A couple weeks into 2012, it’s not too late to make a resolution you can keep – and one that will make a difference in your life and that of your community right here in Louisville.

Buy a home:  Recent stats have reported that last year, local Realtors® sold fewer home for less money. Younger Group Real Estate has been very busy though, which proves that a good agent who knows the area can get the job done for you.  If you want a new place to hang your hat, don’t let the stats impact your dream.

Recycle old electronics:  Kentucky doesn’t have a law that requires this yet, but recycling old computers, cell phones, TVs, game systems, and other gadgets will spare hazardous materials from creeping into landfills.  You can drop off similar items at Louisville Nature Center, 3745 Illinois Ave. or call %02-458-1328 for information.

Adopt a pet: If you want to add one or more four legged additions to your family, consider adding a rescue pet.  They may not have papers, but they have lots of love to give.  Whether you want a puppy or kitten, or a more mature animal, Metro Animal Services’ Animal House Adoption Center, the Animal Cares Society, or other shelters around town can help complete your family.

Enjoy your city:  Right now, Southern Living Magazine, is holding a vote to see which Southern city has the tastiest cuisine.  You can cast your vote for Louisville in this contest, but Metromix is also looking for the best bar, best restaurant, best brunch, best farm to table restaurant. and more “bests” in Louisville. If you only go to a limited number of old favorites, make 2012 the year where you try out the great assortment of food and drink available right here.

Find new ways to live your passion:  Make 2012 the year you let your creative side reign.  Right now, the Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest in southeastern Bullitt County is looking for an artist in residence to live on-site and create nature-related art.  Even if that’s not for you, the Metro Arts Center and many private organizations offer classes in arts and crafts to enrich your life and become part of Louisville’s growing art community.

Buy Local: Throughout the city, local entrepreneurs offer great alternatives to the national chains.  For example, right in St. Matthew, you can “Shop the W’s,” the shops on the streets in St. Matthews that start with “W”: Willis, Wendover, Wiltshire, Wallace and Wilmington.  Shops there include Art Emporium, Fenwick Animal Clinic, Kayrouz Cafe , Namnam Cafe, Nanz & Kraft Florists, Nally’s Barber Shop, Simply Thai, Abeille, Natural Kneads, Loulee and Domain., and Mary Katherine’s & Me. The stores offer quality goods and services, easy parking, and a friendly atmosphere.

Here’s to a great 2012!  Mollie Younger of  Younger Group Real Estate  can help you keep  that first resolution if you are looking for home in Butchertown, St. Matthews, the Highlands, and more.  We know Louisville!

This is the season try to focus on peace, goodwill toward men, and loving your neighbor. Even if you don’t catch this spirit of love and joy from the religious meaning of the season, a hundred Hallmark movies will remind you of what is possible. As I and the other members of the Younger Group wish you a heartfelt Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah, we are aware of how many in Louisville need a helping hand.

We know of the Toys for Tots and coat drives; we have seen the red Salvation Army buckets and maybe participated in the Angel Tree effort to help needy families. Sometimes it really hits home that the  “needy”  are right among us, often unrecognized. In a society where many are a paycheck or two away from being in desperate shape.

All this hit home the other day when I read a story in the Louisville Courier Journal about some kids at Crosby Middle School who learned this lesson first hand. After seeing a 60 Minutes story “Hard Times Generation,” about homeless children in America in science teacher Jason Quinn’s class, Breya Jones and her other 8^th grade classmates learned that there were 28 students at Crosby considered homeless by the District.

She was stunned “I’ve seen people downtown and I know about shelters. I didn’t think about how kids could be in that situation. I didn’t think about how it could be kids I see in the hallway.”

As student Shemar Maxwell added “I really felt kind of bad that this goes on. I think all kids should be equal and have the same lifestyle. It shouldn’t be so easy for some and so hard for others.”

The class started collecting clothes, hygiene items, and food  and then served as the organizers when the drive went school-wide. Two teachers, Quinn, and Elizabeth Gleeson, and the school’s Youth Service Center coordinator, Paula Wolf, worked with the students.

Throughout the process, the homeless students were not identified. Donated items piled up in Ms. Gleason’s classrooms, and students sorted them during homerooms periods.  They made posters and talked about the problem . Mostly importantly, they became aware of a widespread problem that will continue long after their drive; with their budding social conscience nurtured , they may grow up to more sensitive to the needs of others. As Shemar said,  “It’s not enough to stop now.”

