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Ask Caray: What does 'Keep Louisville Weird' mean, and where did it come from?

Ask Caray: What does 'Keep Louisville Weird' mean, and where did it come from?
ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY. LET맥스카지노S SEE WHAT QUESTIONS SHE맥스카지노S ANSWERING THIS WEEK. IN THIS WEEK맥스카지노S ASK CARRIE, I AM ANSWERING THIS QUESTION. WHAT DOES KEEP LOUISVILLE WEIRD MEAN? YOU맥스카지노VE PROBABLY SEEN THE KEEP LOUISVILLE WEIRD MURAL IN THE HIGHLANDS, OR THE BUMPER STICKERS OR BILLBOARDS OVER THE YEARS. WELL, I FOUND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE SLOGAN MEANS AND HOW IT ALL STARTED. THE WORD WEIRD IS DEFINED AS SUPERNATURAL OR UNCANNY, AND THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME OF THOSE THINGS IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. BUT SYNONYMS FOR WEIRD COULD BE OFFBEAT, QUIRKY, OR ECCENTRIC. AND THAT IS WHAT SMALL BUSINESSES BRING TO THE CITY맥스카지노S ECONOMY. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE ARE JUST TRYING TO GET THINGS DONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AS CHEAPLY AS POSSIBLE. UM, AND KEEP LOUISVILLE WEIRD IS ABOUT TAKING A SECOND, TAKING A BEAT TO THINK OF YOURSELF AS A CITIZEN AS WELL AS A CONSUMER. AND TO THINK ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE AND YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND IN OUR CITY, THAT IS JENNIFER RUBENSTEIN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE LOUISVILLE INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ALLIANCE. AND HERE맥스카지노S HOW SHE SAYS KEEP LOUISVILLE WEIRD STARTED. IT WAS BROUGHT TO TOWN BY JOHN TIMMONS OF EAR ECSTASY. HE HAD BEEN TO AUSTIN, WHERE THEY WERE PROMOTING A SIMILAR CAMPAIGN, AND AT THE TIME, UM, IT WAS A MOMENTOUS TIME FOR LOUISVILLE. HOLLIE COOK HAD JUST BEEN BOUGHT BY BORDERS, UM, AND IT KIND OF SENT A SHOCKWAVE THROUGH THE TOWN OF IF HOLLIE COOK CAN GO DOWN AND YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT OUR INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES. AND IF YOU AREN맥스카지노T FAMILIAR WITH HOLLIE COOK, IT WAS A POPULAR BOOKSTORE THAT CLOSED IN 2003. WHEN IT CLOSED, PEOPLE WONDERED HOW TO KEEP THE CHARACTER OF LOUISVILLE ALIVE, AND THE KEEP LOUISVILLE WEIRD CAMPAIGN TOOK OFF AROUND 2005. TAMMY HATE, WHO HAS OWNED MINE AND YOURS ON FRANKFORT AVENUE FOR 16 YEARS, SAYS THE CAMPAIGN IS IMPORTANT TO HER AND HER BUSINESS BECAUSE IT PROMOTES THE IMPORTANCE OF SHOPPING LOCAL AND HELPS PEOPLE맥스카지노S DREAMS COME TRUE. BECAUSE THIS IS OUR DREAM, WE, YOU KNOW, WE GET UP FOR 16 YEARS. I MEAN, MY KIDS HAVE BEEN RAISED IN OUR STORES, SO AND KEEP LOUISVILLE WEIRD HELPS HELPS IT STAY ALIVE. AND THERE YOU HAVE IT. KEEP LOUISVILLE WEIRD IS ALL ABOUT SUPPORTING LOUISVILLE SMALL BUSINESSES. YOU CAN ALSO PURCHASE KEEP LOUISVILLE WEIRD MERCHANDISE. THE STORY HAS ALL THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU ON 비바카지노 Viva DOT COM. AND DON맥스카지노T FORGET TO SUBM
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Ask Caray: What does 'Keep Louisville Weird' mean, and where did it come from?
Chances are, if you live around Louisville, you've heard the slogan "Keep Louisville Weird."But do you know how it started? Caray Grace got to the bottom of it in this edition of "Ask Caray."Where did "Keep Louisville Weird" come from?"It was brought to town by John Timmons of Ear X-tacy. He had been to Austin where they had promoted a similar campaign and at the time, it was a momentous time for Louisville."Hawley-Cooke (a popular book store) had just been bought by Borders and it kind of sent a shockwave through the town that if Hawley-Cooke can go down, we need to think about our independent businesses."That's what Jennifer Rubenstein, executive director of the Louisville Independent Alliance, said.She said it really took off around 2005. She says it's about keeping the character of Louisville alive. Have your own question to submit?

Chances are, if you live around Louisville, you've heard the slogan "Keep Louisville Weird."

But do you know how it started? Caray Grace got to the bottom of it in this edition of "Ask Caray."

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Where did "Keep Louisville Weird" come from?

"It was brought to town by John Timmons of Ear X-tacy. He had been to Austin where they had promoted a similar campaign and at the time, it was a momentous time for Louisville.

"Hawley-Cooke (a popular book store) had just been bought by Borders and it kind of sent a shockwave through the town that if Hawley-Cooke can go down, we need to think about our independent businesses."

That's what Jennifer Rubenstein, executive director of the Louisville Independent Alliance, said.

She said it really took off around 2005. She says it's about keeping the character of Louisville alive.


Have your own question to submit?

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