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G eorgetown Kentucky, a city of 34,000, situated in the north central part of the state, is the seat of Scott County.The settlement was originally called Leba- non,when it was first founded by Rev. Elijah Craig in 1782,who also built a distillery in 1789, as well as a school called the Rittenhouse Academy,which eventually grew into Georgetown College. Lebanon was renamed George Town in 1790 in honor of President George Washington, and its name was officially changed to Georgetown in 1846. Following the Civil War, Georgetown became a rail- road hub, connected to the Cincinnati Southern, the Louisville Southern, and the Frankfort & Cincinnati,which was considered the “whiskey route,”bringing much of the region’s bourbon to market. Throughout the 20th century, the city has been transitioning from GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY Georgetown, Kentucky A FAST-GROWING CITY an economy based primarily on agriculture, to a diversified one mix- ing manufacturing and small business with the family farm. During the 1960s, the construction of U.S. Interstate 75 placed the city on one of the busiest highways in America, and the selection of Georgetown as the site of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky in 1985 has resulted in the greatest period of growth in the city’s history. Still growing, Georgetown has a projected population of over 40,000 by 2020. Recently, Business View Magazine spoke with Kyle Goodwin, Georgetown’s City Engineer to