Within Jefferson County Public Schools, there are between 8,000 and 10,000 students who are considered homeless. Donations beyond what Crosby’s 28 need will be donated to others in the District, but all these kids have ongoing needs.

This experience at Crosby Middle Schools echoes the word of Dare to Care, Louisville’s hungry center. As  they note in their report Hunger in Kentucky: 

Hunger in Kentucky is meant to tell the story of the 684,000 people living in poverty in the Commonwealth. They are not all living on the streets – they are waiting on us in restaurants, driving our child’s bus to school, living on fixed incomes in retirement. They are our neighbors, family, and friends and they need our help. The mission of the Kentucky Association of Food Banks (KAFB) is to maximize the effectiveness of Feeding America food banks serving Kentucky by providing food to feed hungry people.

Those of us able to do something about this continuing problem should take a step to do it. As we make New Year’s resolution, perhaps one should be to incorporate regularly reaching out to others in our plans.  That is what we try to do at the Younger Group and what I am trying ingrain in mn daughter, Memphis, who celebrates her first Christmas this year.

Merry Christmas to each and every one of you. We appreciate your business in 2011 and hope to serve you again in 2012

Mollie Younger of Younger Group Real Estate  can help you buy or sell your Louisville home. We know Louisville.

Last weekend, you may have enjoyed Light Up Louisville in downtown Louisville. This weekend, on Saturday, December 3^rd, it is time to capture the same magic in The Highlands.  Bardstown Road Aglow will take place between 5-10 pm, with the tree lighting to take place after Santa arrives in stretch limo for the lighting ceremony that starts at 5:45 pm. The beautiful tree, this year a 30 foot Norway spruce tree, will be set up in Wendy’s parking lot.

This event sets in motion several other things in Louisville.  The event marks the last day of the Four Roses’ second annual Holiday Bourbon Battle.  Restaurants and bars along Bardstown Road and Baxter Avenue have been serving original holiday inspired drinks since November 19, in hope that guests will vote for their favorite.  At Bardstown Road Aglow, you can stop in one of the participating establishment, enjoy your, you can drink, and then text your vote to “22333,” email the name of the restaurant/bar to bourbonbattle@gmail.com, or visiting Facebook.com/FourRosesBourbon and clicking “Like” on the picture of their favorite Bourbon Battle cocktail. The winner, to be announced during the week of December 5, will receive $500 an engraved Four Roses decanter and a plaque for his/her restaurant.

If you are a beer lover, you may enjoy tasting some of the 150 beers from around the world. With only a $5 admission fee, you can try several at only $1 for a 2 oz. sample right at the Mid-City Mall. The admission fees for the third Annual Highlands Beer Festival go to local charities so you are helping others as you enjoy yourself.

During the evening, you can enjoy caroling and other musical selections from the Marching Louisville Pipe Band and other area musicians as you stroll around the area to look at the decorations or patronize merchants. Celebrity judges will also be walking around to select the best decorated businesses. Two trolleys will operated from Douglass Loop to Lexington Rd., plus the Aglow Shuttle starting at Winston’s Restaurant at Sullivan University to chauffeur you around the area.

Once Santa arrives, you can have pictures taken to remember the event at Bearno’s Restaurant at 1318 Bardstown Rd. for only $5.  Proceeds benefit  Gilda’ s club of Louisville.

The Bardstown Road Aglow celebration dates back to 1985, when merchants welcomed shoppers with candles in their windows. The tradition stuck, so every year the Bardstown Road  Aglow festivities have helped residents and visitors enjoy the holiday season. Come on down!  Happy holidays.

Mollie Younger of Younger Group Real Estate can help you buy or sell your Louisville home. We know Louisville.

Well, it’s Thanksgiving. As you sit down to eat your Thanksgiving meal, grateful for family, friends, food, and a day off, remember to remember the good work of police, fire, and hospital personnel who are on duty today and who will work throughout the weekend to help Louisville pull off many annual events.  Accidents, fires, domestic disturbances, and medical emergencies often increase around holidays, so the day may not a leisurely one for Greater Lousiville public servants. With a full weekend of holiday events set in Louisville, the next few days will be a challenge, especially for Louisville police, who will participate in holiday events in their own way.

