Welcome to Garrard County, a growing but still country-friendly community of 17,000 that remembers and celebrates its rich pioneer history and cultural heritage. Garrard County is located in Central Kentucky’s beautiful Bluegrass Region, south of Lexington, on Highway 27. Lancaster, population 4,300, is the county seat; 30 miles from Lexington.

MEET THE PEOPLE, SEE THE SITES, PLAN A VISIT...

Please join our fan page on Facebook called Visit Garrard County Kentucky and have county updates posted to your home page; and visit our sister blog at http://beautifygarrardcounty.blogspot.com/ for more news of Garrard County.

(Information current: updated Nov. 7th, 2009)

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Local Fine Arts, Arts & Crafts, Novels & more...

“AUTUMN AFFAIR WITH THE ARTS” Saturday, Nov. 14th, 10 AM-4 PM, First Southern National Bank Community Room, Lancaster. Opportunity to view and purchase Local Fine Arts, Arts & Crafts, Novels & more. Sponsored by The Garrard County Arts Council. For additional information or to become an Arts Council member, e-mail garrardcounty.artscouncil@gmail.com or contact Co-Presidents Kristin Long: 859-339-4522 or Jean Turner: 859-792-6632.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Meet the Folks of Garrard County

Please check out this great 90 second promotional video. "It's Garrard County", first published on YouTube October 30th, 2009 and share it with your friends via E-Mail, Facebook, link to this website, etc.:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9TIEGvz164.

Written/Directed by: Nathan Mick (nathan.mick@gmail.com)

Produced by: Park W. Young (www.parkerwyoung.com)

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Antonio's Pizza & Spaghetti House

Antonio's Pizza & Spaghetti House opens Oct. 20th in Lancaster, right across from the Grand Theater on Lexington Street.

Serving Pizza, Sandwiches & Spaghetti Entrees, plus their "Ultimate Buffet" including Salad Bar with over 25 items & Hot Bar with Pasta with your choice of Sauce, Chicken Wings, a Variety of Pizzas, Bread, plus Dessert. Buffet prices: Tuesday-Friday Lunch: $5.99. Tuesday-Friday Dinner: $7.99. Friday, Saturday & Sunday Dinner, $8.99. Children 5-12 years: $5.99. Children 5 years & younger: $3.99.
Friendly staff cooking & serving-up delicious food.

Guests enjoying dinner.
Location: 110 Lexington Street, Lancaster, right across from the Grand Theater.
Phone: 859-792-1340
Hours: Tuesday-Thursday: 11:00 AM-2:00 PM & 5:00 PM-8:00 PM
Friday: 11:00 AM-2 PM & 5:00 PM-10:00 PM
Saturday 11:00 AM-10:00 PM
Sunday 11:00 AM-8:00 PM

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Visitors Center to Open: Part 4

Plans to open the Garrard County Visitors Center at the Wood Shack have been put on hold until 2010. Tourism information is available at The Wood Shack.

The Chamber of Commerce has opened a new office in the Lancaster City Hall, 308 W. Maple Ave., Ste. 1. Phone: (859) 792-2282. Hours: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. M-F. They will also have tourism information.

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Visit Garrard County Kentucky Facebook Page

Garrard County Tourism now linked to Facebook via Visit Garrard County Kentucky fan page. Become fan and have Garrard County news updates posted on your home page. For complete story, read:

Friday, October 2, 2009

Chamber of Commerce Farm-City Banquet 2009

John Calipari, University of Kentucky Basketball Coach, was guest speaker at the annual Chamber of Commerce Farm-City Banquet on Oct. 1st, 2009, at the Garrard County High School.

Photo by: http://www.parkerwyoung.com/.

Read transcript and view video from Channel 36 news: http://www.wtvq.com/news/394-cal-greets-uk-fans

Garrard County Central Record: http://www.garrardcentralrecord.com/archives/100809/default.html

Danville Advocate-Messenger:http://www.amnews.com/stories/2009/10/02/gar.500873.sto

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Paint Lick VillageFest October 10th

The Annual Paint Lick VillageFest will begin at 10 a.m. this year…

There will be no fee to set up a booth and vendors can set up on the Sportsman's Club grounds (in Paint Lick) on a first-come, first-served basis (beg. at 8 a.m.) with a limit of a 20x20 space to allow for as many vendors as possible. Yard sale and flea market items are acceptable, but we'll also have crafts, jewelry, and antiques.

We'll have free activities for children, live music, and opportunities to meet and greet new and old friends.

Inside the Sportsman's Clubhouse, the Friends of Paint Lick will hold a soup-bean lunch (also known as dinner in the country) from 11 a.m. until we run out. Menu includes soup beans, hot dogs, chips, desserts, and drinks.

There will be a Fish Fry from 4-5:30 PM. (For details, see listed on this blog) Events: October 2009: Paint Lick Sportsman's Club's Annual Fish Fry October 10th.

Friends of Paint Lick also will hold a raffle inside the clubhouse; selling tickets until about 3 p.m. at which time we'll hold the drawings outside.

If you have any questions or want to help, please e-mail me, Rita Fox, at: rfox58@windstream.net.
The FOPL phone number is 859-925-2417 (open 10-3 on Tues-Thurs-Fri).
Submitted by Rita Fox, Board member, Friends of Paint Lick, Inc.

For additional information, please see "Count Down to VillageFest '09":http://paintlickfriends.wordpress.com/