Preservation and Conservation

Preservation and Conservation. . You stand at Lexington's urban growth boundary. Alexandria Drive - here at the intersection of Old Frankfort Pike - sets the edge of commercial land use and protects land to the west from non-agricultural development., Lexington's Urban Service Area Boundary has remained at this point since 2001. , During the past 50 years, changes in the ways, places, and scale of agriculture, increased urbanism, land subdivision, the decline of tobacco, and fewer families choosing a farming life, have fragmented the cohesion and vitality of the agricultural landscape in many areas of Kentucky. Yet here, along Old Frankfort Pike and in the greater Scenic Corridor area, the entrenched farm and Thoroughbred economy, and ongoing conservation efforts, help keep this neighborhood rural and decidedly void of urban sprawl. , Old Frankfort Pike and the Scenic Corridor remain a striking historic, cultural and scenic landscape because: , Regulated land use and zoning supports the conservation of rural areas and the agricultural economy. Farm owners actively maintain a variety of conservation and preservation protection strategies. The area contains a critical mass of Thoroughbred and diversified farms and associated enterprises that work together for a strong agricultural and equine economy. Thousands of acres in the Scenic Corridor are protected by agricultural conservation and historic preservation easements. Thanks to the actions of many property owners, the area will remain agriculturally viable, retain natural habitat and rural heritage, and share in perpetuity, these remarkable scenic landscapes. , thank you... , Since the 1980s, The Lexington-Frankfort Scenic Corridor, Inc, a not-for-profit group of area citizens have shared a vision to conserve and increase the understanding and enjoyment of the wide variety of historic, scenic, agricultural, cultural, and natural resources along Old Frankfort Pike and within the greater Scenic Corridor area. , During these past decades, the LFSC has sponsored comprehensive historic resource surveys and National Register nominations, secured Kentucky Scenic Byway designations, obtained FHWA/Kentucky Transportation Cabinet funding for preservation easements, prepared the Corridor Management Plan for Old Frankfort Pike to be designated a National Scenic Byway, and continues to stand watch on land use, planning, and policy in this area of Fayette and Woodford Counties. For information on preservation and conservation opportunities, visit www.BluegrassLandConservancy.org, and www.lexingtonky.gov/departments/purchase-of-development-rights. , Lexington-Frankfort Scenic Corridor, Inc. Advisory Committee Don Ball, Libby Jones, Henry Alexander, John Phillips, Tracy Farmer, Bill Curlin, Billy VanPelt , Special thanks to... , Don and Mira Ball, Barkham, Inc., Brereton and Libby Jones, Airdrie Stud, Calumet Farm, Darby Dan Farm The Kentucky Heritage Council / The State Historic Preservation Office The Kentucky Historical Society, Keeneland Race Course, Berea College, University of Kentucky , The Old Frankfort Pike Visitor Viewing Area , Interpretive Panels: Content, Images and Design: Amos Consulting Group LLC, Christine Amos , Landscape Architect: CMW Inc., Brad Boaz, Project Manager , Funding: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC), Lexington-Frankfort Scenic Corridor, Inc. , Administration: Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, KYTC Office of Local Programs , The Lexington-Frankfort Scenic Corridor Visitor Viewing Area is dedicated to our friend, Don Ball., Keeper of the vision that such a special place deserves protection, so that future generations may also experience this landscape of beauty, history, culture and community.