BATES Community Development Corporation

09/06/2026

LOUISVILLE — GIVE FOR GOOD IS THIS THURSDAY! 💜🧡💚💙

For 30 YEARS, Bates Community Development Corporation has been doing the work — right here in the heart of Historic Smoketown!

From youth and seniors to families and entrepreneurs — from education and health & wellness to opening doors to affordable homeownership — Bates CDC has remained committed to strengthening people, families and community.

On September 10th, we’re asking our village to show up for Bates CDC during Give for Good Louisville!

Every gift matters. Every dollar helps us continue creating opportunities, providing resources and building stronger futures for generations to come.

💜 30 Years of Service.
🧡 30 Years of Impact.
💚 30 Years of Community.

📲 Scan the QR code and GIVE!

We’ve been here. We’re still here. And there’s more work to do!

Together, WE CAN make a difference.

08/28/2026

☀️ The forecast is looking BEAUTIFUL for tomorrow! ☀️

Bates Family, the Smoketown Block Party & Ribbon Cutting is happening TOMORROW, Saturday, August 29th from 2-6PM at 754 S. Hancock Street!

This is OUR neighborhood, OUR community, OUR future. Come celebrate 7 brand new homes with roller skating, bounce houses, food trucks, brain freeze, and so much more.

Bates members, service just got out… let’s roll straight over and show up for our community! 🙌🏾

08/25/2026

🏡 GREAT WORK HAPPENED IN SMOKETOWN TODAY! ❤️

Today was truly a full-circle moment.

BATES Community Development Corporation. spearheaded the creation and development of Louisville’s first Community Land Trust — the Smoketown Community Land Trust(SCLT) — alongside our amazing partners, River City Housing, Kevin Dunlap Rebound Community Foundation of Louisville (RD), and Dunlap , Jason Webb!!

Today, it all became REAL as I sat at the closing table and watched a new homeowner sign the papers for her family’s new home right here in Smoketown! 🏡🔑

And then came the full-circle moment…she also enrolled her child in Bates CDC’s Kingdom Academy “Beyond the Bell” Afterschool Program! ❤️

Affordable homeownership + resources for the entire family — literally right outside your front door.

This is what community development looks like. This is what family stabilization looks like. And this is why we do the work.

Special flowers 💐 Smoketown Community Land Trust Executive Director Theresa Boyd for the phenomenal work being done to carry this vision forward!

And thank you to our Smoketown Originals Family(Booker T Washington /Jackson Jr. High) and founding community members who trusted the process and believed in what was possible for our neighborhood.

Today, we celebrate the HOMEOWNER, the FAMILY, the PARTNERSHIP, and the COMMUNITY! 🏡❤️

This is Smoketown. This is legacy. This is community development in action.

Bates Memorial Church

08/21/2026

Interested in Volunteering at the SmoketownCLT Ribbon Cutting and Block Party?

Teamwork makes the dream work! Sign up here!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeZzYw1pk2g4IRsaPRgRKUzWws966q3UF0dz7Dm9UTtCoBLjw/viewform?usp=header

08/20/2026

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🍲 Food tells our history and we’re bringing that history to the Kentucky State Fair!

Join Change Today, Change Tomorrow at the KY State Fair as our Food Education Working Group shares the food history of August 8th Emancipation through a special Jambalaya food demonstration.

Come learn about the history, culture, and stories behind the food while enjoying a Jambalaya recipe with vegan and meat options available! 🌱🍗
📅 Sunday, August 30, 2026
⏰ 11 AM–12 PM
📍 KY State Fair | South Wing Lobby A
937 Phillips Ln, Louisville, KY 40209

08/17/2026

Classic Crew were at it again!! 55+ RSVP and we will see you in Wednesday!