Welcome to the Original Highlands

Welcome to the home of the Original Highlands Neighborhood!

Our Vision Statement:

In the year 2020, the Original Highlands maintains its strong sense of pride as one of Louisville’s first neighborhoods, and continues to build on its legacy of being a diverse and affordable mixed use neighborhood. The neighborhood has strengthened its sense of community through neighborhood programs and activities that promote a more livable traditional neighborhood that welcomes people of all ages and all walks of life. Alley and streetscape enhancements have contributed to the safe feeling of the neighborhood and have increased the neighborhood’s appeal.

Baxter Avenue and Barret Avenue are vibrant commercial corridors, with shops, galleries, restaurants and other unique uses, that make this neighborhood a city destination, enhancing the quality of life without intruding into the neighborhood’s predominantly single family residential fabric. Parking solutions have been implemented to lessen the negative impacts of visitors to the corridors.

New development and redevelopment respects the mass, scale and architecture of the neighborhood. Existing institutional structures have been adaptively and creatively reused in ways that create new neighborhood assets and are neighborhood-compatible. All new neighborhood uses strive to maintain and enhance the valuable historic personality of the Original Highlands.