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The City of Elizabethtown formally began conversations with the public on the potential expansion of historic preservation in the city with a public engagement session at the Historic State Theater Wednesday evening.
“We want to educate the public on the benefits of historic preservation,” said City of Elizabethtown Director of Planning Joe Reverman. “We want to educate them on how historic preservation works in Elizabethtown and hopefully encourage citizens and property owners to support the expansion of our preservation in the city.”
Reverman noted during the meeting that the city has had plans to discuss expanding historic preservation as part of the city’s comprehensive plan, but the city council asked the city to move forward sooner following public feedback on a College Street zoning change.
Craig Potts and Dr. Nicole Roth with the Kentucky Heritage Council discussed benefits related to historic preservation districts including access to tax incentives and grants, and Roth noted benefits to economic development such as property value stabilization and neighborhood stability.
“If you live in your house or say your apartment for a long time, you become physically, financially, as well as socially invested into your neighborhood, and caring about the development and the change that follows through,” Roth said.
Roth said the purpose of establishing a local preservation ordinance or district is not to restrict growth or use, but to allow for “thoughtful consideration of change.”
“Just because you’re in the local district, that does not mean you live in a museum and cannot also adapt with the changing times,” Roth said.
The current downtown historic district is mostly limited to the downtown square, to a point that even the 200-year-old Brown-Pusey House is not within the district’s borders.
Reverman said this is the beginning of a months-long discussion. Potential properties will be discussed at the May 8 meeting of the city’s Historic Preservation Commission. Questions may be directed to Reverman’s office at city hall.
The Meade County Sheriff’s Office is touting a bust that turned up more than 150 marijuana plants. According to a post on the sheriff’s office’s Facebook page, on March 14 a deputy responded to a tip of a marijuana cultivation/growing operation in the Meade County area. When the deputy arrived at the residence to execute a search warrant, they “found a full operation inside the residence and barn.” All items were seized […]
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