Business View Magazine | April 2020

235 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE APRIL 2020 LAWRENCE COUNTY , KENTUCKY district high on the agenda, the city has already seen several buildings renovated, including the Oak Garden Theater that was recently restored and is open for events. And there is a vast amount of other untapped potential just waiting in the core area. The State also has a significant project on the go – widening Highway 23 that goes out to Yatesville Lake where the County park is located. Looking to the future, Doty shares, “We’re trying to entice more businesses to locate here. But we’re also putting a real emphasis on attracting families and children, and creating more activities in our communities. We’ve been adding to our County park. We’re also building new soccer fields – it seems like the more activities you have for kids, the more you can attract families. Lawrence County is just a wonderful place to live, work, love.” Jobe, “I’ve lived here all my life and it’s a great place to raise a family. Most of the families here have been here a long time. It’s a small rural roads for cycling.” Available housing is a definite need in Lawrence County that is a serious topic for local government. Jobe admits, “We are almost at our limit. We have some developers doing subdivisions of single-family homes but more multi-units and apartments are needed. We’re along US 23, within 30 minutes of an Interstate highway, and we have a lot of flat land - more than most other counties in the area, so we’re well positioned for growth. We’re anticipating our population to increase because people like the community and are interested in moving here. It’s a great place to retire and very affordable for families to live here and work elsewhere because of our low taxes. We have a good school district and we have Three Rivers Medical Center.” The city of Louisa has applied for a grant and is getting ready to do a major downtown sewer upgrade that should start in the summer of 2020. With revitalizing the downtown retail