Business View Magazine | March 2020

370 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE MARCH 2020 city government has made huge strides in being more progressive with infrastructure, water and sewer facilities. There have been drastic improvements in those facilities in the last nine years and the county government has tried to carry that on in the last year by partnering to an even larger degree. It’s all about teamwork. “We have recently repaved eight rural roads and have four more slated to be repaved in the spring of 2020,” says Barnes. “We are starting work on a new bridge project in early 2020. Housing development is at an all time high in Simpson County with both single-family and multi-family units, and there is also a planned upgrade to county waterlines through the Simpson County Water District, as well as a sewer line expansion into a rural part of south Simpson County. One of our largest tourist and entertainment attractions, Kentucky Downs, is currently undergoing the first of two major expansion projects. And inside the City of Franklin, almost all residents have access to