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  • Waterfront Park: Past, Present and Future

    Kentucky Educational Television
    September 17, 2023
    Waterfront Park was once an eyesore littered with abandoned buildings and scrapyards. Today it is the most utilized urban park in Louisville, named one of the country's best…

  • The Wonder Of Water

    Recreation Management Magazine
    March 1, 2023
    It seems that people are innately drawn to water. In his bestselling book Blue Mind, Ph.D. and marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols focuses on the proven scientific evidence that…

  • GUEST COMMENT: Business community can facilitate an essential connection

    Louisville Business First
    November 22, 2022
    If you look at images of Louisville over the past 244 years, you’ll notice a city in a state of constant change and evolution — buildings rise, streets expand, neighborhoods…

  • Groundbreaking for westward expansion of Waterfront Park

    Wave 3
    October 24, 2022
    City leaders joined the community to mark the start of Waterfront Park’s expansion into West Louisville Monday. Phase four of the $50 million dollar project’s goal is to break the 9th Street divide…

  • 'They deserve the best': Louisville leaders break ground on Waterfront Park expansion

    Whas 11
    October 24, 2022
    Gov. Andy Beshear said every Kentucky family deserves access to outdoor spaces like Louisville’s Waterfront Park and that’s why the state is investing $10 million…

  • Waterfront Park's expansion to bring 'extraordinary' experience to Louisville

    WDRB
    October 24, 2022
    A ceremonial groundbreaking was held Monday for the fourth phase of Waterfront Park, which will expand one of Louisville's marquee attractions…

  • Waterfront Park breaks ground on 22-acre expansion into West Louisvilleem

    WLKY
    October 24, 2022
    Waterfront Park will soon be a short walk or bike ride away from families in West Louisville. State and city leaders broke ground Monday on phase four…

  • Waterfront Park expansion will connect downtown and west Louisville

    Spectrum News
    October 24, 2022
    On Monday, children played on a pile of dirt that Waterfront Park is transforming into an experiential learning area. The play area is part of the park’s Phase 4…

  • Louisville breaks ground on West End Waterfront Park expansion

    Louisville Public Media
    October 24, 2022
    State and city officials broke ground Monday on the expansion of Waterfront Park into Louisville’s West End, an accomplishment city leaders say helps to bridge…

  • PHOTOS: Waterfront Park Breaks Ground On West End Expansion

    LEO Weekly
    October 24, 2022
    This afternoon, Waterfront Park broke ground on Phase IV of its expansion, which will take it into Louisville's West End. The expansion will turn a 22-acre area…

  • Expansion of Waterfront Park to west Louisville will begin this fall

    WDRB
    May 25, 2022
    The long-awaited expansion of Waterfront Park into west Louisville begins this fall, when Executive Director Deborah Bilitski said they're expecting to break ground…

  • What to know about Waterfront Park's new planned expansion into Louisville's West End

    Courier Journal
    December 1, 2021
    The planned "Phase IV" expansion of Waterfront Park into Louisville's West End got renewed attention in November 2021 after Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced…

  • 'Connect Louisville to Louisville': Here's how Waterfront Park development started, here's where it's going

    WHAS11
    November 20, 2021
    Waterfront Park has been a 30-plus years project, since it was created in 1986. The community has enjoyed the renovations and improvements with concerts, parades…

  • East Portland Connectivity Charrette

    Street Plans
    March 2019
    In March 2019 Street Plans held a two day charrette in East Portland, Louisville as part of the CNU legacy charrettes in anticipation of the 27th Congress…

  • The Role of Collaboration in Planning For Phase IV of Louisville Waterfront Park

    Urban Waterways
    Winter 2017
    Community-driven collaborations have helped make people’s lives better through park access and health equity in L.A. over the past 17 years. The recent National Academies…

  • On the Road with the Rudy Bruner Award: Louisville Waterfront Park

    Metropolis
    April 29, 2013
    After our visit to Inspiration Kitchens – Garfield Park in Chicago, our Bruner Foundation team headed south to Kentucky to Louisville Waterfront Park…