The Jefferson County Chapter is doing a lot of celebrating.

For starters, KFTC has a new office in Louisville after the old one, on Oak Street, became too small to accommodate the needs of the local chapter and statewide activities based there.

After scouring Louisville’s centrally located neighborhoods, staff and members found the new home in the Butchertown area, just east of downtown. The office, on the corner of Campbell and Franklin Streets and just two blocks north of Main Street, is a beautiful storefront space that was once a corner bar and most recently an apartment.

The office will be the base for organizer Jessica George, communications director Jerry Hardt, new intern Colette Henderson and three temporary electoral workers (more reasons to celebrate).

It will also be the location for the monthly chapter meetings every second Monday at 6:30 p.m.

Chapter members are encouraged to stop by and check out the new space.

The relocation to the Butchertown area will be celebrated by the neighborhood on the afternoon of October 20, from 12 to 4 p.m. when the Butchertown residents and allies will sponsor a block party for KFTC.

The chapter is on track to get a permit to block the street, have local artists vend their art, have farmers sell some produce, have some local bluegrass music and have food prepared by the chefs at the Salvation Army.

Members of the neighborhood association also volunteered to send out a KFTC membership appeal to the entire neighborhood and do some turnout for the open house. They were also interested in attending our chapter meetings.

At a meeting of the association, Emily Boone praised KFTC for being "the only ones in Frankfort with a spine."

For more information, to express interest in being involved in the planning of the Jefferson County Open House or to get better directions to the new office, please contact Jessica George at 502-500-8082 or jessica@kftc.org.

The new address is:

KFTC
901 Franklin Street
Louisville, Ky. 40206
502-589-3188
502-587-0054 (fax)