Recreational Trails Program (RTP)http://dlg.ky.gov/grants/federal/rtp.htm Land & Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)http://www.nps.gov/ncrc/programs/lwcf/ Not only could LWCF be of assistance but also the RTP if there are needs for trails to access the water if you...

There has been no comment from the Corps of Engineers (USACE) regarding the Kenvirons study on raw water alternatives paired with RiverRestoration.org’s Preliminary Design Report of The Rubble Dam Improvement Project Municipal Supply and Whitewater Recreation...

Today we take a look at what grants might be suitable for the Bardstown Whitewater Park project. This article in the Kentucky Standard outlines some of the details of the two possible grants. Land & Water Conservation Fund (http://www.nps.gov/lwcf) Recreational...

Adventure tourism is booming across the country, and although our appeal as part of the Bourbon Trail and our Historic tourism is strong, we cannot afford to neglect this growing segment. Click here to read full article.

I have been speaking with Jodie McDonald (Kentucky: Department for Local Government) about funding for the Bardstown whitewater park after getting connected with him through Jason Carey at Riverrestoration.org. I have learned that the park could qualify for in-stream...

The reconnaissance evaluation is complete. The cost estimate is in. $400,000 will make Kentucky’s first whitewater park a reality. — Kickstarter

Sources at the City of Bardstown believe there is a — “need to maximize the Beech Fork source before adding expenses elsewhere.” That would mean the whitewater park would most likely be built at the same time the municipal water supply work was being done...

The council accepted a draft of an engineering study that estimates the county’s water needs 20 to 30 years from now, and offered options for meeting those needs. The study was prepared by Kenvirons, a Frankfort-based environmental and civil engineering firm. The...

Kenvirons study on raw water alternatives paired with RiverRestoration.org's Preliminary Design Report of The Rubble Dam Improvement Project Municipal Supply and Whitewater Recreation Enhancements in the Beech Fork River is now being sent to the Corps of Engineers...

Started a whitewater park newsletter campaign with this first email sent.

Power owners at Nolin Lake, Nolin Hydro, LLC., may be looking for a mitigation project. It is being suggested to make contact and see if they are interested in considering improvements to the Beech Fork rubble dam (whitewater park) as mitigation for their FERC permit....

Today Riverrestoartion.org asked for an update about the following discussions from February 28, 2011. Vaughn Willaims and Phil Meador work at Kenvirons, Inc. in Frankfort, Ky. Their firm is looking at Raw Water alternatives for the Bardstown water company. They have...

Wes Parish with the Bardstown Boaters, contacted owner and principal engineer David Bowles at Monarch Engineering. His expertise in engineering revolves around water systems and stations. He is looking over the Bardstown Whitewater Park studies and has developed an...

More here: https://bardstownboaters.org/post/4440431526 The top vote-getter from the previous study was building a reservoir on the Beech Fork River, Meador said. The city currently pumps from Beech Fork to replenish Sympson Lake when necessary. One of the major...

Bardstown Boaters: Beech Fork Whitewater Park Still An Optionbardstownboaters: After reading the previous article from The Kentucky Standard, City’s alternative water sources being gauged, it looks like the whitewater park might still be a possibility in being built...

Today the Bardstown Boaters presented their latest findings on the Bardstown Whitewater Park to the Bardstown Kiwanis Club. Those in attendance including the new Mayor of Bardstown, Bill Sheckles, liked the presentation and presented good sets of questions afterwards.

As we search for grants, Jason Carey at Riverrestoration.org suggests that we sit down with the City and discuss looking for “water resource development” grants. Those will be more straight forward and the City probably knows the local process and the KY...

On Friday November 19, the Bardstown Boaters participated in a one day Paddle Sports Development Conference at the offices of the Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet. The purpose of the meeting was to have an initial discussion about ways to help promote and...

The Bardstown Boaters receive an invite to participate in a one day Paddle Sports Development Conference at the offices of the Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet set for November 19th.

Nick Hope and Kevin Nuss with the Kentucky Sports Authority are going to arrange a meeting in late Oct. or early Nov. Dawn Ballard will attend as a representative of Bardstown tourism along with representatives from the Bardstown Boaters.

Doug Davis at River City Canoe & Kayak spoke with the Bardstown Boaters about joining a State wide paddling coalition that would include several members of the Legislature and state Tourism Council of Economic Development to promote the sport of paddling...