Even before the holiday, many Louisville police spent their Wednesday serving up Thanksgiving dinners to to residents at Flaget Apartments and Lourdes Hall or delivering meals to community residents. This is the 13thyear that the police have paired with volunteers at Greater St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church to pack up and deliver foam boxes of turkey, gravy, green beans, macaroni and cheese, stuffing and corn pudding to those who might be alone today.  The meal, prepared from turkeys and the trimmings donated by Kentucky Harvest and food drives, such as from the second grade class at Sacred Heart Academy. Many officers and their families pitched in to deliver the meals to over 500 people.

As Chief Robert White says “This is community policing at the next level. Volunteering is one of the most important things we can do as citizens, and to see police officers do it warms my heart.”  This outreach effort by police also help the community see the police in a non-adversarial way.

During the rest of the weekend, police are on hand to make sure that holiday festivities go off without a problem and maintain order among the crowds that gather.  On Friday, after citizens have enjoyed hours of Black Friday shopping, Light Up Louisville Christmas festivities start at 3 pm, with a 5K run/walk and musical entertainment at Jefferson Square Park, Sixth and Jefferson streets. At 6 pm the Winter Wonderland Holiday Parade begins, followed by the arrival of Santa Claus on Mr. C’s Floating Chair at about 8:30 p.m. He will present Mayor Greg Fischer with his “magic plug” that will switch on thousands of lights in the park and on nearby buildings.

These events usually bring over 75,000 people to downtown Louisville to watch or participate in the events and enjoy the shopping and food vendors. Compared to events such as Thunder over Louisville that draws hundreds of thousand of visitors, this may be light crowd, but the holidays always bring  increased possibilities for accidents and shoplifting incidents. With mild weather expected this year, more people may add to the crowds on hand.

Thanks again to our wonderful olice an other publid servants on hand to keep us safe and well.  Thanks to my wonderful clients, past and present.  I appreciate you all.  Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Mollie Younger of Younger Group Real Estate can help you buy or sell your Louisville home.  We know Louisville.

Halloween, long a holiday for kids to dress up and “beg” for candy, is also popular among adults, who  enjoy visits to haunted houses and corn mazes too scary for children, as well as adult-themed parties at homes and local bars. In Louisville, there is plenty of age-appropriate Halloween fun for everyone. Who doesn’t enjoy dressing up to corner the market on sweets and fun?

October 31, which falls on a Monday, is the official day for trick or treating in Louisville, but if you are want your kids to enjoy the day in more protective environment, there are plenty of exciting events for the family.  If you feel your child will have bad dreams from viewing a haunted house, there are plenty of options for the younger set.

World’s Largest Halloween Party at the Louisville Zoo has been happening for the past two weekends, and will wrap up this weekend from 5 until 8:30 p.m. on October 27-30 with rides and other events for the younger set.  Adventures such The Not-So-Haunted Carousel, the 4-D ride with Yogi Bear , the Sky Trail High Adventure, The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow Tour will please kids under 11 who can also trick or treat.

University of Louisville Gheens Science Hall and Rauch Planetarium Fright Light Halloween Party is hosting children’s activities, treats and laser light show on October 28, while several area churches are offering special Trunk or Treat events for kid this weekend too.

Making holiday crafts is a great way to spend the holiday. All ages and skill levels can spend 1 ½ hours at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft Halloween Drop-in Workshop on October 29 to make a seasonal craft.  Yoe can then head over to the Bardstown Bound Boofest 2011 for an afternoon of trick or treating.

As kids get older, they may be ready for the attractions that are a bit scarier.  The Beechmont Community Center Haunted Halls invites those over 9, but the Baxter Avenue Morgue isn’t recommended for kids under 12.

If you want to go to an attraction that has a variety of things to do with different levels of scariness, you might want to spend a day at Montgomery Farms over in Underwood, IN.  The place offers a barn and corn maze, cob cannons and slingshots, petting zoo and goat climb, build your own scarecrow, pumpkin decorating area, make your own caramel apples, barn shop, cow trains, harvest hut and private bonfires p;si haunted hayride from dusk to midnight.

For a complete list of Halloween activities in the area, see the Courier Journal List of 2011 Halloween Events.

Scared about buying a house?  Call me, Mollie Younger. My team and I atYounger Group Real Estate can list your home and show you affordable homes in this great city in Butchertown, St. Matthews, The Highlands, and other great Louisville neighborhoods. We know Louisville.

