Yeah, We Met . . . and What Can We Do Next Given Covid19?

The Bon Air Neighborhood General Membership meeting did go on as scheduled on March 9, 2020 at Buechel Park Baptist Church. It was a relatively short meeting. There were not many questions for either Louisville Metro Council Representative Brent Ackerson or LMPD Officer George McMillian.   There were 17 of us who attended.

We also got to meet Daniel Gossberg, who is running in the primary against Tom Burch for State Representative in District 30.  He was brave enough to show so I will give him mention.

Upon entering the Fellowhip Hall, one on my long time acquaintances did not mince words when he asked me, "Isn't this a stupid idea?"  I did not know what exactly to say.  

I do not blame anyone who did not want to attend because of the Covid19 fear.  So far  . . . six days later . . . from what I can tell, there has been no report of Covid19 transmission based on attendance at the meeting or within the Bon Air Neighborhood for that manner on account of the meeting . . . so far (did I say that again?)

Anyway, in this national emergency where we are kept from gathering together and from watching our seasonal traditions of March Madness we risk what I will call 9-11-itis, which is the depression from the repetitive negative news.  Our emails, newsfeeds, and televisions will be full of stories about Covid19.  

If you are not already tired of trying to stay up with the news, you will be, because there will be a point . . . if we are not already there where what is on is nothing more than repetition. It will stop being of any practical use and will be depressing    I think 9-11-itis can be worse in this day because of social media will repeat it more often and more frequently through memes and all other 

In Salem Indiana, right after 9-11, a bunch of people in the community volunteered to put up a playground project that was already in progress because they were tired of the depressive repetition they were feeling from the news channels.  It got done quicker (probably cheaper) and was a thing of beauty. 

We don't have any playground projects that are shovel-ready like in Salem,  but we do have a lot of clean up and spruce up that could be done during the nice days where we are supposed to stay away from each other.  In driving around I saw some stuff and I would like to suggest the following areas that could use  attention:

1. Cleaning around the Bardstown Road Mural (the panhandlers leave their trash)
2. Cleaning north of the Thorntons on Bardstown Rd 
3. Clipping the branches along the chain link fence on Brockton Lane on the Taylorsville Rd Ramp (on the Highgate Springs side  of the fence of course)
4. Cleaning up the trash on Goldsmith Lane around Beargrass Creek south of Seneca High School
5. Cleaning up Brockton Lane both around Bon Air Estates and Highgate Springs
6. If you are really ambitious, there is Beargrass Creek between Bardstown Rd and Downing Lane.
7. For the really stir crazy, there is the Bardstown Rod median between Bashford Manor and Hikes Lane (this one also seems the most nerve-racking/risky one, but we will try to do it on 4/18/2020 during Operation Brightside and there will still be a lot of trash).

I myself will try to get out there and do some of this but there is no race or competition here, but this is an opportunity to do something good and make a worthwhile contribution.  

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