Bardstown Mayor Dick Heaton announced his intention not to run for re-election in the fall at the close of Tuesday’s city council meeting, pointing to ongoing complications from his radiation treatment for throat cancer. Link to story

Engineering and preconstruction costs for the Bloomfield and Pottershop Road force mains is estimated to be $50,000 for the new fiscal year; the Corps of Engineers raw water study is estimated to be $27,000; and the Beech Fork/Rubble Dam study is estimated at $10,000....

The Bardstown Boaters met with the Mayor Dick Heaton, Larry Hamilton, Larry Green and Mike Abell to review preliminary designs and cost opinions submitted by RiverRestoration.org.The City was pleased with the report and would like pursue further examination of the...

The official preliminary designs for the Rubble Dam enhancements were submitted today to the City of Bardstown from RiverRestoration.org

The Nelson County Economic Development Association held a community think tank meeting at the Talbott Tavern. The Whitewater Park was mentioned, along with others, as an idea to help draw younger professionals to Bardstown.

The Bardstown Boaters formally submitted our opinions on the Beech Fork project designs and cost estimate to RiverRestoration.org and the City of Bardstown. The boaters met on February 24, 2010 to review designs. The consensus among the Bardstown Boaters favor...

Received drafts of the Bardstown Whitewater Park preliminary design report, City of Bardstown Biological Surveys and Cost Opinions. These will be discussed at a Bardstown Boaters Meeting being held tonight.

Two sets of whitewater park plan drawings came in today for the Beech Fork. They are titled, Beech Fork Municipal Supply and Whitewater Enhancements - Rendered Master PlanThe cost estimate is to follow.

The Bardstown Boaters have been asked to attend a meeting at City Hall to discuss a stream monitoring project. It will be on November 19, at 5:15 p.m.

Currently the Bardstown Whitewater Park is moving forward. The City wants to do it and has spent $17,000 towards the project so far. We have Riverrestoration.org on board to design it, and it’s all a matter of total cost. We are waiting to find out what that...

Jason Carey at Riverrestoration.org reports to look for the alternative preliminary plans with opinions of costs by mid November.

Larry Hamilton with the City of Bardstown says that the cost estimate report is being prepared by Riverrestoration.org and will be out shortly.

Jason Carey reports that the cost estimate for the bardstown Whitewater Park is coming soon and they are currently trying to figure out a mussel survey.

The City of Bardstown billed the Bardstown Boaters, $2,500 for the club’s part in paying for the initial study performed by RiverRestoration.org in August of 2008. The club paid this part of the bill with the money that was raised through various fund raisers....

The City Council passed a resolution to move forward with part of Phase II from Riverestoration.org which will give the City a cost estimate on the whitewater and municipal water supply enhancements. The cost for this work will be $15,500. The City will be covering...

Kentucky Standard: Downtown Piping, Rubble Dam at Project Forefront

The Bardstown Boaters held a very productive meeting tonight at Bardstown Mills discussing future plans of moving forward with the whitewater park initiative.Phase I - Reconnaissance Evaluation of Municipal Supply and Whitewater Recreation Enhancements on the Beech...

Jason Carey with RiverRestoration.org visited the site for the whitewater park.And a few notes from the engineers visit this past Friday. He says the site is well suited for a whitewater feature. Costs will be lower than the “norm”. Roughly figures...

In preparation for a proposal and visit for enhancement of the Beech Fork grade control structure to include whitewater recreation, the following items are being gatherd by the City of bardstown to help streamline the process. Narritive of how well USGS 03301000 BEECH...

In attendance: Jason Ballard, Matt Peak & Spalding Hurst of the Bardstown Boaters, Dawn Ballard with the department of Tourism, Nicky Rapier with Economic Development, Mayor Dick Heaton, City Engineer Larry Hamilton, Administrator Larry Green and Financial Officer...

Working with Riverrestoration.org in the redesign of their website for trade towards bring in their engineers to provide a conceptual design of the Bardstown Whitewater Park.

The Bardstown Boaters have contacted all the parties involved to begin a dialogue again about the whitewater park and to schedule a date for the conceptual designing phase of the whitewater park. The conceptual design work will be completed by the Stream Institute of...

