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He brought a lawsuit to claim that a City staff member had given incorrect information about what he would be able to do with the property, and sued on the basis of the City violating his due process rights. This lawsuit was ultimately dismissed. Appendix VIII contains the text of a 1991 Louisville Times article about the case. Lehman is known for having later served as President of the Louisville Downtown Business Association. D. Herbert "Buddy" Day Ownership, 1994-2010 Buddy Day owned 701 Grant for 16 years. He also owned a business in Louisville, the CD Depot, which was located at 630 Front St. The extensive shelving that is said to still exist at 701 Grant is believed to have been put in for the purpose of storing his CD collection. In September 2010, as he was preparing to sell the house, Buddy Day gave an oral history interview for the Louisville Historical Museum's Oral History Program. As part of the interview, he gave information about the history of the building, the kinds of events held there during his ownership, and work that had been done on the building. Buddy Day said that he was drawn to the building and asked then -owner Arlin Lehman to let him know if it was ever going to be sold. Of his own ownership, Day emphasized that the building "is a community space." While he lived there, he hosted many spiritual and cultural events in the sanctuary to highlight such visitors as Tibetan monks and Peruvian shamans, and to hold musical events. He also hosted events for the organization Dances of Universal Peace in the building for multiple years and spoke of having had a Thanksgiving dinner in the sanctuary with about forty people in the sanctuary. He spoke of the tight- knit neighborhood and of participating in community block parties for the 700 block of Grant. When the City placed the Historic Preservation Tax issue on the ballot for Louisville voters to approve in 2008, Buddy Day served as the campaign's treasurer and held at least one meeting of the campaign organization in the sanctuary. Day knew of much of the work on the building by previous owners Mike Jenkins and Arlin Lehman, and he had a substantial amount of work done on it as well. Day stated that he put in a French drain along the north side of the building, had electrical work done, and added insulation to the attic. The Historic Preservation Commission and the City of Louisville in 2007 presented Buddy Day with a historic preservation award for adaptive resuse in connection with his preservation efforts at 701 Grant. The award was presented at the Louisville City Council meeting on May 15, 2007. In the course of the interview, Day recalled an accident when a woman driving on Pine Street crashed her car into the north side of the annex, with the result that the car hood was peeled back. He recalled jumping up to see the car with its exposed engine having crashed into his bathroom. Day also recalled that under Arlin Lehman's ownership, Lehman made his home in the sanctuary of the building and rented out the annex. This undated photo of the Church that was donated to the Louisville Historical Museum is believed to have been taken in the 1990s: 9