The Elizabethtown Planning Commission held their regularly scheduled meeting last night. The meeting featured a public hearing concerning a change in zoning classification and the development plan for property located on Tunnel Hill Road. The Stables proposal would bring 320 new units from 1 to 3 bedrooms to the sixteen acre property along with a clubhouse, pool and amenity areas. Several citizens brought concerns about storm water and traffic to the Commission for consideration. After hearing presentations and comments from those for and against the development, the Commission voted. The vote was 3 to 1 to approve. The development plan also was approved and will now move on to the City Council.
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The Hardin County Planning and Development Commission will be hosting The Comprehensive Plan Open House this evening from 4 – 6 PM at the Old East Hardin Middle School in Glendale. The Comprehensive Development Plan identifies policies and strategies that guide the future development within the community. More information can be found on the Hardin County Planning And Development Website.
Elizabethtown Community And Technical College celebrated area leaders at their annual Beacon Of Light Awards Ceremony. The Award honors African American leaders for their successes, service and commitment to leadership. The full list of recipients is available on the Elizabethtown Community And Technical College website.
The Elizabethtown City Council met for their regularly scheduled work session Monday night. Dr Jillian Carden, Executive Director of Silverleaf Services, provided an update on what the non-profit accomplished In 2022 and what is coming this year. Rita Davis, Director of the City Stormwater Department, also provided updates on several projects around the city. Elizabethtown Fire Chief Mark Malone provided information on bids received to make improvements at the fire training center and what those improvements would mean for training. “So, the fire department has needed a way to set fires and put them out repeatedly without burning a building down, so that we can get good at our job. This training tower will give us the opportunity to do that. It has three separate burn rooms so you can set fires in different areas of the building. So you can give different scenarios to the firefighters then they can learn about basement fires, second floor fires, things like that. It’ll have a standpipe system in it so they can practice hotel fires, where we have to hook a hose inside a stairwell. So if we’re handed those situations where it’s unfamiliar, then we’ll have a chance to practice that.” The next regularly scheduled meeting for the City Council is on March 6 at 4:30 PM.
The Central Kentucky Community Foundation wants to remind students to utilize their online portal to apply for scholarships ahead of the upcoming deadline. “Scholarship Central has been open since January 1 and the deadline is 11:59 PM on March 1, but it’s a great way to have access to about 80 scholarships and it’s one application that you fill out. It takes maybe about forty five minutes to an hour, you submit (it), and then at that point, you’ll get a list of all of the scholarships that you’re eligible for based on those answers,” said Spokesperson Erin Hahn. Students will need to complete the FAFSA before applying for scholarships at CKCF4People.org