Strategies for Developing Agricultural Opportunities in the Greater Lexington Area

Producers and municipal leaders from Fayette County have requested that basic information be assembled to identify and further pursue opportunities for farmers and agbased businesses in the greater Lexington area. Meetings on November 17 and December 15,2003, and February 23, 2004 convened these leaders who have influence on how such opportunities may be pursued. Thc proposal below outlines a means to provide economic data and a long range planning tool to assist the larger economic development efforts of the County Council and the Fayette County Ag Business Task Force.