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Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® Bourbon County Industrial Reports for Kentucky Counties 1980 Industrial Resources: Bourbon County - Paris Kentucky Library Research Collections Western Kentucky University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/bourbon_cty Part of the Business Administration, Management, and Operations Commons, Growth and Development Commons, and the Infrastructure Commons Recommended Citation Kentucky Library Research Collections, "Industrial Resources: Bourbon County - Paris" (1980). Bourbon County. Paper 9. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/bourbon_cty/9 This Report is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in Bourbon County by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact [email protected]. w M ^ 4c iM 0 M s C'!^ 0j .it? %.j ^ k' .-£i .jS# ->V « i? ^ s-.sm "i'i ..i?J% 1^*...,J •3^? '? W H'k-- •■'f '\* P4fi/5 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PARIS, KENTUCKY —- Industrial Site 180 — 17 Acres For morfi information contact Mr. Rax Taylor, City Hall, 800 Pleasant Street, Paris, Kentucky 40361 or the Kentucky Department of Commerce, Industrial Development Division, Capital Plaza Tower, Frankfort, Kentucky 40801. station ons Water Existing Industries A. Dura Corp. B. Btuegrats industries ? C. Hansley Enterprises, inc. gallons O. International Spike, inc. Water E. Gay Beli Corp. F. Ramset Fasteners G. Mallinckrodt, inc. H. Paris Manufacturing Co., inc. ^ LOCATION: WiUiin southwest city limits ZONING: Industrial HIGHWAY ACCESS: U.S. 68, U.S. 27 Bypass adjacent to eastem boundary RAILROAD: Louisville and Nashville Railroad spur adjacent to southern boundary •' / WATER: Paris Municipal Water System C Size Line: 10-inch line adjacent to northeast corner jL NATURAL GAS: Columbia Gas of Kentucky Size Line: 6-inch line along eastern boundary of site [y- ELECTRICITY: Kentucky Utilities Company SEWERAGE: Paris Municipal Sewer System Size Line: 8-inch line at northeast corner OWNERSHIP: Private SCALE: 1 inch = 2000 feet UTILITIES CONTOUR INTERVAL: 10 feet — ■ . 1 Water Line BASE: USGS 7.6 minute series -1978 Sewer Line INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES PARIS. KENTUCKY Prepared by The Kentucky Department of Commerce Division of Research and Planning in cooperation with The Paris-Bourbon County Chamber of Commerce 1980 Program manager and research - Brenda Roberts; clerical - Linda Pint and Jody Allphin; graphics - Frank Ferrante and Tony Cecconi; cartography - Industrial Development Division. Cost of printing paid from state funds. IV TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page INDUSTRIAL SITES i SUMMARY OF INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES - PARIS, KENTUCKY 1 THE LABOR MARKET AREA 6 Population 6 Labor Force Characteristics of Residents, 1979 6 Bourbon County Manufacturing Firms, Their Products and Employment 7 Labor Organizations 11 Industrial Services 11 Estimated Male Labor Supply 12 Estimated Female Labor Supply 12 Average Weekly Wages by Industry, by Place of Work, 1978 13 Per Capita Personal Income 15 TRANSPORTATION 16 Rail 16 Highways 16 Truck Service 17 Air 18 Bus 19 Taxi 19 Rental Services 19 Water 19 POWER AND FUEL . 20 Electricity 20 Natural Gas 21 Other Fuels 22 WATER AND SEWERAGE 23 Water 23 Sewerage 24 CLIMATE . 25 Chapter Page LOCAL GOVERNMENT 26 City 26 County 26 Assessed Value of Property, 1979 26 Property Taxes 26 Combined State and Local Rates Per $100 Valuation, 1979 . .. 27 Utilities Gross Receipts Tax for Schools 27 Planning and Zoning 27 Safety 28 Police 28 Fire 28 Refuse Collection and Disposal 28 EDUCATION 29 Public Schools 29 Nonpublic Schools 29 Area Colleges and Universities 30 Vocational Schools 31 HEALTH 32 Local Medical Personnel 32 Hospitals 32 Other Medical Facilities 32 Ambulance Service 32 Public Health 32 OTHER LOCAL FACILITIES 33 Communications 33 Library Services 34 Religious Institutions 34 Financial Institutions 34 Hotels and Motels 34 Clubs and Organizations 35 RECREATION 36 COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS 38 VI 1979 EDITION GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP BOURBON COUNTY KENTUCKY PAEPAfiEO 8T THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION PLANNING DIVISION OF FACILITIES PLANNING .... 