louisville Partnership and its new Executive Director Rebecca Fleischaker as the event looks to address assumptions about the city’s core + receive input from community members on what they’d like to see — or not — in the area going forward.
Business leaders from across the city, residents, revelers, downtown employees + every local in between are invited, so let’s dig into what’s in store at this free event.
Why the Downtown Open House matters
- The Downtown Louisville Partnership seeks to collaboratively develop the city’s core into a vibrant, engaging destination known for innovation + economic growth.
- Downtowns in general are leading economic drivers for cities, and in our case, downtown Louisville is the third-largest economic driver in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
- Greater Downtown is home to 12,000+ residents and covers parts of at least eight surrounding neighborhoods + districts.
- The neighborhood is also home to a multitude of cultural institutions including the Kentucky Center for Performing Arts, the Muhammad Ali Center, Fund for the Arts + newer additions like the Alley Gallery, which displays public art.
Recent developments downtown
- The Louisville Comedy Club. The newly-opened entertainment venue at 110 W. Main St. will host comedy acts like Casey Frey + weekly open mic nights on Wednesdays.
- Affordable housing planned for the Greyhound station site. LDG Development looks to build a six-story, multi-family housing complex between 7th and 8th Streets downtown.
- All Thai’d Up. The food truck opened a storefront at 211 S. 5th St. across the street from Stock Yards Bank’s downtown location.