Art Parola and the University of Louisville have commented that they plan to begin surveying for the conceptual designs of the Bardstown Whitewater Park early this December.

The city is discussing whether the Tourism Commission or the City should be the primary applicant/sponsor. In the meantime they will be contacting the University of Louisville to discuss when they would plan to do the work and what will be needed to establish the...

The Bardstown-Nelson County tourist board talked of ideas and promotions for the area including the Bardstown Whitewater Park on Tuesday September the 18th. Here is what the Kentucky Standard reported in the September 19th edition of the paper. Proposed efforts to...

Contacted all involved Bardstown officials, updating them on the current state of the Bardstown Whitewater Park. Suggested we continue researching whitewater feature designs by visiting other parks and by holding a meeting at the Rubble Dam of the Beech Fork. Updates...

A meeting was held at City Hall in Bardstown. In attendance were Mayor Dick Heaton, City Engineer Larry Hamilton, UofL engineers Art Parola and Ben, Bardstown Boaters Spalding Hurst and Justin Janes and from Horizon Hoppers, Mike Hammons. This meeting was held to...

A meeting was held at the Salt River in Shepherdsville with University of Louisville Engineers Art Parola and Bill Vesely, Bob White, Mike Hammons, Bullit County Torism Commissioner Elaine Wilson. We looked at at the possibilities of a park on the Salt River. I...

We held a benefit texas holdem tournament with 32 players, raising $800 for the whitewater park fund. This brings us to $2800 total at this date.

Conducted a meeting today with the Mayor Dick Heaton, City engineers Larry Hamilton, George Greenwell and Tourism member Nicky Rapier.The city is going to consult with an engineering firm they are currently working with on another city project and ask them a few...

Had a meeting with Bardstown city engineer Larry Hamilton. Talked about the history of the rubble dam and the whitewater park in general.

Larry Hamilton becomes a new city engineer.

With the rest of the funds secured, the Bardstown Boaters meet with the new Mayor, Dick Heaton, to discuss a $2200 donation from the city to go towards the site assessment from the McLaughlin Group. The mayor plans to make this request in February at the city council...

Larry Green, City Administrator, begins finding possible grant money for the park. Grants Being Sought by City for Whitewater, Trails Possible Grant Money for WW Park

Bob White, a large proponent for the whitewater park, leaves the Kentucky Standard.Bardstown’s most outspoken proponent for outdoor recreational and environmental causes is moving on to a sister newspaper in Elizabethtown. Bob White has covered the Bardstown...

The Bardstown Boaters hold their fifth meeting with Bardstown Tourism.

The Viking Canoe Club donates $500 to the Bardstown Whitewater Park.

Dick Heaton becomes the new City Mayor.

The Bardstown Tourism Commission commits $2,000 towards the site assessment.

Private donations begin rolling in for the site assessment of the Bardstown whitewater park. A petition is started to show support for the park.

The Poker Run is held to raise money for the whitewater park site assessment. Over $900 is raised.The Kentucky Standard ran two articles about the fundraiser and the whitewater park.

The Bardstown Boaters meet with the City Council to inform them of the whitewater park.About 20 people in support of a proposal to reconstruct a rock dam near the New Haven Road bridge over Beech Fork into a navigable whitewater feature showed up for a formal...

The Bardstown Boaters begin talking to The McLaughlin Whitewater Group about having a site assessment completed at our proposed site in bardstown.

The Bardstown Boaters meet with Mayor Dixie Hibbs to discuss the project. She liked hearing our ideas and was very impressed with our presentations.

The Bardstown Boaters have a fourth meeting with Bardstown Tourism.Right now we are researching other parks and compiling all the information we find. I hope to have an answer to every question concerning building a park in Bardstown answered by this meeting. Then we...

The Bardstown Boaters have a third meeting with Bardstown Tourism.

The Bardstown Boaters have a second meeting with Bardstown Tourism. The Kentucky Standard writes this article.

The Bardstown Boaters compile a report on the potential for a whitewater feature in Bardstown.

The Kentucky Standard reports there could be whitewater kayaking in Bardstown’s Future.

The Bardstown Tourism Commission held a sports marketing meeting. The Tourist Commission invites you to attend a sports marketing meeting with Coach Steve Small on Thursday, May 18, 7:30 pm in the Fiscal Court room of the Old Courthouse. This open forum is an...