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SAT Oct 21 2005 - The Louisville Harbor Association Receives a letter of Termination from the WDC.

 

This letter from David Karem Exec. Dir. WDC informs the LHA that their lease for the 2005-06 boating season will not be renewed and all boats and equipment must be removed no later than Nov 27 2005. In spite of repeated offers of assistance and requests for consultation in the redevelopment process, this has been the only official WDC response and officially ends the 50 year relationship between Louisville Metro and the LHA.

 

The only other WDC inquiry to the boaters who have successfully operated The Harbor in the face of extreme adversity for the past 50 years was to ask the going price of slip rentals. This is curious since the inquiry was made by an official who as a former LHA member and kept a boat there for several years.

 

Since there is not another secure, affordable mooring in the downtown area, many of modest means or on fixed incomes will be driven off the river and forced to sell their boats. For them, and their families, this letter ends a fulfilling lifelong tradition.