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This week we meet Zinnia, 2 year old black and grey Shepherd weighing 70 pounds, and Jenkins, a 4 month old grey and white and Huskey weighing 25 pounds, 2 dogs looking for new Furever homes. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to the shelter at 270-769-3428, visit their Facebook page at Hardin County Animal Shelter – Elizabethtown or stop by in person at 220 Peterson Drive in E-town. Furever Friends is brought to you by locally veteran-owned, Pet Supplies Plus, at 209 Towne Drive in Elizabethtown.
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Summer vacation is in full swing, but Hardin County Schools is already gearing up for the new school year as they have released the dates for the district’s open houses and Back to School Fests.
“The Back to School Fests are a wonderful opportunity for our community partners to come visit and share with families about the services that they offer that will help them navigate the school year, and make the school year a little bit easier for those families,” said HCS Community Relations Specialist John Wright.
Each district school will also host a traditional open house, an opportunity for parents and students to talk with teachers and administrators.
“It’s also a time for maybe a new student who hasn’t been in that school building, like a sixth grader or a ninth grader to a high school, someone who’s transitioning into that building to actually tour the building, get their feet wet in the building, and see just what kind of fun and how much fun that they will have during the upcoming school year,” Wright said.
The dates and times for each school can be found under the Quick Links tab at hardin.kyschools.us.
Elizabethtown City Administrator Ed Poppe told the Elizabethtown City Council Monday that the recent groundbreaking of a hotel on the south end has highlighted city efforts to bring more projects to the area.
“The staff has also had discussions about offering other incentive programs to support the south end or to help spur additional development in that area,” Poppe said. “We have a couple programs that the city already operates.”
Poppe told the council the city is working on a development plan for the south end similar to the Downtown Master Plan. He said one of the first conversations to be had regarding development is the boundaries of the area in order to expand existing incentive programs such as grease trap installation assistance and facade work.
Poppe said whereas development downtown primarily consists of existing structures, development on the south end is primarily undeveloped lots, so the city needs to consider how to award incentives.
“Should we tie that to job creation, the number of jobs created and give certain incentives at certain levels?” Poppe said. “There’s also been some discussion that no, we should just offer incentives based on the investment.”
Poppe said dialogue needs to begin on what types of businesses the city wants to see on the south end. While a grocery store has been requested by residents, Poppe said the city has not had success with such developers.
“They have criteria where they look at the number of households or the number of rooftops within a certain radius of areas,” Poppe said. “It’s typically a one mile, three mile, or five mile radius, and again, most of those comments are there’s just not enough residential units in that sector of our community.”
Poppe said the city hopes to present a plan to the council this fall.