LEXINGTON, KentuckY

Lexington, city, coextensive with Fayette county, north-central Kentucky, U.S., the focus of the Bluegrass region and a major centre for horse breeding. Named in 1775 for the Battle of Lexington, Massachusetts, it was chartered by the Virginia legislature in 1782 and was the meeting place (1792) for the first session of the Kentucky legislature following statehood. Lexington in the early 1880s called itself the Athens of the West, boasting Transylvania College (1780; now Transylvania University), street lights, a public subscription library, a theatre, and a musical society. In 1817 it had presented the first Beethoven symphony heard in the United States.

Emerging Tech Hub

Metronet has invested over $100 million in fiberoptic infrastructure making Lexington the largest Gigabit city in the nation. The city’s highspeed infrastructure along with its low cost of living provides 1.54 times the purchasing power compared to Silicon Valley attracting talented tech professionals and startups alike.

Buffalo Trace distillery, based out of Kentucky, has made progress in its $1.2 billion expansion, which includes the construction of an additional still, more barrel warehouses, added fermenters and an expansion of the dry house operation.

Over the past year, a second still house has been built next to the existing 1930s structure. At 40 ft tall, it has doubled production capacity and holds 60,000 gallons.