I Live in Louisville

Turns out I'm not the only one who thinks Louisville is so cool she's willing to take on a major project to get the word out.

Leslie Lyons is a rock star photographer, no seriously, she's shot lots and lots of rock stars. Her work has appeared in Vibe, LIFE, Time, Rolling Stone, the Fader and many others and record labels like Atlantic Records, Columbia Records/SONY Music and Universal Music Group have hired her. She happens to live in love Louisville. She recently moved back here and digs it so much she's started a project called I Live in Louisville.

There's much going on in Louisville. With the recent merger of Metro Louisville and Jefferson County, we've been identified as the 16th-largest city in America. A city with quantity is one thing. But a city with quality -- now that's special. Louisville is special.

This is a city with much to offer: culturally, aesthetically, and economically. All these Louisville features are the result of people who make things happen here. Interesting people, smart people, creative people, innovative people. People who live here and make a difference in this community. And in many cases, exporting ideas, products, and arts to the world at large.

So she's using her photography to showcase these very cool people doing very cool things in Lousiville. The project site just launched yesterday but it's already got a host of interesting profiles live on the site. I'm impressed. The project really shows a diversity of people and diversity of work and service being done here.