- July 10, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
On January 29, 2019, construction began on a new multi-use building in west Louisville’s Russell neighborhood. On Friday, The Village at West Jefferson opened its doors to the public. Political, religious and community leaders gathered to celebrate the long-anticipated project, in a long-forgotten area of the city.
“It had been four generations since the flood of 1937, since investment had taken place in the West End of Louisville, Kentucky,” said Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer.
There is now more than a billion dollars being invested in the area. $7 million of that went to The Village, which came as a project from MOLO Village Community Development Corporation.
A MOLO office will now run out of the building, and a variety of businesses will call The Village home.
There will be a bank, pharmacy, business incubator and restaurant, among others.
“We call it a one-stop shop,” said Rev. Jamesetta Ferguson, MOLO Village president and…
