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Eastern Standard: E. Kentucky's Creative Econ~$80m Greenhouse~Rural-Urban Exchange~Y'all Origins

WEKU | By Tom Martin

Published April 11, 2019 at 10:39 AM EDT

Eastern Kentucky's Creative Economy • An $80m High-Tech Greenhouse in Rowan County • The Work of The Kentucky Rural-Urban Exchange · The Origins of "Y'all"

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