A doodle of people enjoying the park by strolling through the trees, bike riding, dancing, and running.

Community Endorsements

Christian Adair

District 6 Representative, Parks & Recreation Advisory Board

Lauren Back

Realtor, The Brokerage

Brady Barlow

Co-Owner, West Sixth Brewing

Nancy Barnett

Yes for Parks Advocate

Nancy Bell

Mill Ridge Farm

Price Bell

General Manager, Mill Ridge Farm

James Betts

Owner, Bluegrass Baking Company

Emily Biggins

Yes for Parks Advocate

John Boardman

Founder and CEO, Ballast

Larry Brandstetter

Former State Representative

Joe Buckles

Member, Buckles Law Office

Bullhorn

Yes for Parks Advocates

Rebecca Byers

Yes for Parks Advocate

Kaelyn Query Caldwell

Yes for Parks Advocate

Bishop Carter IV

Owner, Elaine Allen LLC

Kerry Cauthen

Managing Partner, Four Star Sales

Harry Clarke

Yes for Parks Advocate

Will Coffman

Partner, Bullhorn

Kip Cornett

Community Volunteer

David Cozart

Chief Visionary Officer, Commonwealth Center for Fathers & Families

Raymond Daniels

Yes for Parks Advocate

Alison Davis

Executive Director, Community and Economic Development Initiative of Kentucky, University of Kentucky

Olivia Davis

Associate Director and Senior Lecturer, Department of Accountancy, University of Kentucky

Summer Dickinson

Yes for Parks Advocate

Harding Dowell

Board of Advisors, Fund for Greater Lexington

Downtown Drs. Brown

Yes for Parks Advocates

Whitney Durham

Realtor, Sotheby’s International Realty

Tom Eblen

Journalist

Lynn English, PT, MSED, DPT

Professor Emeritus, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Kentucky

Colby Ernest

Executive Director, Lexington Children's Museum

Melody Flowers

Assistant Vice President for Economic Development & Real Estate, University of Kentucky

Jim Frazier

Managing Director, McBrayer PLLC

Valerie Friedmann

Yes for Parks Advocate

Friends of Wolf Run

Yes for Parks Advocates

Frontrunners Lexington

Yes for Parks Advocates

Jeff Fugate

Associate Professor, Urban & Environmental Design, University of Kentucky

Margaret Graves

Yes for Parks Advocate

Stephen Grossman

Managing Director, Baird

Tim Guthrie

Founder, CFO Services Group LLC

Mindy Haas

Executive Director, The Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass

Blake Hall

Yes for Parks Advocate

Melissa Hammer

President, Junior League of Lexington

Mary Diane McCord Hanna

President,  Old Richmond Road Neighborhood Association

Tom Harris

Yes for Parks Advocate

Stan Harvey

Principal, Lord Aeck Sargent

Jaclyn Hawkins, MFA

Yes for Parks Advocate

Georgia Henkel

Artist

Debra Hensley

Business Owner and Former Council Member

Dr. Amanda Higgins

Yes for Parks Advocate

Christy Hiler

Owner and CEO, Cornett

Megan Holley-Slaughter

President, Sutherland & Associates

Sherry Holley-Slaughter

President, Gratz Park Private Wealth

Ed Holmes, AICP

President, EHI Consultants

Isabel Ladd Interiors

Yes for Parks Advocates

Mac Jarboe, Jr., CLU, ChFC

Managing Partner & Wealth Management Advisor, Succession Wealth Planning

Andrew Jefferson

Yes for Parks Advocate

Steve Kay

Partner, Roberts & Kay

Mason King

CEO, Jubilee Jobs

Roscoe Klausing

CEO, Klausing Group

David Kloiber

President, Kloiber Foundation

Marci Kloiber

Yes for Parks Advocate

Gabe Knowles

District 10 Representative, Parks & Recreation Advisory Board

Katie Lindeman, PLA, LEED AP BD+C

Registered Landscape Architect & Co-Founder of Friends of Jacobson Park

Eric Lindsey

Director of Media and Branding, Kentucky Blood Center

David Lowe

Chairman, Sustainable Funding Subcommittee, Parks Advisory Board

Mariana Marye

District 12 Representative, Parks & Recreation Advisory Board

Walker Mattox

Founder and CEO, Gray Solutions

Paul McCaffrey

Yes for Parks Advocate

Dr. Lee Meyer

President, Wild Ones Lexington

Victoria Meyer

Chair, Parks & Recreation Advisory Board

Karen Michul

Secretary, Parks & Recreation Advisory Board

Ed Monahan

Volunteer, Friends of Waverly Park

Jennifer Mossotti

Former District 9 Councilmember

Christian Motley

Yes for Parks Advocate

Brian Mudrak

District 11 Representative, Parks & Recreation Advisory Board

Janet Tietyen Mullins, PhD, RDN, LD

Professor Emeritus, Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, University of Kentucky

David C. Osborne

District 7 Representative, Parks & Recreation Advisory Board

Sara Osborne

Yes for Parks Advocate

Clive Pohl, AIA, LEED AP

Owner and Principal Architect, Pohl Rosa Pohl

Lissa Pohl, MA

Owner, The Engagement Quotient

Christian Postel

CEO, Lexington Leadership Foundation

Geoff Reed

Yes for Parks Advocate

Ethan Ritter, MD

Yes for Parks Advocate

Brittany Roethemeier

Executive Director, Fayette Alliance

Dr. Alissa Rossi

Senior Lecturer in Community & Leadership Development, University of Kentucky

Todd Rotgers

Yes for Parks Advocate

Davonna Saier, MHA

Owner, Davonna Inclusive

Seth Salomon

Certified Financial Planner, Salomon & Company

Lisa Satin

District 5 Representative, Parks & Recreation Advisory Board

Kate Savage

Yes for Parks Advocate

Seedleaf

Yes for Parks Advocates

Sandy Shafer

Founder, Friends of the Parks in Fayette County, Inc.

Arthur Shechet

Yes for Parks Advocate

Ned Sheehy

District 3 Representative, Parks & Recreation Advisory Board

Becka Sherman

Yes for Parks Advocate

Amy Sohner

Executive Director, Bluegrass Greensource

Molly Thompson

Yes for Parks Advocate

Billy Van Pelt

Yes for Parks Advocate

Griffin VanMeter

Park Loving Trail Running Civic Leader and Business Owner

Sarah Wylie VanMeter

Yes for Parks Advocate

Chad Walker

Candidate, Urban County Council District 12

Kevin Young

Yes for Parks Advocate