By Jere Downs
The Courier-Journal 

Hermitage to be 'farm chic' tourist attraction

 

October 23, 2016



GOSHEN, Ky. (AP) — Agriculture tourism turns top shelf next year when 21c Museum Hotel founders Steve Wilson and Brown-Forman heiress Laura Lee Brown expect to launch their renowned Hermitage horse farm as a tourist attraction.

Having removed the "no visitors" sign from the quarter-mile driveway, the couple laid out a new vision of Oldham County farmland preservation.

No corn mazes, petting zoo or pumpkin patch are in store. Instead, a new kind of Kentucky theme park will draw conventioneers and Kentucky Derby tourists.

Barn 8, one of 52 structures on the 700 acres, will become a farm-to-table...



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