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Our Kentucky Home — Pastoral Living and Our Great Location

Our Tradition
Horse Farms Buffer Us
Secretariat
You have One Life

Where We Are/Maps
The Paris Pike
Nearby Lexington
Neighbors

Claiborne Farm
CMC/CLA

If You Choose Paris
Photo Tours
My Old Kentucky Home

Tradition matters and runs deeply in Bourbon County - tradition of friendship, neighborliness, and doing what's right for others.  The horse racing tradition is around us as we are home to massive thousand acre horse farms.  In a way, they "buffer" us from the sprawl of suburbs, and we think that's a good thing.

Charming downtown shops adorn our downtown adjacent to our amazing Courthouse,
and there always seems to be flowers placed at "Big Red's" grave

Secretariat, perhaps the greatest thoroughbred in history and named the "35^th Greatest Athlete of the 20th Century" by ESPN, is buried here, on Claiborne Farm.  It is said at the Belmont Stakes in 1973 when he expanded on his lead in the home stretch, a race he would win by a record 31 lengths and in record time, that the patrons wept as they were witnessing true greatness - a "once-in-a-lifetime" phenomenon.

Similarly, you have one life to live.  One place to choose to settle and work.  One place to raise your
children and send them to school.  We are normally modest about such things, but should you choose Bourbon County, the sun will shine on you, too.  Here the sun comes through the sky and upon us, like nowhere else!

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Kentucky/Bourbon County and Paris - Where we are:

We enjoy Cincinnati 88 miles north on I-75, and Lexington is just 17 miles, 4-lane all the way.
We truly have the perfect combination of pastoral living with access to large cities.

                                Map showing Paris                                                     Our City Symbol, Horseracing Silks,
                         Click on Image to Enlarge                                                             is about our tradition!

Exit 113 to North and East to Paris off of I-75, is the same Exit for Rupp Arena!

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The Paris Pike and its Importance:

While living in Bourbon County seems like we are far from "the big city" because of our horse farms and their beautiful rolling hillsides, we are actually just 17 miles from Lexington and its amenities, via The Paris Pike - completed in 2003, this $70 million 4-lane incredible roadway connects Paris to I-75 and Lexington.  Check out the photo tour of Paris Pike below!

The Paris Pike's beauty rivals great American roads such as the Smokey Mountain Blue Ridge Parkway, Highway 101 Ventura Highway in California, and Highway 1 through the Florida Keys - all 4 lane, and leisurely all the way!  A daily commute to and from Lexington is easier and traffic free vs. its own suburbs!

Prestigious Lexington Country Club, and its First Tee if you're up for a match,
 is on Paris Pike, just 15 minutes from us!

Paris Pike literally connects downtown Paris to downtown Lexington - it turns into Broadway as it enters into Lexington city limits, and then intersects with Main Street, Rupp Arena and the convention center

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Neighbors - We asked some of our community and hospital leaders to talk directly to you, and offer their perspectives on life here in Bourbon County.  Meet more neighbors in our Bourbon County Life section! 

Click on Images to View

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Featured Businesses:

Claiborne Farm is the home of 6 of the 11 Triple Crown winning thoroughbreds, and the most famous, Secretariat.  Meet Assistant GM Charles Koch and learn of his life here.  Pictured is 2001 Kentucky Derby Winner Monarchos with Joe Peel, Stallion Foreman, who tells us more about Secretariat (videos).  Click Here

CMC/CLA - Central Motor Wheel of America, Inc. is a Toyota Automotive supplier, producing one million five hundred thousand aluminum wheels per year with more than 500 team members, is a model company for Bourbon County. Meet Frank Bellafato, Chairman and CEO, and learn his philosophy on creating a great working environment, and about his life here.  Click Here

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If You Choose Paris:

• You will enjoy a lifestyle with a relaxed pace - rolling hills and our huge horse farms - some thousands of acres in size, promote a wonderful buffer against the "strip mall-type growth" that seems to be everywhere.  Strict covenants require home sites outside Paris city limits to have large yards, and this protects the "look and feel" of our landscape.

• While wages/pay are competitive here vs. most places in the country, the cost of living, from real estate, to taxes, may be the lowest - this means more money in your pocket for more hobbies, or to secure retirement, or your children's college, etc.  Now that's "quality of life!"

• Life in Paris is unique - it is not like "cookie cutter" suburbs throughout the country.

• Our downtown area attracts more and more eclectic, unique stores from Arts to Coffee Shops,
  and restaurants, while we also have local necessity shopping, including chain restaurants and
  a Starbucks.

• Upscale shopping is in Lexington, a leisurely, short, wonderful drive on the new Paris Pike.  Modern amenities, including a local municipal FBO for those with their own aircraft, are in abundance, but mixed with the unique charm of our area without the trade-off of having to live in a large city with traffic snarls, crime, and other concerns.

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Photo Tours - Click on Photos of Each

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My Old Kentucky Home

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Unless otherwise indicated, every photo was taken specifically for this presentation.  Unlike many company websites and recruitment materials, in this presentation there are no "stock" photos or images that aren't authentic.  Bourbon Community Hospital is very grateful to our friends and neighbors for making our presentation so special.  We truly appreciate you!

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