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BusinessLexington NOVEMBER 2021 | VOL. 17 ISSUE 11

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Independent Business: New boutique hotel is designed to fit in by standing out PAGE 10

Crank & Boom’s founder on community, service and how ice cream can change the world PAGE 21

Rooted in Exploration: Red Oaks Forest School expands on its nature-based curriculum, wins statewide recognition PAGE 12

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CONTENTS

Rooted in Exploration: Red Oaks Forest School expands on its nature-based curriculum, wins statewide recognition

PVAStatistics

The latest statistics on local commercial and residential properties PAGE 6

PUBLISHER

chris@bizlex.com Tom Wilmes EDITOR

tomw@bizlex.com Drew Purcell ART DIRECTOR

drew@bizlex.com Rena Baer COPY EDITOR

Sharon Metz

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EconomicAnalysis

A monthly look at economic indicators compiled by the Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) at the University of Kentucky PAGE 6

GrammarGourmet

A Covid-ocabulary PAGE 6

BIZLISTS EDITOR

sharon.metz66@gmail.com Donna Hodsdon ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER

donna@bizlex.com Theresa Stanley DIRECTOR OF EVENTS AND PROMOTIONS

theresa@smileypete.com ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES

BizIQ

Cybersecurity awareness is critical for every size business PAGE 7

CraveWorthy

Have waffles, will travel: Friends and health care professionals launch food truck venture PAGE 8

Amy Eddie

amy@bizlex.com Ann Staton

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QuickBites

New Peruvian restaurant, soft-serve shop, Athens Lunchroom and more PAGE 9

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Health Care Law Firms PAGE 17 Hospitals PAGE 18 Nursing Facilities PAGE 20

Who’sWho

Employment updates from around the Bluegrass PAGE 22

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Ford’s Battery Plant Will Bring Jobs, but Can It Power Economic Change? While the recently announced Ford battery plant is good news for Central Kentucky, its impact as an economic engine remains to be seen PAGE 14

Lexmark Broadens its Cloud-Based Platform to Encompass the Internet of Things

Q&A with Toa Green: Crank & Boom’s founder on community, service and how ice cream can change the world

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BusinessBriefs Professional Soccer Coming to Lexington

Lexington Pro Soccer Club President Vince Gabbert, left, with Sporting Director Sam Stockley.

The United Soccer League has announced the addition of Lexington Pro Soccer as a USL League One expansion club, with play set to begin in the 2023 season. The club’s inaugural season will begin at a local collegiate facility, the details of which will be announced in the coming weeks.

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Lexington Pro Soccer will respond to a request for proposals issued by the Lexington Center Corporation for its High Street Development Project, with the intent to construct a state-of-the-art soccer stadium on the site across from Rupp Arena in downtown Lexington. The venue would also be able to accommodate festivals, concerts and other events. The club is also exploring multiple locations in Fayette County that could become the site of the club’s training grounds and USL Academy program. The majority owner of Lexington Pro Soccer is Tower Hill Sports, founded by Bill Shively, who is also owner of Dixiana Farm. “This is an exciting moment for USL League One, the city of Lexington and Central Kentucky,” said USL president Jake Edwards. “Since League One’s inception, Lexington is a place we’ve wanted to be because of its celebrated sports history and growing appetite for soccer. With tremendous leadership in Bill Shively, Vince Gabbert and Tower Hill Sports, this club will create a new source of

great pride for the people of Lexington and the Central Kentucky region.” The current USL League One regular season involves 12 teams playing 28 games over 30 weeks. In addition to Lexington, USL League One’s announced expansion markets over the next two seasons include Central Valley, California, Northern Colorado and Spokane,

Washington. “Lexington has a rich and storied tradition of sporting excellence, from the racetrack to the hardwood and beyond,” said club president Gabbert. “Our local teams and athletes have long been among the best, and our fans are some of the most passionate in the nation. Our community is comprised of a diverse and

international citizenry, which has a deep appreciation for the game of soccer. To bring a professional club to Lexington is a natural fit.” Local residents and soccer fans will have opportunities to contribute to the development of the club’s brand, colors and crest over the coming months. For more information, visit www.LexingtonProSoccer.com. BL

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PVAStatistics These statistics on local residential and commercial property are compiled by the office of the Fayette County Property Valuation Administrator. The data reflect the most up-todate information available at the time of printing for this publication, but monthly figures may be revised as additional public records of property transactions are submitted and become available.

