"SubCounty Population Estimate: April 1, 2000-July 1, 2007" for Frankfort, KY. Data taken from KY Chamber website, and sourced from "Population Division, US Census Bureau".

Year 2000 = 27,782
Year 2001 = 27,749
Year 2002 = 27,650
Year 2003 = 27,435
Year 2004 = 27,421
Year 2005 = 27,344
Year 2006 = 27,212
Year 2007 = 27,098

-2.3% drop in population since 2000.

Is it just me, or are these numbers going DOWN?

Recon, I picture you sitting at your computer all day long, fuming at anyone that disagrees with you, until you're red in the face.

As for leaving town, I don't have to, and I don't have to like everything about Frankfort, either.

I'm not a transplant. I was born here. I can say whatever I want.

I'm sure you will have a lengthy, explicative enriched response to this post.

I have lived in Frankfort for 45 years. I was born here, educated here, married here and had my children here. In that time, I have seen the Thornhill bypass created (lots of blasting and copperhead snakes on that one), Stonewall, Royal Parkway, Coolbrook, Cherrywood, Evergreen Estates, Terra Linda, Ridgeview, River Bend, Prince Hall, Hickory Hill, Governor's Place, Willow Wood, Holly Hill, and several other subdivisions developed. If you drive through any of these areas, you see for sale signs in yards.

I've seen 'green' spaces bulldozed and ruined. I've seen more deer kills on the roadways. I've heard several "city dwellers" complain about the 'wild animals' in their yards even though they are living in rural area subdivisions.

We live on a farm that has abundant wildlife and we manage the wildlife. Part of management is harvesting so there isn't a problem with over crowding the available habitat. It is very difficult to harvest when your farm is now surrounded by subdivisions. We gave up cattle farming because the surrounding home owners would put bird houses and other 'decorative' items on the fences and the cattle would rub on them until the fences were breached. Then the same people would call about cattle in their yards, flower beds, etc.

I am all for revitalization of existing housing areas.

Greed is the cause of so many problems but the salvation of none of them. People need to be satisfied with what they can have comfortably and not cause damage to their surrounding communities or people.

If developers need to develop, why don't they do something positive for a change and revitalize our town and county. I may be mistaken, but aren't there grants from the federal government for revitalizing communities for housing? I don't really like the bail out gunk, but making and providing safe, warm housing for those who can't afford the astronomical prices of apartments and huge houses would welcome the chance to have a place of their own.

Due to politics and greed (pretty much the same thing) expansion will never end. Far too many already rich people (includes politicians of course) get their pockets padded through expansion. Who makes money when the property is sold to developers? What contractors make money through rigged bids? Then there are the zoning issues!! Come on folks....watch the Sopranos and you see expansion at it's best. Thoses guys just don't have a twangy accent. People want to live near the Interstates in Frankfort so they can get out of town as quickly as possible.

Don't think you will ever get politicians,public servants and employees of government to curtail expansion. But controled, intelligent growth should always be welcome.

Developers should be bonded in case major road expansions are needed in new developments.
Cardwell Lane is a perfect example of bad, road, too many cars. It was never designed to handle traffic of the current volumne.

I agree with trying - that more should be done to revitalize declining areas before new development becomes mandatory for growth. I've lived in Frankfort for close to 40 years, and it's sad to see some areas left neglected, either by apathetic landlords or city officials not enforcing codes. Apathy leads to poor maintenance, which in effect leads to poor property values and lack of interest by potential buyers or businesses.

Recon, if you don't like it, go elsewhere, and forget the website! I think that calling people dumb or stupid is childish, figure out a better way to get your point across.

stparrot, That's a Joni Mitchell song. "Big Yellow Taxi". I think you are meaning to reference "Paradise" by John Prine in which Mr. Peabody's coal train hauled it away.

Either way, I agree with the sentiment. Development is not necessarily bad, but the way in which it is being pursued in tha game farm case is terrible. Shoddy developer, half finished projects scattered around, then move on to plunder another green space and put up a bunch of less than quality boxes to sit empty.