Read Sheldon Shafer’s article in the September 8, 2013 Courier-Journal:
Metro Council expected to provide boost for botanical garden project
A 23-acre former landfill is expected to be declared surplus by the Louisville Metro Council when it meets Thursday, clearing the way for the site’s development as the Waterfront Botanical Gardens…
Metro Councilman Stuart Benson, R-20th District, a member of the economic development panel, called the site “a great location” for a major horticultural project…