Overview
- Louisville’s new master plan for Jefferson Memorial Forest, unveiled Friday, outlines a canopy walk, more hiking and mountain bike trails, glamping, and a destination playground.
- Mayor Craig Greenberg said the project is unfunded and he will ask Metro Council for more than $60 million in the upcoming budget.
- The city has a $107,000 contract in place to cover early design and oversight work.
- Cleanup of the Gully of the Drums, an illegal dump dating to the 1960s, is slated to start this summer and continue into fall.
- WDRB reported the 7,500‑plus‑acre site is the nation’s largest city‑managed urban forest with rising use, and officials have not set construction dates for the new amenities.