Top Commercial Transactions for September 2021

Residential Sales Data for September 2021 The chart below shows the monthly residential sales activity in Fayette County for the previous 24 months. The data for the most recent month reflect a projected estimate from the office of the Fayette County Property Valuation Administrator and are subject to change. 2021 RESIDENTIAL SALES

SALE DATE

ADDRESS

PRICE

OWNER

800

9/10/21 9/24/21 9/1/21 9/30/21 9/30/21 9/10/21 9/30/21 9/30/21 9/30/21 9/24/21 9/9/21 9/9/21 9/1/21 9/23/21 9/3/21 9/13/21 9/3/21 9/2/21 9/2/21 9/2/21 9/10/21 9/10/21 9/28/21 9/24/21 9/28/21

1221 S. Broadway 2400 Woodhill Drive 2409 Over Drive 1408 Village Drive 1430 Village Drive 565 E. New Circle Rd 2800 Palumbo Drive Unit 2 2800 Palumbo Drive Unit 3 2800 Palumbo Drive Unit 4 345 Ruccio Way 1417 Leestown Road 1415 Leestown Road 900-902 N. Broadway 166 Lee St. 125 Walton Ave. 1161-1163 Commercial Drive 216 Southland Drive 2953 Winter Garden 2852 Snow Road 2848 Snow Road 2115 N. Broadway 325 E. Maxwell St. 261 Regency Circle 144 Pasadena Drive 261 Regency Circle

$49,158,000** $3,328,000 $2,600,000 $1,750,000*

1221 South Broadway LLC Primetime Capital LLC Big Four Star Properties LLC Village Properties LLC

700

$1,600,000 $1,230,000*

Sterling Shadow LLC BLT2800 LLC

$1,075,037 $665,000*

Kaar Properties Inc.

$500,000** $495,000 $445,000 $425,000** $400,000 $390,000

Fabs Investments LLC Lexington Cemetery Company Details Properties LLC Happy Richards LLC JJK Properties LLC Primo Properties LLC

$305,000 $275,000 $270,000 $240,000 $240,000

Nilkanth Enterprise Properties LLC Griffords LLC Dynamo Commercial LLC DOBP LLC Rebuilt Realty LLC

Home Savings & Loan Company of Kenton Ohio

* Sale price based on a multiple-parcel transaction ** Parcel includes multiple improvements

2020 RESIDENTIAL SALES

2019 RESIDENTIAL SALES

600 500 400 300 200 100

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

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18%

20%

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-9%

22%

15%

18%

MONTHLY PERCENTAGE CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS YEAR For more local residential and commercial real estate information, visit the website of the Fayette County Property Valuation Administrator at www.fayettepva.com.

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A monthly look at economic indicators compiled by the Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) at the University of Kentucky. For more on CBER, visit www.cber.uky.edu.

A Covid-ocabulary

Recent Data September 2021

1-Month 1-Year Change Change

Payroll emp. MSA**** Manufacturing Employment Durable Goods (KY) **** Manufacturing: Lexington-Fayette MSA Total Employees**** Unemployment Rate MSA****

266,900 Aug. 163,100 Aug.

-0.15% 3.62%

0.95% 7.51%

28,462 Aug. 3.60% Aug.

0.15% -0.10%

1.02% -1.20%

Payroll Employment, US Manufacturing Payroll Employment US Unemployment Rate, US

147,533,000 Sept. 12,446,000 Sept. 4.60% Sept.

