Louisville moves ahead on revamping industrial district

LOUISVILLE — The city of Louisville is seeking a major conversion of one of the city’s oldest industrial districts into a new mixed-development neighborhood. The city’s Highway 42 Revitalization Area, bound by the highway and the existing Burlington Northern railroad tracks and located between the Little Italy and Miner’s Field neighborhoods, is being brought under a comprehensive plan developed by the city’s planning department.

?The industrial area was platted in the 1950s and formerly had some really large and heavy types of industrial developments,? explained Paul Wood, director of planning. ?Many of those facilities have since moved on. So, about two…