Monday, June 17, 2013

Community Groundbreaking Tomorrow for Ohio River Downtown Crossing


Children and families are invited to join Governor Steve Beshear and Mayor Greg Fischer to celebrate the community groundbreaking for the new Ohio River Downtown Crossing.  In celebration of this occasion, a family-friendly event has been planned for 5 p.m. tomorrow at Waterfront Park in the Lincoln Memorial Lot.
 
The event includes an opportunity for children to be part of history by breaking ground on a large sand pile near the construction site.  There will be 500 commemorative sand shovels for kids.  They’ll use the shovels to dig for one of 500 keepsake tokens, marked with the special date and the seal of the Commonwealth.  Three specially marked tokens can be turned in for a unique memento of the day.

 Governor Beshear will signal the start of construction at 5:30 p.m. with the raising of the American, Kentucky and Indiana flags on a large crane that will help build the Downtown Crossing. Kids can alsao have their picture taken with the Crawler crane and its 220-foot boom.

In addition, The Belle of Louisville, which will celebrate her 100th birthday next year, will be on the Ohio River and playing her calliope and sound her whistle.  97.5 WAMZ’s Coyote Calhoun will be broadcasting live from the event and those who attend will enjoy free ice cream from Blue Bell.

 
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2 comments:

  1. Jeff Gillenwater17 June, 2013 08:37

    Maybe we can have story hour and the mayor and governor can share all the fiction that's led to this juncture with the kids.

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  2. Jeff Gillenwater17 June, 2013 10:18

    Per federal project documents, a no-build alternative would lead to higher levels of long-term employment than will the current choice. Is it really fair to ask children who don't know any better to celebrate that? Do any of you have children? As someone familiar with the federal docs, are you going to trot them out to mug for the cameras?

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