In this episode, we'll walk you through the financial details of campaigning based off of our campaign financing workshop led by our director of programs, Megan Gulla. We'll walk you through the filing details to begin raising money for a camp

Primary Voting 101

Mar 28th, 2022 21m 20s

Welcome back to the CivicLex podcast! Come listen to our Director of Programs, Megan Gulla, interview the Fayette County Clerk Don Blevins. She'll ask him some crucial questions about voting and the upcoming election.Today, we're going to wal

The CivicLex Weekly - March 8, 2021

Mar 9th, 2021 24m 2s

Here’s one thing this week to watch in city hall… a presentation on the impact of the Fayette County Mental Health Court.📺 - Watch this presentation live on March 9 at 1:00pm.Why should you care?If you care about reducing homelessness, pris

The CivicLex Weekly - March 1, 2021

Mar 1st, 2021 19m 42s

Here's one thing this week to watch in city hall... a presentation in the Planning & Public Safety Committee on the Imagine Nicholasville Road project and changes it may bring to one of Lexington's busiest streets.📺 - Watch this presentation

The CivicLex Weekly - February 8, 2020

Feb 8th, 2021 16m 35s

Here's one thing this week to watch in city hall... a presentation in the General Government & Social Services Committee on the Mayoral Administration's proposal to create a new Department within LFUCG - the Department of Housing Advocacy.Watc

The CivicLex Weekly - February 1, 2021

Feb 1st, 2021 17m 20s

Here's one thing this week to watch in city hall... a presentation in the Planning & Public Safety Committee on how the Fayette County Detention Center cooperates with Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE).Watch this meeting live on LexTV on

The CivicLex Weekly - January 25, 2021

Jan 25th, 2021 25m 14s

This week, we’re covering a presentation in the Budget, Finance, and Economic Development Committee on Tuesday, January 26. This presentation will focus on current plans for the uses of buildings the City owns.Watch this meeting live on LexTV

The CivicLex Weekly - January 18, 2021

Jan 19th, 2021 17m 30s

This week, we're covering two presentations happening in this week's Environmental Quality and Public Works committee meeting on Tuesday, January 19th. These presentations involve ways that the City reduces its carbon footprint, although that i

The CivicLex Weekly - January 11, 2021

Jan 11th, 2021 13m 38s

We're back (again)! The CivicLex Team is starting out the new year with an audio version of our weekly newsletter. This week, we're discussing the new Lexington Urban County Council - what challenges they face, and how new members could change

The CivicLex Weekly - 9/22/20

Sep 21st, 2020 13m 3s

Welcome to a new version of the CivicLex Radio Hour! We've been away from the microphone for a while, but today, we're coming back with a new podcast experiment - The CivicLex Weekly. Now that name might sound familiar to some of you, and for

Digital Town Hall: LFUCG FY20/21 Budget

May 7th, 2020 1h 6m

In April 2020, Mayor Linda Gorton has announced a $40M Budget shortfall for the upcoming FY21 Budget due to Tax Revenue losses from the COVID-19 Crisis. In this Digital Town Hall, we discussed the implications this had on city services with Cou

Digital Town Hall: COVID-19 & Basic Needs

Apr 20th, 2020 1h 1m

In times of crisis, the need for support systems for Basic Needs becomes can become more acute and clear to a wider audience. In this Digital Town Hall, we were joined by Sharon Price of Community Action Council and Michael Halligan of God's Pa

Digital Town Hall: COVID-19 & Arts Organizations

Apr 15th, 2020 1h 13m

The entire purpose of most Performing Arts Organizations and many Visual Arts Organizations is to gather people together and share in the same cultural experience. In a time of social distancing, this becomes nearly impossible. In this Digital

CivicLex Digital Town Hall - Journalism & COVID-19

Apr 9th, 2020 55m 5s

News and information is an essential part of the public health landscape, especially during a crisis. The Lexington Herald-Leader has provided robust coverage of the COVID-19 crisis and has removed its paywall for any article related to the iss

COVID 19 & The Local Food Service Economy

Mar 30th, 2020 1h 1m

The CivicLex Radio Hour is back!!! ...Sort of. CivicLex has launched a new program focused on bringing together people to discuss the impacts of COVID-19 on our community in a way that is safe for everyone. While primarily a video service, we'

CivicLex Releases a Blog & Spends Its Weekend Making Cartoons

Apr 5th, 2019 55m 35s

The CivicLex Team discusses what's new at CivicLex - including CivicLex's new blog, and its participation in the national program Let's Make a Mark.CivicLex is a non-profit organization that is working to build a more civically engaged communi

CivicLex is On The Table

Mar 30th, 2019 54m 7s

The CivicLex Team sits down with Christian Motley of the New Leaders Council and Russell Allen of The Plantory and Take Back Cheapside to reflect on our joint 2019 On The Table... tables. We talk about Belonging in the context of Data, Nonprofi

On The Table & The Board of Architectural Review

Mar 26th, 2019 51m 42s

CivicLex Radio Hour is back in 2019 with a new live show format, developed in partnership with 93.9FM Lexington Community Radio! CivicLex Radio Hour airs live every Friday at 11am on WLXU.This episode, recorded on March 15th, features Andrea J

How is Lexington Addressing Wage Growth for Low Wage Workers?

Jan 31st, 2019 59m 22s

In November of 2018, CivicLex distributed a city-wide survey asking what residents considered to be major issues within twelve sectors of city government and policy. When we looked at the survey responses, we found that respondents placed wag

Minicast 1: What is LexArts?

Dec 13th, 2018 14m 10s

We're recording the issues from our website's Issue Hub into short, easy to digest Minicasts: all the information you'll need in just 10-15 minutes. In this first episode, we're talking about LexArts- what it is, what it does, and why its' im

Affordable Housing in Lexington I

Dec 6th, 2018 49m 6s

On this episode of the CivicLex Radio Hour, the CivicLex Team discusses issues of Affordable Housing in Lexington - particularly, what folks are impacted by Housing issues, and what the city is currently doing about it. The episode also preview

Council Member Roundtable & Tom Martin of WEKU's 'Eastern Standard'

Nov 29th, 2018 55m 43s

In CivicLex's Election Special, we featured snippets from a roundtable conversation we had with Vice Mayor Steve Kay and Council Members James Brown and Kathy Plomin - this episode features the rest of that conversation. We also sat down with T

Lexington's 2018 Election: Part Two

Nov 26th, 2018 1h 6m

In this episode of the CivicLex Radio Hour, the CivicLex Team interviews Lexington residents and poll workers on Election Day 2018, talks with New Council Member Jennifer Reynolds and Lexington Herald-Leader Reporter Beth Musgrave, and sits dow

Lexington's 2018 Election: Part One

Nov 13th, 2018 1h

In this episode of the CivicLex Radio Hour, the CivicLex Team interviews Lexington residents about their mood in advance of the 2018 General election, talks with Lisa Adkins at the Blue Grass Community Foundation about On The Table, and reviews

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