The STREEET Safety Task Force, formed in January 2025, is a cross-departmental task force designed to investigate and implement changes to city policy to create more safe streets for all modes of transportation.
The Blue Sky Activity Center is an industrial area off Athens-Boonesboro near I-75. It was brought into the Urban Service Area in 2024, and is being planned for redevelopment.
Council to hear presentation on Blue Sky Industrial Park
The Blue Sky Activity Center is an industrial area off Athens-Boonesboro near I-75. It was brought into the Urban Service Area in 2024, and is being planned for redevelopment.
In the February 10th General Government and Planning Committee, the Division of Planning will present an update on the Blue Sky Small Area Plan. The plan focuses on the Blue Sky Activity Center, an industrial area off Athens-Boonesboro Road near I-75 that developed primarily in the 1970s and 1980s.
The area is home to approximately 150 businesses supporting over 1,000 jobs, with more than 60% paying at least $20 per hour in industries like manufacturing, construction, and warehousing. The plan is designed to create a long-term direction for the area after it was added to the Urban Service Area in 2024.
Blue Sky Activity Center courtesy: LFUCG
The planning team has conducted extensive public engagement, including door-to-door outreach, a BBQ luncheon, focus groups with businesses and property owners, and online surveys. Feedback identified top priorities including food and retail options, parks and trails, improved utilities and connectivity, and better lighting and security.
Next steps include developing a coordinated land use and transportation framework to improve access and connectivity, particularly at the I-75 interchange, modernizing zoning in the area to support industrial needs, and building infrastructure capacity to promote sustainable development and long-term employment in the area.
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Watch the meeting: The General Government and Planning Committee will meet at 1:00pm on Tuesday, February 10th in Council Chambers. You can attend in-person or watch live on LexTV.
In the Tuesday, January 27th Budget, Finance, and Economic Development Committee meeting, Council will hear a presentation about the potential costs for developing new infrastructure in the parts of the Urban Service Area that were expanded in 2023.
In its Tuesday, January 20th, meeting, the Urban County Council will review a draft of the ordinance that would revise the expansion process for the Urban Service Area (USA). The plan was unanimously approved by the General Government & Planning Committee in December 2025.
This presentation will mark the final scheduled update in a year-long process that began in January. If adopted, this would be Lexington's new framework for determining how and if to expand the Urban Service Area
While this ruling blocks the proposed eight-story, 322-unit apartment complex, the developer could still demolish the existing buildings and construct a new four-story, 75-foot structure under the site’s current R-4 zoning without any additional public input.