0.12% 0.21% -0.70%

4.00% 2.66% -3.10%

Consumer Price Index, Southern Region Consumer Price Index, US Producer Price Index, US

264.593 Sept. 274.31 Sept. 226.6 Sept.

0.30% 0.30% 1.52%

5.80% 5.40% 11.63%

Index of Leading Indicators** Fed’s Index of Industrial Production**

117.1 Aug. 101.6 Aug.

0.90% 0.00%

NA 0.20%

3-Month Treasury Yield*** 10-Year Treasury Yield***

0.06% Oct. 12 1.59% Oct. 12

0.01% 0.31%

-0.05% 0.85%

Real GDP (millions $)

2nd Qtr. 2020 $22,740,959.00 Oct. 1

1-Month 1-Year Change Change 5.86% 3.19%

MSA: Lexington-Fayette Metropolitan Statistical Area; (p)=preliminary; NA=not available * Source: http://www.conference-board.org ** Source: Federal Reserve Statistical Release — http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/G17/ *** Source: Federal Reserve Statistical Release — http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/H15/data.htm **** Source: St. Louis Federal Reserve — https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/ Note: In some cases 1 mo. and 1 yr. changes are based on revised data from previous mo./yr. GDP is reported in current dollars.

By Neil Chethik

From viral loads to herd immunity, the pandemic has forced us to learn phrases we’ve never uttered before. At the same time, what an opportunity it has been to create new words! While we’ve been masked, vaxxed and socially distanced, a whole new vocabulary has arisen. Did you know, for example, that at 4 p.m. during a public-health lockdown, you can have a quarantini? And what would you have said two years ago if a restaurant asked you to choose among a pick-up, drive-thru or trunk-dump? I recall when our daily vocabulary began to morph. It was February 2020, and the virus had started its run around the globe. For the first time, a strange and unwieldy phrase was spoken aloud: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2019. In no time, the term was shortened to SARS-CoV-19. Eventually, we got it down to COVID, or covid, or simply “it.” As in, “Have you had it?” “Yeah, I had it bad.” By the summer of 2020, the virus had introduced us to a bewildering set of public-health terms: contact-tracing, socialdistancing, flattening the curve. In our businesses, we had to learn the difference between PPE and PPP. (Otherwise, we got confused between protecting our pay-

rolls or our face-holes.) We also found there was such a thing as a non-essential worker. And too many of us learned the difference between a furlough and a firing. Then, finally, the vaccine. Giddy while waiting our turn for the shot, we made up names for our new hairstyles (coronacuts), the new era of online buying (spendemic), and our enemies, right or left (covidiots). But the vaccine didn’t stop the pandemic — nor the continuing evolution of our language. A fresh new family of terms emerged: There were pro-vaxxers and anti-vaxxers; there were the vax-hesitant, vaxphobic and vaxoholic. Eventually, people got mad and called each other mask-holes. I’m ready for it all to be over. And by it, I mean COVID. Take me back to a time when a longhauler referred to a truck driver; when a mask was something we wore only on Halloween; when a super-spreader event was you spinning grass seed on the front lawn. Take me back to “the before times.” BL

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Cybersecurity Awareness is Critical for Every Size Business BY ERIC DEL VALLE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

ne of our customers said it best: “IT is one of those things that, when it’s working, you don’t notice it; you don’t think about it. But when it doesn’t work, that’s when it becomes a pain point in your business and can be the root cause of a lot of frustration.” Lexington isn’t known as a town that was hit with a significant security breach, and hopefully, it never will be. Unfortunately, cybersecurity is typically a reactive solution business owners make after observing the threat of an actual attack. The most common misconception business owners have about their network is that their company is too small to be a target when, in fact, 71 percent of cyberattacks occur at businesses with fewer than 100 employees. Cybercriminals target small businesses because they know they are less likely to have the proper solutions in place to prevent such an attack. A company’s size and location are not relevant to a cybercriminal, but sensitive data like employee social security numbers or direct deposit information is. Why your employees are your weakest link. All types of a business’ information can be found online — from the “our team” page of

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the business’ website to employees’ personal LinkedIn or other social pages. These details make it easier for hackers to use social engineering to target the weakest link in your cyber defense: your employees. Cybercriminals use sophisticated means to disguise emails so they appear to be from a safe source, such as from the company CEO. These emails often contain links to malicious websites to collect personal and company information or to infect your computer with malware and/or other viruses. Human error accounts for 95 percent of all cybersecurity breaches, usually due to a lack of a proactive approach to cybersecurity. While technology can filter most threats, it will never eliminate everything from reaching employees. Improving cybersecurity awareness. Identifying a cyber threat is more difficult for a human than automated technological defenses. However, empowering your employees to look for and recognize common cyber threats is the first step to improving your security. The entire organization — from reception to the c-level suites — is responsible for cybersecurity. Security awareness training teaches employees to understand the vulnerabilities and threats to business operations, plus the consequences for the company if they are careless about security.

