LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Homeowners in the Bon Air neighborhood have the opportunity to make their voices heard.

Between 1950 and 1990, Louisville's Bon Air neighborhood was the place to be.

It was home to the original Brown Suburban Hotel, Bashford Manor Shopping Center, the Showcase theatres, a bowling alley, a miniature golf course, and more.

But in the early 2000s, those places closed. Now, with the area's recent redistricting, the Bon Air Neighborhood Association has launched a survey to revitalize the area.

"Bon Air is definitely home," Sabur Wilson said.

Wilson has lived here for 26 years. He thinks of it as a village and wants it to grow and prosper for the children.

"I always see kids dribbling balls around here but there are no courts around here at all," Wilson said.

The Bon Air Neighborhood Association is conducting an online survey of neighborhood residents as part of its five-year planning process.

"If they did anything for the kids, I think it definitely a good thing," Wilson said.

The survey has 23 questions and one question asks if there should be a stage at Farnsley Park.

"A stage would probably be good like if they plan on doing, like, movie nights or something for kids, maybe plays, or something because there are a lot of kids around here," Wilson said.

Another question asks if residents would like a walking bridge over the Watterson Expressway.

Steve Logsdon says yes. He grew up in the Bon Air Neighborhood.

"The main thing with me living here is just a walkway going across the Watterson Expressway, that would be awesome," Logsdon said.

At the end of Bon Air Avenue and Goldsmith Lane you'll find concrete. Logsdon said the bridge needs to go here.

"If you get to walk across the Waterson Expressway because Taylor Boulevard has it, we don't, you're right there at Bearno's Pizza, Cherokee Park, Seneca Park, so that's what they need," Logsdon said.

"Everybody doesn't have a car," Wilson said. "Some people have electric bikes and scooters. So it'll definitely be like something good for them to get to the other side of the highway, maybe go to work or something."

Other questions include safety concerns and beautification efforts.

Wilson and Logsdon just hope the neighborhood association receives a variety of responses.

"Everybody, has their own little flavor, but I think they should just plant more flowers throughout the neighborhood (too)," Wilson said.

The Bon Air Neighborhood Association was originally founded in 2008 as facilitated by the now defunct Louisville Metro Government Department of Neighborhoods.

Its regular monthly meeting is the second Monday of the month in the Bon Air Library.

The neighborhood had been entirely within the 26th Metro Council District when the Metro Government came into existence, but with the 2021 redistricting, is now in Metro Council Districts 8 and 26.

You have until September 25 to fill out the survey.

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