Louisville Downtown Partnership: Strengthing and Informing Downtown Louisville

Downtown Events

Louisville received the 2015 Event City Award by the International Festivals and Events Association. Part of the excitement includes 70 events in the 2 weeks preceding the annual Kentucky Derby each spring, many of which are in Downtown, including Thunder Over Louisville which drew a crowd of more than 700,000 people in 2016.

Downtown News

Downtown Louisville is experiencing an historic period of revitalization. With 45+ development projects announced or underway, the Louisville Downtown Partnership (LDP) encourages you to be connected and stay informed of the exciting and ever changing Downtown news. Follow LDPs Traffic Alerts to help navigate Downtown’s construction traffic.

Up-To-Date Downtown Traffic

Stay informed of the latest Downtown construction traffic and upcoming event road closures. LDP also provides a wide variety of other useful maps, including an interactive version of the Downtown construction traffic map. The LDP traffic map is updated on a daily basis with the most current road, lane, sidewalk, and event closures. LDP offers a printable version of this 3D map or you can share this map on Facebook.

Downtown Development Activity

Downtown Louisville is the location of more than 65,000 jobs and 4.500 residents and is the business, visitor, cultural, government, and sports center of Metro Louisville. The Louisville Central Business District is home to just over 1,500 businesses and most of the city's major cultural facilities. The assessed property value of the Central Business District is $1.8 billion. For more data about Downtown Louisville, visit our research portal.

Downtown Ambassadors

Look for our Downtown Ambassadors, in the bright yellow jackets, 7 days a week starting at 7am. Learn more about our effective Virtual Block Watch. Sign Up Here.

Area of Focus

LDP’s mission is focused within the Central Business District, as well as edge neighborhoods which dramatically impact Downtown.