About The Bluegrass Region, KY

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The Bluegrass Region

As the state song goes: "The sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home…"

And the sun doesn't shine any brighter than on the ever-growing and changing Bluegrass Region. It is a region filled with the beauty of some of the nation's largest and winningest horse farms. It is a region that boasts innumerable cultural and financial resources. It is a region filled with promise and hope. It is a special region where people come to live, work, and raise their families.

Major Companies and Workforce

That famous Kentucky sun shines most bright on the Bluegrass area's potential. The area is strategically located within 500 miles of nearly three-fourths of the nation's manufacturing employment, retail sales, and population. The area is a thriving business center. In the center of the state, the Bluegrass Region boasts companies such as Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Lexmark International, Clark Material Handling, Link-Belt Construction Equipment, Valvoline Oil, and Proctor & Gamble.

Educational Workforce in Kentucky

The sun is shining bright on central Kentucky because it boasts a well-educated, skilled workforce. Lexington is ranked sixth in the nation in the percentage of population having completed sixteen or more years of school. And unemployment levels are consistently some of the lowest in the Commonwealth. Plus, the area is convenient for people across the country. At the crossroads of Interstate 75 (north and south) and Interstate 64 (east and west), Lexington is in the center of almost everything. In nearby Versailles, the Bluegrass Parkway provides access to Western Kentucky and Interstate 65.

Activities Galore!

The sun shines bright on the plethora of outdoor activities available in the area. Spend an afternoon at the Keeneland Race Course or Red Mile. See the Cincinnati Bengals prepare for their next season at their nearby Georgetown College summer training camp. Play a round of golf at one of the area's premier courses. Visit the Kentucky Horse Park, or the Shakertown Village, or the Labrot and Graham Distillery…there's always something to do!

The Kentucky Horse Park hosts some of the largest horse events such as Rolex CCI, the USEF National Pony Finals, USEF Open Reining Championships, The Pyramid Society Egyptian Event, and the United States Pony Club National Festival. The Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2010 in Kentucky will represent the largest equine sporting event ever held in the United States. Held at the Kentucky Horse Park from September 25 to October 10, 2010, this will be the first time that the event will be held outside of Europe.

And even when the sun isn't shining, the fun doesn't have to stop. There's always the Lexington Children's Museum, Broadway Live, the Headley-Whitley Museum, the Otis A. Singletary Center for the Arts, and much, much more. Lexington offers a variety of unique shopping experiences from the enormous Joseph-Beth Booksellers to the new Hamburg Place Shops.