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SUMMARY OF INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES PARIS, KENTUCKY LOCATION Ohio Indiana West Virginia PAR S ttlinois Virginia Missouri Road Distance In Miles: Atlanta 379 Baltimore 549 Chicago 371 Detroit 345 New York 721 St. Louis 355 POPULATION City of Paris, 1978 7,068 Bourbon County, 1978 19,700 Labor Market Area, 1978 307,600 % Nonwhite, BourbOn County, 1978 12.7 LABOR ANALYSIS Labor Market Area - Bourbon, Bath, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Montgomery, Nicholas, and Scott Counties Estimated available workers from labor market area, 1978: Male 10,904 Female 11,360 Unemployment rate, 1979 Labor Market Area 3.7% Bourbon County 3.7% Harrison County 3.3% Bath County 9,8% Montgomery County 6.9% Clark County 471% Nicholas County 5.0% Fayette County 3.2% Scott County 3.0% Total employment. Bourbon County, 1979 - 10,555 Manufacturing employment in labor market area, 1978 - 31,990 Major local manufacturing plants: Name Employment Blue Grass Industries 344 Hansley Enterprises, Inc. 375 Paris Division, Dura Corporation, Walter Kidde and Company, Inc. 366 The W. R. Stamler Corporation 150 Labor unions in local manufacturing plants: Clothing and Textile Workers; Industrial Workers INDUSTRIAL SERVICES Miles Location Distant Tool & Die, Machine & Pattern Shops Paris Metal Service Centers Lexington 19 Heat Treating Georgetown 18 Metal Finishers Cynthiana; 15; Lexington 19 Electric Motor Repair Lexington 19 TRANSPORTATION Rail: Railroad - TTI Railroad; Piggyback service - Planned Highways: Interstates - 1-75, 15 miles west; 1-64, 15 miles south Parkway - Mountain Parkway, 15 miles south U.S. Highways - 27, 68, and 460 Truck: Number of interstate motor carriers - Local terminals - ^ Air: Nearest scheduled airline service - Blue Grass Field at Lexington Distance - 23 1/2 miles; Airlines serving - Delta, Frontier, Piedmont, and USAir airlines; Tennessee Airways and Vale International commuter air carriers Nearest local airport - Cynthiana-Harrison County Airport Distance - 13 1/2 miles; Runway length - 3,200 feet 2. Water: Nearest navigable river - Kentucky River Nearest public ports - Louisville and Northern Kentucky area Distance - 92 and 85 miles respectively UTILITIES AND SERVICES Electricity: Local distributor - City of Paris Light and Power Source of power - (1) City of Paris Light and Power (2) Kentucky Utilities Company Natural Gas: Local distributor - Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc. Source of supply - Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation Available for new industry - Yes Other Fuels: Number of area propane distributors - 3^ Number of area distillate fuel oil distributors - 3 Water, treated: Local supplier - City of Paris Water and Sewer Excess municipal system capacity - 591,000 gpd Storage capacity - 1,908,700 gallons Expansions planned - No Water, raw: Source for industrial use - Stoner Creek Sewer: Excess treatment capacity - 2,568,000 gpd Planned expansions - No CLIMATE Temperature, Normal - 55.2 degrees F. Precipitation, Normal - 44.49 inches Snowfall, Mean Annual - 16.7 inches Prevailing winds - South Relative humidity (%) - 7 a.m. 7 p.m. M 3. GOVERNMENT Type - City Commission Police personnel - full-time - part-time - 6 Fire department personnel - full-time - volunteer - 4 Fire insurance rating (A.I.A.), class - Inside city - 6 Outside city - 10 TAXES Property taxes: Combined state and local rates per $100 valuation, 1979 {100% assessment) Inside City Outside of Paris City 1.