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WHAS 11 Waterfront Independence Festival Announcement
June 19, 2009 – 3:59 pm
Bicycling for Louisville to provide secure bicycle parking
June 18, 2009 – 8:03 pm
Secure bicycle parking for festival patrons will be provided by Bicycling for Louisville at the main festival entrance on the South Great Lawn. Bicycling for Louisville, a louisville non-profit agency will not charge for the bicycle valet service but will accept donations to offset the expense to the agency. Barry Zalph , Executive Director of Bicycling for Louisville urges all bicyclists to remember safety lights for their bicycles as most will be riding home after the fireworks, after dark.
WATERFRONT PARK AUCTION ANNOUNCEMENT GREAT LAWN HARBOR BOAT SLIP PERMITS WATERFRONT INDEPENDENCE FESTIVAL 2009
June 16, 2009 – 2:10 pm
The deadline for bids for a boat slip in the Great Lawn Harbor has been extended to Friday, June 19, 2009. Waterfront Development Corporation will auction individual boat permits for use during the Waterfront Independence Festival on July 3-4, 2009. The purpose is to limit the number of boats in the harbor in an attempt to avoid unsafe conditions. A permit will be assigned to a successful bidder based on the amount of bid, size of vessel, and the date bid is received in the Waterfront Development office. Boats will not be assigned a specific slip. The Waterfront Development Corporation reserves the right to reject any and all bids. … Read More
July 3 & 4th Waterfront Independence Festival Celebrates the 10th Anniversary of Waterfront Park’s Grand Opening
June 16, 2009 – 1:22 pm
Presenting Sponsor Fifth Third Bank returns for sixth year
Louisville, Kentucky – The 2009 Waterfront Independence Festival, presented by Fifth Third Bank, will feature two days full of free music, free children’s activities, festival food, fireworks, and fun. The Festival kicks off on Friday, July 3rd with Country Night, and continues on Saturday, July 4th with an evening of progressive hip-hop from Berkeley, California; acid jazz; and funk.
This year’s festival marks the tenth anniversary of the July 4, 1999 grand opening of Waterfront Park’s first phase. “Could there be any better way to celebrate an anniversary,” said Waterfront President David Karem, “than with 150,000 of our closest friends?” In the years since that 1999 opening, Waterfront Park has added the Adventure Playground & Waterplay Area, Brown-Forman Amphitheater, and Amphitheater Docks of Phase II, and just this month, the Lincoln Memorial and Swing Garden of Phase III. “The one constant in those ten years of progress and change has been the Waterfront Independence Festival,” said Karem, “and it promises to be better than ever this year.” … Read More