With the Labor Day weekend approaching, Louisville transitions from the Fair to two classic end-of summer events in the downtown area. Whether you go around the world or around Waterfront Park, you shouldhave a fun weekend.

Worldfest, held from September 2-4, will bring together food, culture, music, shopping, and patriotism right in Downtown Louisville on the Belvedere. It pays homage to the diverse population of Louisville as reflected in the public schools where 90 languages are spoken and in the population where 50% of the growth in the last 15 years has come from foreign countries.

Visitors to Worldfest can sample food from Louisville’s great ethnic restaurants and buy crafts from different countries. Music and dance from different countries will be ongoing on four stages. During the weekend event, hundreds will become US citizens in a naturalization ceremony after a stunning Parade of Cultures on Saturday, September 3 at noon. Kids can even experience the passport process by “applying”; the first 300 will receive free tickets to the Louisville Zoo and Louisville Slugger Museum.

Worldfest was signaled out in 2010 when Louisville was name best city for festivals by the International Festival and Events Association. It is Kentucky’s largest assembly of international restaurants, vendors, and exhibitors with over 150 booths. This is the first time the festival has continued through Sunday.

Now in its 8^th year, the Mayor’s Healthy Hometown Subway Hike, Bike & Paddle will occur on Monday, Sept. 5 at Waterfront Park and will offer more events than a similar day help Memorial Day weekend. As Mayor Greg Fischer says, “This is one of Louisville’s signature events and we’re always looking to make it even better, with new ways for families to have fun, exercise and be healthy. On Memorial Day we added a course for canoes and kayaks and had a super response, plus a record number of cyclists, and now we’re adding new healthy options with yoga and tai chi in the morning.”

Part of Louisville’s Healthy Hometown Movement to encourage citizen to make healthier lifestyle choices with exercise a part of their everyday life. Some of the events will include:

Cycling: The whole course from Waterfront Park to the Metro Parks is 15 mile, but turnoffs are set up so cyclists can take shorter rides. Both water stations and “Bike doctors” will be available along the route to make sure cyclists and their bikes are safe.

Hikers and walkers: A wheelchair-accessible route at the eastern end of Waterfront Park beckons those on foot to enjoy scenic views of the river and even walk their pets.

Paddlers: Canoers or kayakers will launch on a 3 mile course from the Garvin Brown III Rowing Center to Waterfront Park, where they can participate in other activities and visit the booth before being able to take shuttles back to their boats.

With many more festivals

in Louisville before the cold weather comes again, Worldfest and sports events this coming weekend are a great way to enjoy a little family bon

ding before fall gets busier.

My team and I at Younger Group Real Estate can show you affordable homes in this great city in Butchertown, St. Matthews, The Highlands, and other great Louisville neighborhoods. We know Louisville!

With the Kentucky State Fair in full swing until August 28, we Louisville residents have another week of fun on our hands.  With free concerts, horseshows, animal and produce exhibitions, and delicious food at the fair, it’s no wonder why 600,000 people come every year.  This year, there are 12 new rides in the Thrillway and excitement everywhere.

What’s new this year?

Prices are up a bit.  After three years of steady prices, fair admission is up a bit this year and now costs $10 per adult over 16, $6 for children, and$8 to park.  Tickets for Thrillway rides runs $25 for 22 tickets, though special deals on wristbands are available on certain fair days.  The outlay for a family at the fair can be hefty, but the fair offers sites and sounds that are amazing to the average urbanite!  Once in the fair grounds, visitors are invited to many free concerts and roving performing acts which are costly for fair promoters to offer.  Taken all together, the fair is worth it for the fun and experience. In addition, some proceeds benefits local charities and gives a needed boost of $14-16 million dollars to the local economy.

Good eating.  You can find lean meat and fruit on a stick at the Fair, but the biggest food attractions are deep fried and decadent.  Once again, the Krispy Kreme burger is on the menu along with new treats like Deep Fried Kool Aid, which is described as a cherry funnel cake by some and a jelly donut by others.  Another new hit is fried Derby Pie which is a new twist on a Louisville favorite. Dipped in funnel cake batter, the chocolate, nut, and bourbon pie is deep fried and served with raspberry sauce.

Local jobs. The Fair routinely hires many seasonal workers throughout the course of the event and after.  Wages start at $7.25.  If you need some extra money, you can apply at the Employment Trailer or call (502) 367-5235 for more information.  The anticipated 350 positions include admission gate keepers, tram drivers, tour guides, and housekeeping and maintenance.

