1 Spring 2025 Lantern Newsletter

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I love Louisville in the wintertime — the holiday lights, Old Town Skate, and other wonderful traditions. But right now, I am really looking forward to spring. Along with the flowers, exciting changes and new projects will be blossoming here in our community! As you may have heard, Louisville will soon have a new City Manager! Following a robust nationwide recruiting process, the City Council unanimously voted to offer the position to Diana Langley, who currently serves as the City Manager for Yuba City, California, a city of 70,000 north of Sacramento. Diana and her husband are currently in the process of moving to Louisville, and she's expected to step into the city manager role on March 31. City Council, City Staff, and many residents I've heard from were very impressed by Diana's community - oriented style of leadership and how thoroughly she has already begun familiarizing herself with our community and the issues that are important to us. I am excited to welcome her to Louisville and our City government! On behalf of the Council and the community, I want to thank Interim City Manager Samma Fox for the outstanding job she has done on an interim basis during the last eight months. Samma's leadership has been invaluable throughout this transition. We are fortunate that she will be staying on as she returns to her previous post of Deputy City Manager. Our Comprehensive Plan is also beginning to blossom into its final form after extensive community input during the last year. We anticipate that a draft plan will be available for public review in late spring and Council expects to adopt a final plan this summer. To follow along with the project, visit EngageLou isvi I IeCO.org. Mayor Chris Leh We are also beginning the process of turning into reality our Louisville Downtown Vision Plan, which the Louisville Revitalization Commission has spearheaded and which Council approved last November. City Staff are working on adapting the transformative streetscape improvements envisioned by the plan into the design and engineering documents we need to carry us forward. I am optimistic that we will be able to start on those improvements — which you will hear referred to as the "Front & Center Project" — by the end of this year. Last but not least, a host of exciting developments are in process throughout Louisville. The McCaslin corridor is beginning to flower once more, with a new King Soopers Marketplace store in the works, Relish Pickleball & Food Hall under construction, and the University of Colorado's redevelopment of the Cinebarre site in the planning stages. Downtown, Birdie Bar will replace the old Sinclair gas station, and the Louisville Grain Elevator has new owners that are working with the City to activate that space. New housing is coming to the Highway 42 corridor with the Delo Boom project, and Ironton Distillery is beginning construction on a distillery and event center at Highway 42 and Empire Road. Your City Council has outlined ambitious goals for this year in our 2025 Work Plan. Economic Vitality, Core Services, Safety, and Housing are top of mind, along with Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion and Environmental Sustainability as lenses that we view all of our solutions through. To see our full Work Plan, please visit LouisvilleCO.gov/WorkPlan. It is my privilege to serve as your mayor during this exciting time for Louisville, and I look forward to realizing our community goals together! Leh@LouisvilleCO.gov Ward 1 Caleb Dickinson (Mayor Pro Tern) CDickinson@LouisvilleCO.gov Josh Cooperman JCooperman@LouisvilleCO.gov Deborah Fahey Judi Kern and 3 Dietrich Hoefner Barbara Hamlington DFahey@LouisvilleCO.gov JKern@LouisvilleCO.gov DHoefner@LouisvilleCO.gov BHamlington@LouisvilleCO.gov 303.668.3916 303.495.8219 720.391.5861 720.320.5539 720.724.5684 720.419.5030 269.277.7673 e ity` ouncil generally holds1egular meetings the first and third Tuesdays of each month at City Hall, 749 Main Street, at 6 p.m. Visit LouisvilleCO.gov/Calendar for details. To find your ward, visit LouisvilleCO.gov/WardMap or call 303.335.4536.