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Ray Black & Son Recognized with Preservation Awards

Ray Black & Son Recognized with Preservation Awards

The Ida Lee Willis Memorial Foundation Historic Preservation Awards are Kentucky’s most distinguished celebration of historic preservation excellence. Ray Black & Son is proud to announce our own Chris Black was recognized this year with the Service to Preservation award.

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Look for the helpers

Look for the helpers

Recently, the Kentucky Heritage Council – SHPO, design professionals and Kentucky Main Street directors visited with local officials in Eastern Kentucky to discuss a plan of action for historic properties damaged by the flooding.

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Sprocket opens new innovation hub in Paducah

Sprocket opens new innovation hub in Paducah

A former warehouse within an old Coca-Cola bottling factory has taken on new life in Paducah, Kentucky. The 9,000-square-foot space is now home to Sprocket, a nonprofit organization with ambitious goals to advance the tech economy in the city home to just over 27,000 people.

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Welcome to the Hotel Metropolitan!

Welcome to the Hotel Metropolitan!

Meet Betty Dobson, a remarkable woman that helped preserve the Hotel Metropolitan, a historic hotel in Paducah, that offered African American travelers a safe place to stay during the Jim Crow era.

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