Safety concerns addressed. After an unfortunate accident at the Indiana State Fair where the stage collapsed in a windstorm, fair officials have made sure that the stage rigging is secure.  It is smaller and more adjustable than the one used in Indiana, plus as Fair spokesperson Amanda Stoment notes, “Because we are an exposition center that operates 365 days a year, we are accustomed to having safety procedures in place, we’re vigilant about those kinds of emergency procedures. We’re in constant contact with the weather service”

Read more about the Fair in our recent August newsletter.  My team and I at Younger Group Real Estate can show you affordable homes in this great city in Butchertown, St. Matthews, The Highlands, and other great Louisville neighborhoods. We know Louisville!

When you turn on the water faucet in Louisville, you may not think much about what comes out. The high quality water that flows into your glass is full of history that Louisville citizens can be proud of. The Louisville Water Company wants to make you aware of its interesting past in several ways.

The system that serves 850,000 people in Louisville Metro and parts of Bullitt, Nelson, Oldham, Shelby and Spencer started out in 1860 with 27 employees and a reservoir at the corner of Zorn Avenue and River Road, in the Crescent Hill, Highland District, that pulled water from the Ohio River. By 1951, pump stations were converted to electricity, so require no manning. Steam engines from the old days are on display in one former station on Zorn Avenue, and is just part of what people can come to see in recent “Tour the Tower” sessions. Tour visitors can see the steam engine in operation, plus view historic photos.

The tower, surrounded by statues, is considered to be top notch industrial architecture. The tower, along with the pumping station, was designated as National Historic Landmarks in 1971 by the U.S. Department of the Interior. It is the oldest standing water tower in the U.S., a real feat as the structure was partially destroyed by the Tornado of 1890. The entire facility was recently renovated a cost of $4.3 million renovation. That station is currently rented by the Louisville Visual Arts Association, which has a display honoring its history as part of the water company complex. The Water Company may reclaim the space for a water history museum when the Association’s lease expires in 2012.

Another water company treasure, the Crescent Hill Gatehouse, is a popular destination for tourist and locals who enjoy walking around the reservoir at Frankfort Avenue. Walking Wednesday tours, held from 11 am – 1 pm and from 6 pm – 8 pm, from May through September 28, begin with tour of the old facility and reservoir and conclude with the walk.

The Louisville Water Company is committed to ongoing public education in addition to providing year long tips about water conservation. The company seeks funding for a Water Education and Innovation Center that might be located next to the historic water tower and pumping station along the Ohio River. One partner in the endeavor is EDGE Outreach, a Louisville-based organization with a mission to provide drinkable water in disaster-ravaged countries such as Haiti. To add a global dynamic to center, EDGE would have a major exhibit to increase awareness about world water-quality issues.

According to Mark Hogg, executive director of EDGE Outreach, “our interest in this is huge, because it would provide us with a bigger platform” to educate people that “water, sanitation and health all go hand in hand.” Since Louisville was the site of many water-quality innovations, including advances in the 1890s in the use of chlorine to purify water, he said, Louisville will be a great site for the facility.

Hopefully, there will be a preliminary design and a business plan for the center by mid-2012. The center is projected to cost $7 million, with half coming from the company and half from private foundations. Once built, the center would sustain itself from admissions and space rental. Per an agreement between water company president Greg Heitzman and the University of Kentucky, Design and architecture graduate student at the will develop a model for the project, prepare cost projections, and suggest a location as part of a class project. MBA students would have the opportunity to evaluate a business model for the center, including its potential market, revenue, expenses and long-term viability.

The new center would be owned and operated by a new non-profit set up by the Louisville water Company and would also handle funds to help low income customers prevent shutoffs. It represents the newest outreach effort by the company, which funds programs like Smile Kentucky to provide education and services to school children, Tap Into Fitness, which provides classroom based programming to promote a healthy lifestyle, Edge Outreach to promote sustainable solutions to drinking water in underdeveloped countries, and numerous corporate giving endeavors.

In this hot weather, Louisville is a wonderful place to hydrate yourself and soak up some water history. My team and I at Younger Group Real Estate can show you affordable homes in this great city in Butchertown, St. Matthews, The Highlands, and other great Louisville neighborhoods. We know Louisville!

