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With Final Vote, Yarmuth Secures More than $18 Million for Louisville Projects in Omnibus Bill Headed to President Biden’s Desk

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These federal investments will improve critical infrastructure, help at-risk youth and people experiencing homelessness, improve higher education services, and more

PRESS RELEASE FROM REP. YARMUTH'S OFFICE

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman John Yarmuth (KY-3) announced that he successfully secured $18,386,500 in Community Project Funding for 15 projects across Louisville as part of the Fiscal Year 2023 “omnibus” government funding legislation. The funding will be used for a wide range of investments, including local infrastructure, services for at-risk youth and people experiencing homelessness, reducing educational disparities, support for minority-owned businesses, and much more.

The vote caps a 16-year Congressional career in which Congressman Yarmuth, Chair of the House Budget Committee, has championed initiatives that improved lives and cements his legacy as one of the most effective legislators in Kentucky history.

“I’m delighted that in my final official act as a Member of Congress, I’m able to deliver these resources to so many crucial projects that will make a real difference in the Louisville community,” Yarmuth said. “You hear these packages called ‘spending bills,’ but when we do it right, it’s not spending at all. They’re investment bills. Investments in our communities, in our people; investments that pay us all back both financially and by improving people’s lives. We got it right this time.

“From protecting children and our most vulnerable communities, to expanding healthcare access and improving our roads and sewers, to finally taking on the 9th street divide that has harmed far too many Louisvillians, this funding will create new opportunities and make Louisville more vibrant, safe, and accessible for all.”

The omnibus bill passed the House today, 225-201, and previously passed the Senate yesterday by a vote of 68-29. The legislation now heads to President Biden’s desk for his signature.

Below is the full list of projects Yarmuth secured funding for in the Fiscal Year 2023 government funding bill, listed in alphabetical order:

  • $2,000,000 for the Americana Community Center to construct a new health clinic that will include their Family Health Centers’ Refugee and Immigrant Health program and the Survivors of Torture Services program.
  • $2,000,000 to Family & Children’s Place for the Louisville Collaboration to Prevent Child Abuse, a continuum of evidence-based prevention, education, and crime victim support activities including mental health and crisis intervention services.
  • $2,400,000 for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for traffic calming measures in Louisville's Shelby Park and Smoketown neighborhoods, converting one-way streets back to their original two-way directions and including pedestrian features and bump-outs for transit buses.
  • $500,000 for the Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District for four West Louisville neighborhoods to make Community Odor Control improvements at 50 catch basins by installing traps to prevent odor-causing hydrogen sulfide gases. Reducing the occurrence of unpleasant odors will enhance the environmental, educational, health, and economic outcomes to advance in West Louisville.
  • $1,000,000 for the Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District for a Neighborhood Drainage Project to support community drainage improvements across Jefferson County.
  • $3,000,000 for the Louisville Metro Government to be used for the for the “Reimagine 9th Street” project — creating an attractive, vibrant, and safe connection between West Louisville and downtown for all users.
  • $600,000 to the Louisville Metro Government for roadway improvements on Buechel Bank Road in Louisville, including utility relocation in advance of roadway and sidewalk construction.
  • $500,000 for the National Center for Families Learning for Family Engagement and Immersive Technology to help close science opportunity gaps and improve social and emotional outcomes for middle school students at Jefferson County Public Schools.
  • $284,000 for the Olmsted Parks Conservancy for an Urban Trail Restoration Project to increase access to urban forests while protecting the woodlands and ecological systems in Iroquois, Seneca, and Cherokee Parks.
  • $800,000 for OneWest for Minority-Owned Small Business Development, Training & Business Improvements in Louisville's West End to support OneWest’s Chef Accelerator and The Plan Room programs.
  • $602,500 for the Simmons College of Kentucky for faculty additions and technology upgrades for new academic degrees as part of the Overpass Project, to provide a comprehensive student success model by introducing degrees in applied mathematics, psychology, and computer information science.
  • $1,500,000 for the St. John Center to help build a new single-site supportive housing development for people experiencing homelessness.
  • $1,000,000 for St. Joseph’s Children Home to help fund an historic project to reduce the educational disparities for Kentucky’s most vulnerable youth and provide a modernized space tailored to the unique needs of their residential children.
  • $2,000,000 for the University of Louisville, KY for a new, integrated research and treatment clinic space at the Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research and Recovery Clinic.
  • $200,000 for the YMCA of Greater Louisville to address and prevent abuse and neglect through the YMCA Safe Place Services: Child Abuse, Youth Homelessness, and Juvenile Delinquency Prevention.

The twelve-bill government funding package will create good-paying American jobs, grow opportunity for the middle class and small businesses, and provide a lifeline for working families. The Community Project Funding for Kentucky’s 3rd District included in the legislation, alongside other funding for critical government programs, will help make significant progress towards reversing decades of underinvestment in our communities.