The city of Elsmere officially approved zoning for the cultivation, processing and selling of medical cannabis within city limits at its Jan. 14 council meeting. The city council unanimously voted to adopt amendments to the city’s zoning ordinance, permitting medical cannabis businesses to operate cultivation and processing facilities within industrial zones, as well as dispensaries […]
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Elsmere votes no on councilmember’s request for virtual meetings
The Elsmere City Council voted to deny councilmember Serena Owen’s request for virtual attendance. Owen has been seeking to attend council meetings remotely since September 2024 as accommodation for her disability. Councilmember Gloria Grubbs prefaced, during the city’s first caucus meeting of 2025 on Jan. 7, by saying that various accommodations were offered to Owen […]
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Elsmere council member again absent: ‘The people voted for you. They want you here’
The city of Elsmere’s caucus meeting on Dec. 3 was rife with comments regarding councilmember Serena Owen, who once again was not present. Owen has faced backlash from other city council members and some Elsmere residents after she stopped attending meetings in person in June. She has cited her disability and an unsafe environment in […]
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Elsmere City Council
Elsmere City Council (7 candidates, vote for 6) Click on the candidate’s names to learn more about them: Joanne Barnett-Smith Joanne Barnett-Smith has sought more feedback from Elsmere citizens since she became a council member. “There’s a lot of people out there that I want to hear from to see how they’re doing, to make […]
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Erlanger-Elsmere annual community reunion parade celebrates 30 years
An Elsmere neighborhood came alive with the sounds of music and cheers on a cloudy morning as the 30th Erlanger-Elsmere Annual Community Reunion parade rolled through on Aug. 31. Beginning from a parking lot just off Dixie Highway, between St. Henry Roman Catholic Church and the Quality Cleaners dry cleaning business, dozens of parade participants […]
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Elsmere considers allowing taller fences
Elsmere City Council has presented its first reading of an ordinance permitting greater fence heights in the GI zoning district, allowing for the construction of an 8-foot-tall construction fence around the site of a Chick-fil-A distribution center and a Niagara Bottling facility.
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Elsmere directs medical cannabis issue to ballot
The city of Elsmere passed a resolution to put the medical cannabis question on the ballot during its July 9 city council meeting. The council unanimously voted to approve the resolution, following discussions at the July 2 caucus meeting that favored the ballot option for whether to allow medical cannabis businesses to operate within Elsmere […]
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Elsmere to adopt ballot measure for medical cannabis licensing
Elsmere City Council discussed zoning guidance for medical cannabis licensing at its July 2 caucus meeting, where the ballot measure came out ahead. In view of the legalization of medical cannabis in Kentucky beginning Jan. 1, 2025, each city must decide whether to allow medical cannabis businesses to operate within their jurisdictions, prohibit the licensing […]
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Elsmere repeals negotiations with Flagship Communities REIT
Elsmere City Council called a special meeting last week to repeal a municipal order passed last year concerning negotiations with Flagship Communities REIT. The order authorized the city to acquire 18 acres of Heartland Pointe, a real estate property owned by Flagship Communities REIT at 1630 Garvey Ave., with the aim of constructing a public […]
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Elsmere City Council discusses medical cannabis licensing
Elsmere City Council listened to a presentation on medical cannabis licensing at their June 4 caucus meeting. Medical cannabis will be legal in the state effective Jan. 1, 2025. Each individual city is responsible for creating the zoning regulations to make way or not allow those types of businesses to operate; however, if cities do […]