Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer speaks with Evolve502 Executive Director Marland Cole about the scholarship opportunities available to every eligible new Jefferson County Public Schools graduate.

Supporting Louisville's veterans

Nov 3rd, 2022 21m 10s

As the annual Mayor's Week of Valor kicks off, Mayor Fischer discusses the city's support for military veterans with John Miles, Director of the Office for Veterans, and Dr. Anyah Hoang-Ansert, co-chair of the Veterans Community Alliance of Lou

Louisville is a Welcoming City

Oct 28th, 2022 25m 4s

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer discusses the city's support for immigrants during his 12-year tenure and status as a certified Welcoming City with Emilie Dyer, Executive Director of Americana Community Center and Amos Izerimana, Program Manager

LMPD Chief Erika Shields

Sep 29th, 2022 19m 36s

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and Louisville Metro Police Chief Erika Shields discuss the city's efforts to address violent crime and the status of reform efforts.

Putting vacant and abandoned properties back into productive use

Sep 21st, 2022 33m 17s

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer speaks with Laura Grabowski, director of the Office of Housing and Community Development, and REBOUND Executive Director Kevin Dunlap about the work over 12 years of putting vacant and abandoned properties back int

Episode 62: Thriving Louisville Free Public Library

Aug 5th, 2022 32m 29s

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer speaks with Louisville Free Public Library Director Lee Burchfield.

Episode 61: Downtown Louisville's future

Jul 7th, 2022 27m 3s

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer, Louisville Downtown Partnership Executive Director Rebecca Fleischaker and Young Professionals of Louisville's Cassidy Hyde discuss the state of downtown Louisville and its future.

Episode 60: Louisville celebrates Juneteenth

Jun 9th, 2022 17m 39s

This June, Louisville will mark the historical significance of Juneteenth through an expanded series of events organized by the Juneteenth Jubilee Celebration Commission and partners. Wanda Mitchell-Smith, who chaired the commission, discusses

Episode 59: Budgeting for our values

May 20th, 2022 16m 44s

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer has recommended a $1.3-billion city budget that continues to prioritize public safety while investing in the city's core values — lifelong learning, better health, and compassion. He speaks with Chief Financial Off

Episode 58: Moving Louisville's economy forward

May 5th, 2022 19m 36s

During Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer’s three terms, Louisville’s economy has added 3,500 new businesses and more than 80,000 jobs. On this episode, the Mayor speaks about the city's on-going economic development efforts and successes with Ben M

Episode 57: Progress to a cleaner, greener Louisville

Apr 21st, 2022 19m 2s

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer is joined by Allison Smith, assistant director of Advanced Planning and Sustainability and Zach Tyler, Louisville Metro’s first-ever Energy Manager, for a discussion about what Louisville Metro is doing to live up

Episode 56: 11 years of compassion & Give A Day

Apr 6th, 2022 18m 24s

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer is joined by Director of Compassion Services Janice Cates and GE Appliances' Katina Whitlock to discuss the city core value of compassion and the Give A Day Celebration of Services running through the month of Apri

Episode 55: Women's History Month

Mar 28th, 2022 15m 14s

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer speaks with Office for Women Director Gretchen Hunt about the work happening to improve the lives of women and families in the community.

Episode 54: Racial equity & Lean Into Louisville

Feb 24th, 2022 15m 17s

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer discusses efforts to improve racial equity with the city's Chief Equity Officer Michael Meeks and the Lean Into Louisville initiative with Project Manager Joi McAtee.

Episode 53: 911 Deflection

Jan 13th, 2022 15m 18s

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer discusses the deflection pilot program, which deflects a number of 911 calls to a non-police response, with Emergency Services Director Jody Meiman.

Episode 52: Infrastructure in Louisville

Dec 30th, 2021 22m 26s

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer discusses the city's infrastructure needs and the federal Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act with Jeff O'Brien, Chief of Louisville Forward, and Grace Simrall, Chief of Civic Innovation & Technology.

Episode 51: Group Violence Intervention in Louisville

Dec 1st, 2021 27m 4s

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer speaks with Project Manager Dondre Jefferson and Louisville Metro Police Officer Ivan Haygood about Group Violence Intervention, a community violence deterrence initiative.

Episode 50: Violence prevention

Oct 14th, 2021 23m 49s

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer discusses the city’s violence prevention and intervention programs and public health approach to tackling violence with Dr. Monique Williams, Director of Louisville Metro's Office for Safe & Healthy Neighborhoods.

Episode 49: Metro Corrections

Sep 14th, 2021 24m 32s

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer speaks with Louisville Metro Corrections Chief of Staff Eric Troutman and Assistant Director Steve Durham about new recruitment incentives for officers and innovative corrections programs to help people with substa

Episode 48: Louisville's immigrant communities

Sep 1st, 2021 19m 47s

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer speaks with Sabeen Nasim, Director of the city's Office for Globalization, about Louisville's immigrant communities and the resources available to them.

Episode 47: JCPS Superintendent Dr. Marty Pollio & the return of school

Aug 18th, 2021 20m 34s

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer is joined by Dr. Marty Pollio, Superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools, to discuss the return of JCPS students to five-day-a-week in-person learning, the Academies of Louisville, Evolve502 scholarships an

Episode 46: Helping Black entrepreneurs

Jul 29th, 2021 30m 15s

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer speaks with Rebecca Fleischaker, Co-Chief of Louisville Forward, and the Rev. Dr. Jamesetta Ferguson of Molo Village and The Village @ West Jefferson about support available to Black-owned businesses and entreprene

American Rescue Plan & Louisville

Jul 7th, 2021 15m 49s

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer speaks with his Administration's Strategic Operations Officer, Keith Talley, about the efforts to put the city's $388 million allotment of American Rescue Plan funding to work.