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The 2013 Fifth Third Bank Waterfront Independence Festival will continue the tradition of free concerts by national artists, fireworks, and family fun. ...more

The Ky/In Bridges project is gearing up for construction in the downtown Waterfront area. Access to Waterfront Park will always be maintained along River Road in the downtown bridge construction area, but there may still be brief road closures or impact on the park when equipment and materials are being moved in and out. Check the Ohio River Bridges Project website for more information on the impact of this project.

Visit this page for rules of the bridge, hours of operation, and distance information. (Picture by Nick Roberts, SpeedDemon2.com.)

Louisville Waterfront Park is one of five finalists for the Rudy Bruner Award, which searches for "places that are developed with such vision and imagination that they transform urban problems into creative solutions." The award is given every two years by the Rudy Bruner Foundation. Four of the finalists will receive the Silver Medal, an award of $10,000, and the fifth will receive the Gold Medal, $50,000. The Gold Medal winner will be announced in May 2013.

The Rudy Bruner folks recently came to Louisville for 3 days for a site visit to Waterfront Park. This article is the result of that visit.

We finally bit the bullet - we're now set up to take donations to Waterfront Park online. :) Visit our "Donate" page at www.louisvillewaterfront.com/donate. You can also donate from our Facebook page - www.facebook.com/louisvillewaterfront. We appreciate your support of Waterfront Park!

A great selection of pictures of and from the Big Four Bridge are posted in our Photo Gallery. Check them out!

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On Thursday, February 7, 2013, the Big Four Pedestrian/Bicycle Bridge officially opened. This was a soft opening - the Jeffersonville ramp is not completed, so once you get to the other side, you will just turn around and come back. Great exercise, though, and the views are magnificent! The bridge is open 24/7, except for events that require it to be closed (like Thunder Over Louisville). The hours of operation in the rest of the park remain the same, 6am - 11pm daily.

Photo: Nick Roberts, SpeedDemon2.com

We were pleased to hear that the Future Farmers of America convention will be returning to Louisville in 2013, 2014 and 2015! Waterfront Park buzzes with future farmers during the convention, and we love the activity.

Future Farmers, be sure to check out the Belle of Louisville while you're in town - she is the oldest Mississippi-style steamboat in the world, and she's still cruisin' strong! For tickets and information about the Belle, visit her website at www.BelleOfLouisville.org.

A new guide to the Lincoln Memorial is available that includes information about the project, artist, and landscape architect, as well as activities that encourage visitors to dig deeper into the stories of Abraham Lincoln and his ties to Louisville, Kentucky … more

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