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Livin' It Up In Lower Town

I wrote a story for the current issue of Governing about Lower Town, a neighborhood in Paducah, Kentucky. City planners in Paducah are reviving the ...

lower-town.jpg I wrote a story for the current issue of Governing about Lower Town, a neighborhood in Paducah, Kentucky.

City planners in Paducah are reviving the long-abandoned neighborhood as an arts district, by bringing in artists with attractive home-ownership loans.

The turnaround -- and the success of the six-year-old Artist Relocation Program -- is really impressive.

But don't take my word for it.  (Well, do, because I wrote the story.)  Check out the interactive map of Lower Town that accompanies the article.

Zach Patton -- Executive Editor. Zach joined GOVERNING as a staff writer in 2004. He received the 2011 Jesse H. Neal Award for Outstanding Journalism
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