Our neighbor, the Phoenix Hill Tavern, has hit the IHNA email box a couple of times over the past week and we wanted to pass along these two bits of information.

Up first, the Annual Chili Cookoff:

PHT SENT OUT COUPONS ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5TH. IF YOU DO NOT GET ONE IN YOUR MAILBOX FEEL FREE TO DROP BY THE OFFICE AT 1227 EAST BROADWAY TUESDAY THRU PHRIDAY BETWEEN 9AM & 5 PM

The 21st Annual Great Chili Cookoff
@ The Phoenix Hill Tavern

Sunday * October 9^th * 1 pm

It’s Chili Time! WAMZ , Miller Lite, Mom’s Music  and The Phoenix Hill Tavern present the 21^st Annual Great Chili Cookoff on Sunday, October 9^th at 1pm 

Cooks come out of the kitchen and into the competition area to prepare their culinary concoction in hopes of taking home the bragging rights at the end of the day and saying ’my chili’s the best in Louisville!’

Judging is of two distinct categories, restaurant and individual, giving everyone who dares the opportunity to compete.

Celebrity judges representing the local media base their decisions on chili density, zestfulness, aroma, and aftertaste. 

Phairgoers also have a voice in the voting process. Following a complete sampling of the participant’s culinary creation, phairgoers are encouraged to vote in The People’s Choice Contest.

Everyone is invited to participate in the zany chili contests: The Master Hole-Hitting, Jalapeno Pepper-Eating, and Spam-Put (a crowd phavorite).

Throughout the day, phairgoers will be entertained by musical groups on four different stages.  All Outside music will end by 8PM.

The Great Chili Cookoff is a phamily event. Face painting, mural painting, and inflatable bouncing equipment give the kids something to do in The Kids Area.

Phamilies are welcome ‘til 10 pm. The Great Chili Cookoff is a PHREE rain or shine event that promises BIG PHUN for all ages!

 Next up, we learned through a series of emails that there was a little bit of rowdy behavior this past Wednesday. Karen Callahan, Neighborhood Liaison, sent a response on behalf of the owners of Phoenix Hill Tavern. Below is an expert from that email.

On behalf of myself and PHT, I extend my sincere apologies to you and anyone else our guests disturbed last night. Closing time is always our most challenging time, no matter what night of the week it is.

We want everyone to know that we continue to employ 6 working off duty, uniformed LMPD officers in marked cars.  Two of those officers are assigned to what we call “Neighborhood Patrol.” Those officers constantly patrol the neighborhood and side streets close to PHT (Rogers, Payne, Rubel, St. Anthony’s and, of course, E. Broadway and Baxter). They do their best to keep noise and disorderly behavior to a minimum.  This, generally speaking, has been very effective. Unfortunately, they can’t be everywhere at just the right time. The 5th District LMPD has been very visible and very active in our neighborhood in general, and especially on Wednesday nights. We appreciate and applaud their efforts. 

I promise you that I will bring all this to the attention of Club Mgmt. and our set up LMPD officer.  In the coming weeks, we will make an extra special effort to focus on the part of the neighborhood affected last night.

We still have permanent signs posted at all our exits encouraging our guests to respect our neighborhood as they leave. Our DJs still make nightly announcements at the end of every night encouraging our guests to leave quietly, keep their car stereos down, avoid littering etc. DJ’s remind them that we are a neighborhood friendly establishment and that we have nearby neighbors who are sleeping.  We will continue to do that, and we will re-emphasize the importance of theses announcements to all staff members.

As you know, I can be reached by phone during business hours, or you are always welcome to walk over to my office and talk with me in person if you have any additional questions or concerns Chuck.

Thank you, 

Karen Callahan

Neighborhood Liaison

We appreciate PHT’s efforts to keeping the neighborhood as clean and quiet as possible.

The Irish Hill Neighborhood Association reached out to Metro Parks for an update on the Breslin Park makeover.  They say the is proceeding.  Here are some highlights:

• East walking path has been paved
• Sprayground is in progress (waiting on drains)
• Waiting on LG&E for power
• Benches anchored
• Rough grading 80% completed
• West walking path – rocking and demolishing in that area. Projected completion 2 weeks
• Parking lot paving completed by week of 10/10

Metro Parks anticipates substantial completion by November 15.

While the sprayground will not be ready for this season, as previously told to IHNA, we have been advised that more trees will be planted than originally planned.  Metro Parks has not said when the trees will be planted, but the trees being selected will be substantial.

We will continue to provide updates as they become available.

If you plan to nominate anyone as Irish Hill’s representative of Louisville’s Next Top Neighbor, please remember you must have your nomination form submitted by Wednesday, September 28th. This will give the Board of Directors time to review and vote on the nominations before Center For Neighborhood’s Friday deadline.

You can get more information about the LNTN project by visiting this link.

If you have any questions, please email info@irishhillneighbors.org.

Thanks to everyone who came to the Irish Hill Festival. There was plenty of food, good music and a lot of conversation and catching up with friends.

A big THANK YOU goes to Baxter Avenue Baptist Church for hosting the Festival this year. It was a last minute put together, as our original plans fell through and we didn’t have time to get the proper Metro permits to hold it at Irish Hill Park or on one of the streets. The members of BABC did a wonderful job of getting everything setup, cooked and cleaned up afterwards. And it looks like the kids had a great time on the bouncy they provided!  You guys are tops.

Did you get a chance to check out EDGE Outreach’s water purifying system? It’s amazing how a little bit of salt and a car battery can produce three (!) things to make the lives of people in third-world countries so much better: Clean water to drink, chlorine and lye which are by products manufactured in the water purification process that can be used to disinfect medical equipment and kill mosquito larvae, reducing the risk of death from unsanitary conditions and malaria. If you need more information about EDGE, please visit their website: http://edgeoutreach.org On their website, you can find locations to drop off old shoes, which they will use to fund their projects.

We welcome any feedback you would like to provide.  Use the comment section below or send us a private message (email: info@irishhillneighbors.org).  Thanks for supporting the Irish Hill Neighborhood.

The date previously announced for the Annual Festival has been changed:

SAVE THE DATE — The Annual Irish Hill Festival is ON! September 21st, in the evening. All details coming this weekend!

Irish Hill has long participated in Councilwoman Tina Ward-Pugh’s Green Triangle initiative.  This group has looked as ways for District 9 residents and businesses to reduce, reuse and recycle more. A website is about to be launched and we encourage you to take a look at the below copied information from a recent newsletter.  

Our most current representative on the Green Triagle committee recently moved and is no longer able to participate. The Irish Hill Neighborhood Association is looking for someone to fill this role.  If you are interested in representing the Irish Hill part of District 9, please send an email to info@irishhillneighbhors.org and let us know. We’ll be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Green Triangle Website Launch Party

Join us for the special launch of the Green Triangle Website on Thursday, August 18th from 6:30 – 8:30 pm at the Clifton Center, 2117 Payne Street.  Interested in out community’s sustainability?  Want to be a part of making our neighborhood more green?  Want to find out what the Green Triangle is?  Come celebrate the launch of our new website,www.mygreentriangle.com.  Get there earlyfor a special tour of the Billy Goat Hill Community Garden and showcase of a new roof and drainage system for the Bike Couriers Bike Shop at 6:00 pm.  The website will be a great new tool to help all of us increase our efforts to make the community more sustainable and teach our progress along the way.  We’ll have snacks, drinks and provide a great time!