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It's been another wonderful summer in Louisville! It was great to see so many of you during our 25th anniversary Street Faire season, at the award -winning Louisville Farmers Market, community meetings, and around town. In between all the summertime fun, though, your City Council and I, and City Staff, have been busy working on a variety of issues and projects for our community. After eighteen months of community engagement, planning, and research by City Staff and consultants, City Council reviewed a preliminary draft Comprehensive Plan in July. Staff is updating the draft based on Council and community feedback, and we expect to see a refined draft that the community can review and provide feedback on this fall. Visit EngageLouisvilleCO.org to stay updated on this project. Last November, the City Council passed our biennial budget for 2025-2026. We've been working toward approving a balanced revised budget for 2026. In July, City Council met to discuss our 2026 Work Plan and held our annual budget retreat. The City Manager will present her recommended budget to City Council on September 2. We're targeting October 21 for our final budget presentation and November 3 for final adoption of the 2026 budget. These dates are subject to change, so check LouisvilleCO.gov/Council for the latest info, as well as contact information for City Council. In an effort to provide the best emergency management response possible for our community, the City is • Mayor Chris Leh Ward 1 • exploring the opportunity to join the Boulder County Office of Disaster Management (Boulder ODM). Boulder ODM focuses on disaster management through community preparedness, mitigation of hazards, and disaster response and recovery. Three City Council seats — one from each of Louisville's three wards — are up for election this year, with the election set for November 4. Visit LouisvilleCO.gov/ Elections for more information. Last but not least, please regularly visit Louisville's small businesses for great fall deals and for your early holiday shopping. Did you know that 88% of Louisville businesses have fewer than 20 employees, and 97% have fewer than 100? When you shop local, 70 cents of every dollar you spend stays in our community — by comparison, less than 20 cents of each dollar spent at a national chain gets recirculated. Small Business Saturday is November 29, but all of us need to remember to support our small businesses year-round! We have enjoyed excitement and progress on many fronts in Louisville during the first half of 2025. Our future looks just as bright. There are some big projects on the horizon. Efforts which have been years in the making are finally coming to fruition. I'm so proud of our community, so honored to serve as your mayor, and so excited to see what we do next — together! Leh©LouisvilleCO.gov Caleb Dickinson (Mayor Pro Tern) Josh Cooperman CDickinson©LouisvilleCO.gov JCooperman©LouisvilleCO.gov Ward 2 Ward 3 Deborah Fahey Judi Kern DFahey©LouisvilleCO.gov JKern©LouisvilleCO.gov Dietrich Hoefner Barbara Hamlington 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 The City Council generally holds regular 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. L FALL 2025 LOUISVILLE LANTERN