Neighbors of Southwest Louisville believe in compassion for others and creating a solid future with a rich history. Valley Village Strong
Valley Station, Kentucky 40272
502-322-5830
[email protected]
During my sixteen years of being on SSDI I have been looking for both a career I could fall in love with and at the same time return that love back into my community. I have battled
a heart and lung disorder that put me on disability. It’s been a curvy road with losing the use of my legs, malnourished of all my nutrients after weight loss surgery, dealt with two abusive men, kidnapped by one of them, and a scare with Bells Palsy. My family has lived I think Valley Village over Forty-Eight years and it was once a well formed unity community. It was once a mixture of the shows Army Wives meets Steel Magnolia, The Sandlot, and Cheers. Yes Cheers because all the adults and parents knew all the kids names growing up. There were phone trees, family filled events up at the front of the neighborhood, kickball tournaments, basketball up at Watson Lane with our Dads, teens learning how to drive, ball games up at Wright Field, family run companies run by those who lived in neighborhood, and an overwhelming amount of compassion for a next door neighbor. While growing up back here I have watched that unity and compassion go into hiding when drugs started taking many of my friends I grew up with. Our youth had lost the ball park, the two schools where community events were held, and during the pandemic the basketball goals up at Watson Lane. Many families battle with being low-income, food poverty issues, after-school programs, and the recreational areas are run down or they are trashed with leftover drug needles. While my time on the Valley Village Trustees was short due to them wanting to shut down the HomeOwners Association and noticing they aren’t wanting to fight harder. I’d also love to help more residents get more involved in making the community a lot more enjoyable and bring unity. I want to start a Nonprofit called Valley Village Strong to bring back the compassion and unity. My goal is to build a two teams with this Nonprofit that will benefit both Valley Village and the southern part of Valley Station. The first team I am building are with my neighbors within Valley Village and those who still believes in making good things happen. The second team is getting involved with the small businesses, healthcare programs, who also believes in bringing communities closer and sees other unity opportunities to help us grow. On October 23, 2022 I am putting together my very 1st real fundraiser and family fun event to help with raising funds to get things started. My goal with this is to help with building 4 Little Food Pantries, 4 Little Libraries, fix the basketball goals up at Watson Lane, and hopefully enough to put together a Christmas Party for the neighborhood. I’m needing some funding help
All money raised by donations, sponsors, and events will only be returned back into the Valley Village Neighborhood. At the moment it’s being started in my home and eventually I’d love to see it moved up to the corners in front of the neighborhood. Both the old White Lightning building and the old mechanic place could be used to do good. I’d love to put in a food pantry, Dress 4 Success, and a shop that sales local Valley Village/Valley Station/Kentucky Proud products in those two spots. Hopefully help the laundry mat place get an update on the outside and neighborhood welcoming signs. Who knows with others that chooses to get involved could help us buy back Wright Field to bring little league baseball and softball leagues into the neighborhood. Kickball tournaments and we have an unused park that could be turned into a pickle ball court. There is enough room by Wright Field to build a nice size park for handicap access, farmers market, food pantry, outdoor community events, community gardens, food truck fun, and have the Medical Mobile programs that both Norton/Louisville could help neighbors with healthcare.
$900 Will go towards repairs or replace both back-boards and hoops at Watson Lane.
$800 Will go towards building the Little Pantries & Libraries.
$400 Will go towards Community Building Events
$300 Will go towards Legalzoom to start the process of a 501c3.
