While traveling through the district recently, you may have noticed our LOUMED Ambassadors sporting a new look. We recently rolled out updated uniforms to match the brand we introduced earlier this spring. While their gear has changed, the team's core mission remains exactly the same. Our ambassador program serves as the district’s front line of hospitality and support for everyone from first-time patients to employees heading home after a long shift. They make LOUMED welcoming and easy to navigate by providing daily district cleaning, mobility assistance, wayfinding to medical offices and walking escorts to vehicles. We are incredibly grateful for our Block by Block partners and the role they play in keeping the district comfortable for all. Help is always just a phone call away. Ambassadors are available daily from 6:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Simply call (502) 791-1435 for on the spot assistance anywhere in the district.
Our vision for the Chestnut Street Improvement Project is coming to life and visibly reshaping the district. Construction is moving forward efficiently as our crews work to complete the first half of the initial block between Floyd and Preston streets. Once the north side of this block is complete – featuring new sidewalks alongside foundations for future greenery – work will transition to the next block between Preston and Jackson streets. To limit disruption to our daily district operations, we are moving the project in careful phases and coordinating closely with our summer events schedule at LOUMED Commons. The bulk of the improvements are slated for completion by the end of this year, and crews will finalize the full four-block stretch between Floyd and Clay streets in 2027. This multi-phase infrastructure investment is designed to make LOUMED safer, cleaner and healthier for everyone who works, studies and receives care here. As a reminder, we are executing these improvements within the study area of Greenprint, a 10-year initiative coordinated by the University of Louisville’s Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute and the Urban Design Studio. By implementing findings from two years of walkability studies and temperature monitoring, we are ensuring these new green spaces will have a positive and lasting impact on public health.