You may think politicians are always cooking up something, but if you stopped by the Jeffersontown Farmer’s Market on Saturday, July 9, you would have been right. Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and Jeffersontown Mayor Bill Dieruf staged what started out as a celebrity cookoff, but ended up a two chefs at work to feed a crowd.  They sliced meat, vegetables, and fruits and then grilled them before an interested group of onlookers.  “He’s the vegetables, I’m the fruit,” Fischer said, after grilling short ribs, squash, potatoes, peaches, and other locally-grown food.

The event was designed make a point about the cooperation between cities on economic issues and to showcase the market. Originally a small market with 4 or 5 vendors, the market was improved through a $45,000 federal grant.  It now has over 29 vendors who crowd the pavilion at Gaslight Square at Taylorsville Road and Watterson Trail every Tuesday and Saturday through November.

Festivities aside, the market is a great addition to the chain of farmer’s markets in and near Louisville, where we can supplement our weekly supermarket runs with fresh, local food.

Many of the vendors at the local market work with the Louisville Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program which enable families to incorporate produce and other market products into their food budget.  You can receive farm products each week from CSA-farms by buying a share (or half share) from a particular vendor.

Depending on the farm, you might receive food most of the year.  You just pick up the food at a designated location, where you either receive a box ready to go or select your own products.  What you get each week may vary according to the weekly yield.  Some farms offer the option that allows you to work on the farm to pay part of the cost of your share. If your share offers too much food for your family, you can donate the rest to needy Louisville families.

The markets and the CSA programs benefit you, the local farmers, and the whole Louisville community.

• You as a shopper know where your food came from and are assured that the food will be fresh, often picked a day earlier, in comparison to the average 7 days for produce in the grocery store.  Food that is sold locally does not need all the preservatives that food trucked or flown in from afar has added.
• Area farmers, a vital component of the local economy, are able to sell much of their produce cheaply, both to visitors to the market and their CSA customers.
• About $68 of every $100 spent at a local market stays local, in comparison of only $43 of every $100, spent at a chain store, according to the Andersonville Development Corporation.

Visit the market and eat local in Louisville with the fresh food!  My team and I at Younger Group Real Estate can show you affordable homes in this great city in Butchertown, St. Matthews, The Highlands, and other great Louisville neighborhoods. We know Louisville!

Since it is the 4^th of July weekend, and you live in Louisville, you know what’s on your mind: food, fun, and fireworks. As you know, our city won’t come up short on any of those. There is plenty to do to supplement the picnic you might have at home, plus and fireworks galore around town.

As you know from our past blogs on Thunder over Louisville, we love our fireworks here. The only question is how and where to see them. Doing them at home can be dangerous and not have the dram and allure that the professional shows have.

One possible site is right on the river as a fit ending to the day’s activities at The Waterfront Independence Festival on the Great Lawn at Louisville Waterfront Park. Before the always spectacular pyrotechnics display at 10:00 p.m. on the 3^rd or 4^th, there two days full of music, children’s activates, and food. Plus – get this – if you were amazed at the KaLightoscope display at the Galt House over the holidays, you will love the Christmas in July version.

This year, 2011 Crescent Hill Art and Music Festival has joined with the 28th Annual Crescent Hill

Old-Fashioned 4th of July Celebration for two event-packed days. Over 9 juried artists and 35 bands will represent the best in art and music, plus there will be a pet show, antique car shoe, and some good old fashioned cakes on display, and fair food. The days will end with fireworks at 10 pm..

One spectacular way to see the fireworks at Waterfront Park is on a river cruise on the Belle of Louisville on July 3 or 4^th or on the Spirit of Jefferson on the 3^th. You can board at the 4^th Street Wharf at 7:30 pm and cruise till 11 pm.

Between the festivities and fireworks this weekend, you might have some barbeque on your mind. After all, early Louisville was built on meat and today the tradition continues with great sausage, ribs, and chicken from Mike Best’s Meat Market in Lyndon and other markets throughout town. Of course, many great Louisville barbeque joints will be open for eat-in or carry out if you don’t want to fire up the grill. With all the fresh food available at Louisville Farmer’s Markets, you can whip up some cole slaw, fruit salad, and other tasty sides to go with the meat however you “prepare” it.

Eat great and live great in Louisville! My team and I at Younger Group Real Estate can show you affordable homes within your budget in Butchertown, St. Matthews, The Highlands, and other great Louisville neighborhoods. We know Louisville!