Kentucky Business- From Horse Breeding To Manufacturing

Kentucky is a medium-sized state with a population ofSouthern Comfort and Early Times Kentucky
over 4 million, in the south-eastern United States.Whiskey. The company employs about 1,300 workers
Kentucky is known for its bourbon whiskey, andin Louisville. Also partly in the Louisville area is the
thoroughbred horses, but also manufactures cars. Itsfamous Fort Knox, the home of U.S. Gold reserves.
agricultural sector produces cattle, tobacco, dairy, hogs,Recently, in 2006, Kentucky removed its taxes on
corn, and soybeans, and breeds horses. Kentucky in itsbonds, notes, trusts and other intangible personal
eastern portion has large coal fields. In variousproperty.
Kentucky towns, Ford, GM and Toyota have carThe second largest city is Lexington, with over 260,000
production and assembly plants. Hope this gives youpeople, and also the home of the University of
some ideas for your Kentucky Incorporation.Kentucky, in Eastern Kentucky. There are three public
The track at Churchill Downs is the site of the annualuniversities, and five private colleges in the city. The
Kentucky Derby horserace in Louisville, Kentucky.surrounding Bluegrass Region is home to Kentucky's
Louisville is the largest city in Kentucky, with aboutfamous horse breeding farms, but there is
700,000 people in its metropolitan area in Kentucky,manufacturing in Lexington as well. Leading companies
and another 500,000 in neighboring Indiana. Louisville isin the area include Affiliated Computer Services (ACS),
on the Ohio River, by the Falls of the Ohio. The FallsLexmark International, and United Parcel Service. ACS
continue to be the location of a hydroelectric plant.is an information technology and outsourcing company.
Historically, a canal was built around these falls. TheLexmark is a leading manufacturer of printers used
McAlpine locks around the Falls are still used, but arewith personal computers and has a plant and its
undergoing a major rehabilitation. Louisville continues toheadquarters in the city. Toyota's auto manufacturing
be a transportation hub, with its airport used as a hubplant is nearby in Georgetown, Kentucky. Bowling
by the UPS delivery service.Green, a city of 56,000 in central-western Kentucky is
Another major industry in the Louisville area is thethe home of a GM auto-manufacturing plant, and also
brewing of whiskey. The Brown-Foreman Company isof Western Kentucky University.
the brewer of Jack-Daniels, and also produced