Press
Media Releases
- VITAL SITES Press Release (May 31st, 2023)
- Media Release RE: Odd Fellows w/ LHL, NPP (February 23rd, 2021)
- VITAL SITES Press Release (April 22nd, 2019)
- VITAL SITES Press Release (December 6th, 2018)
- VITAL SITES Press Release (February 23rd, 2018)
- VITAL SITES Media Guide (November 10th, 2017)
- VITAL SITES Press Release (October 9th, 2017)
- VITAL SITES Press Release (September 5th, 2017)
In the News
Louisville Metro receives $100,000 grant from African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund for Quinn Chapel
7.21.22 – Louisville Metro press release
2021
Read here for more info on Liberty Hall / Odd Fellows in Louisville
What’s around the corner for Downtown Louisville?
5.10.21 – Urban Design Studio (by Patrick Piuma)
Positive Progress for Portland Corner Store
4.27.21 – Portland Anchor
Louisville Historical League to appeal removal of Liberty Hall landmark designation
4.22.21 – Louisville Business First
CityState: The State of Historic Preservation in Louisville w/ Vital Sites
4.02.21 – Apple Podcasts / CityState Radio on WXOX 97.1 FM Louisville (Podcast)
Downtown Louisville’s ‘Odd Fellows Building’ loses landmark status
3.26.21 – Louisville Business First
Downtown Louisville building could be stripped of historic landmark status
3.17.21 – Louisville Business First
Landmark Louisville building one step closer to being demolished
3.16.2021 – The Courier-Journal (subscription required)
Preservationists Rally To Save Odd Fellows Building In Downtown Louisville
03.15.2021 – WFPL
Historical League rallies to prevent demolition of Odd Fellows building in downtown Louisville
03.15.2021 – WDRB
Group gathers for preservation rally to prevent Odd Fellows building demolition
03.15.2021 – WAVE3
Groups plan preservation rally for historic Odd Fellows building
03.14.2021 – WHAS11.com (Video)
Rally to save Louisville’s Odd Fellows Building planned ahead of critical landmark meeting
03.12.2021 – The Courier-Journal
Regret is a One-Way Street
03.09.2021 – Urban Design Studio (by Patrick Piuma)
Save Odd Fellows Building: Preservation Is Progress
03.09.2021 – The Courier-Journal (commentary by Craig Greenberg)
GUEST COMMENT: An odd contradiction in Downtown Louisville
02.24.2021 – Louisville Business First (by Steve Wiser)
Louisville residents say demolishing historic Odd Fellows building would waste taxpayer dollars
02.24.2021 – WDRB.com
Odd Fellows building’s future up in the air, group pushes to protect historic structure from demolition
02.24.2021 – WHAS11.com (Video)
Historical preservationists push back on Odd Fellows building demolition ahead of committee meeting
02.24.2021 – WLKY.com (Video)
Downtown Louisville Odd Fellows Building May Face Demolition
02.24.2021 – The Courier-Journal (subscription required)
2020
National Trust Awards $365,600 in Grant Funding to Organizations Nationwide (Vital Sites listed as Louisville Preservation Fund)
10.12.2020 – Preservation Leadership Forum
Review board will meet Tuesday to consider 6 nominations to the National Register of Historic Places (Hertel Pharmacy aka Schweitzer Pharmacy)
10.12.2020 – Kentucky.gov (Kentucky Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet)
Former pharmacy in Portland neighborhood may be added to national historic registry
10.12.2020 – WDRB.com
The Corner Store: The Original Live-Work Place
9.15.2020 – Gardens to Gables blog (post written by Jessica McCarron)
Voice from Louisville: Jessica Jewell McCarron
9.14.2020 – Gardens to Gables blog
Radio: Targeted Investment for Historic Preservation with Vital Sites
Live on 3.4.2020 – City State Radio on WXOX 97.1 FM Louisville
2019
Louisville nonprofit names its first executive director
4.22.2019 – Louisville Business First
2018
WFPL radio interview: Charles Cash and future of the Brennan House (AUDIO)
Aired 12.21.2018
Community meeting focused on the past and potential future of Quinn Chapel
10.22.2018 – Insider Louisville
First rehabilitated Broadway Row house hits the market
09.12.2018 – Insider Louisville
Sneak Peek: Architectural tour of homes returns with seven Louisville houses (PHOTOS)
09.04.2018 – Louisville Business First
Architecture tour offers ideas for how homeowners can renovate
09.04.2018 – Insider Louisville
Tour historic homes under renovation on Broadway
03.02.2018 – Insider Louisville
2017
Louisville developer, Vital Sites help turn old buildings into homes | Gregg Rochman
12.06.2017 – The Courier-Journal – USA Today (video)
Time Travelers Social
11.01.2017 – The Voice-Tribune (photo gallery – Vital Sites benefitting organization)
In a decade, redeveloped Henry Clay has influenced revitalization of Louisville downtown core
10.25.2017 – The Lane Report
5 shotgun homes on East Broadway to be rehabilitated
10.09.2017 – WDRB-41 (video)
Group works to revitalize shotgun houses in Phoenix Hill
10.09.2017 – WHAS-11 (video)
New nonprofit plans to restore five shotgun houses near Cave Hill Cemetery
10.09.2017 – The Courier-Journal
As Development Grows, Louisville Group Works To Balance Preservation
10.09.2017 – WFPL
Non-profit hopes to bridge old and new in Louisville
10.09.2017 – WAVE3 News
A peek inside: Renovation work beginning soon on five 19th-century homes
10.09.2017 – Insider Louisville (photo gallery)
Vital Sites looks to revitalize Louisville through strategic redevelopment
10.06.2017 – WLKY (video)
Broadway Row: Preservation Louisville merges with Vital Sites to redevelop older buildings
09.11.2017 – Insider Louisville
On East Broadway, Old Shotgun Houses To Become New Affordable Homes
09.06.2017 – WFPL
2016
Developer to add affordable housing to Mercy project, receives approval for tax incentives
07.20.2016 – Insider Louisville
Preservation in Transition: Louisville poised to rejuvenate its preservation movement
05.18.2016 – BrokenSidewalk.com
Heart of Louisville 2015 Year in Review
01.04.2016 – National Trust for Historic Preservation