Quality of Life - Priority

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Focused effort on City services and projects that improve the community. 


Note: Enhancing Quality of Life has been a priority for the City Commission since 2022.


Quality of Life Priority Details


Expectations and Tactics

  • Create marketing campaign to promote benefits of living in the city.

  • Continue efforts to reduce nuisances for city residents such as speeding, noise, litter abatement, etc.

  • Support community efforts to address homelessness by encouraging and facilitating coordination of various community services.


Accomplishments - 2022 to present

  • Beautification and Code Awareness  Communications led a social media campaign in 2023 for beautification and code awareness with a total reach/impressions of 26,415. The theme was “Lend a Helping Hand, Help Us Keep Paducah Beautiful.” There were social media posts and ads for


    • High Grass and Weeds - code 42-50(a)(4)

    • Cigarette Butt Litter – code 42-47(b)

    • Picking Up After Your Pet – code 14-35

    • Sight and Sidewalk Obstructions – code 42-50(a)(6)

    • Storm Drains (keep out litter, leaves, grass clippings, etc.) – code 42-47(h)(1)

    • Proper Disposal of Appliances – code 42-48(b)(1)

    • Abandoned or Inoperable Vehicles – code 42-48(b)(1-3)

    • Unwanted Noises – code 42-101

    • Removing Garbage Rollouts After Collection – code 42-49(d)(3)(c)

  • Considerate & Kind Paducah  Communications led a social media campaign beginning in October 2023 to bring awareness to various codes and encourage considerate and kind actions toward each other, neighborhoods, and the environment.

  • Creative & Cultural Council  The Creative & Cultural Council is reviewing a draft public art implementation plan and has developed a work plan identifying potential projects to include temporary public art downtown, the expansion of the Broadway window mural project, and a public art installation for the Southside. The Board held a strategic planning retreat in December 2022 with a large public art project as the main 2023 priority.

  • Mental Health Awareness 
    • 2024 - See Mental Health Awareness

    • 2023 - Executed a robust internal and external Mental Health Awareness campaign in May 2023. Human Resources led themed weekly campaigns and weekly lunch and learn events with a total of 175 participants. Communications created a mental health resources webpage, radio ads, a billboard, and a social media campaign with 22,571 total reach/impressions. For the September 2023 Suicide Awareness and Prevention Month, a proclamation was presented to the Paducah School District. A Paducah Area Transit System cutaway bus was wrapped with 988 Crisis Line information. An educational social media campaign also was provided with a reach of approximately 16,000.

  • Paducah 311  Launched Paducah 311 online service request system and app in January 2022. In the first year of operation,1080 service requests were submitted with the top request types as brush pick up, code enforcement, pot holes, and general inquiry. There were 739 downloads of the Tyler 311 app.

  • Paducah Civic Beautification Board The Paducah Civic Beautification Board (CBB) determined their 2023 beautification goals. Goals include updating the Dogwood Trail signage, identifying a maintenance plan for Welcome signage, and repairing the fountain in City Hall. The Board participated in the Earth Day Farmers' Market event to promote litter collection. New Dogwood Trail directional signs and pole banners for Broadway and Jefferson were designed and installed in 2023. The Board is reaching out to a community partner for assistance in maintaining the Welcome to Paducah signs. CBB is working with Beautiful Paducah to develop a Pick-Up Paducah festival for 2024 for the Walter Jetton Neighborhood. 

  • Paducah Main Street  Paducah Main Street is improving the streetscape on the 3rd Street corridor between Kentucky and Jefferson streets.

  • Southside Steering Committee  The Southside Steering Committee gathered public feedback for recreation improvements at Robert Coleman Park in October 2022.

  • What Makes Paducah Special - Created public feedback survey to gather information about what makes Paducah special. Survey was launched April 24, 2024.




Commission Priorities


Read all Commission Priorities and Continuous Improvement Items including each action item's objective and expectations by visiting Commission Priorities.