What can I do on my own? The threat landscape is constantly changing. Antivirus protection from last year will not protect your network from viruses that are created today. To provide an extra layer of security for your network, follow these simple tips: • Keep software up to date. Work with your IT team to initiate automatic updates for your operating system and install software patches when necessary. • Utilize strong passwords. The more complex the password — utilizing uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers and symbols — the more protected your computer will be. Do not use the same password for more than one program. • Two-factor authentication. Two-factor authentication requires a secondary device or program to access a user’s account. • Cybersecurity awareness training. Mandatory training to recognize threats will decrease your risk of an attack. • Antivirus protection. Offering comprehensive threat protection, antivirus is necessary to safeguard your computer against known viruses and all sorts of malware, such as ransomware, Trojan horses, spyware, adware, identity theft and more. It’s essential to have a plan. Assume you’ve been breached, then work with your team to determine what you would do if your systems

became unattainable. The single most effective way to protect your business from data loss is to consistently back up your data to the cloud. Not only will you have another copy safely stored in case of a breach, but cloud storage enables you to access your documents anytime, anywhere. As an organization, you must be right with your defense strategy every single time. But unfortunately, the cybercriminal only has to get it right once. So, make your plan, take action, close your vulnerabilities, and you’ll be a step closer to protecting your employees, your customers and your network data. BL

Eric Del Valle is the business development manager for 46Solutions in Lexington. Here, he shares ideas on protecting your business from its greatest threat: cybercriminals. For more information on cybersecurity awareness training for your team or help to develop a defense plan for your network, contact Eric at 859-788-4600.

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CraveWorthy Have Waffles, Will Travel Friends and health care professionals launch food truck venture BY SHANNON CLINTON CONTRIBUTING WRITER

ith a menu as unique as its name, The Flying Waffle food truck recently debuted as a longtime shared dream between friends. Julie Derringer and Cindy Smith both work in health care in Lexington — Derringer as an emergency room nurse for UK HealthCare and Smith as an applications trainer for CHI St. Joseph Health. Friends for more than three decades, the duo enjoyed collaborating when launching a few businesses in the past, Derringer said, but one goal remained unfulfilled. “The last one was a sports bar, where we developed a menu for the grill,” she said. “It was an abbreviated menu, and that’s when we started saying we should open a restaurant. That was 15 years ago.”

Plans started to take shape in May 2021, when the Frankfort-based friends decided to open a food truck business. They began searching for trucks as well as a hot food trend that would get people talking — and eating. They researched the finer points of operating a food truck and weighed different styles and concepts, including a kebab venture, but ultimately decided that serving sweet and savory waffles was the way to go. With waffles serving as a culinary blank canvas of sorts, they set about creating, as their website describes it, “waffle works of art.” The Flying Waffle food truck launched in early September, popping up at Lexington venues such as Ethereal Brewing, Kentucky Horse Park and the Break Room. A Kentucky Proud food service provider, the owners source Kentucky-based meats, cheeses, sauces, spices and produce, including those from the Lexington Farmers Market, for their recipes. Derringer previously worked as a traveling nurse and describes her culinary tastes as eclectic, while Smith most enjoys Kentuckyinspired comfort food. Together, Derringer said, their preferences meld into a nicely balanced menu, which will vary seasonally. Some of their first waffle pairings have included jerk chicken on a waffle with Caribbean spicy sweet potatoes and a mango salsa garnish, and what Derringer deems the most popular with patrons, chicken and waffles. A pimiento cheese waffle, spicy hot chicken waf-

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The Flying Waffle has created what they call “wafflle works of art,” of both the sweet and savory variety.

fle and one topped with shrimp and grits are among other savory options. Dessert waffles include Nutella, Oreo, bourbon bread pudding and one dubbed “Bananas Stephen Foster.” The dessert waffles are served on special Liege waffles, Belgian-style waffles with layers of chunked sugar folded into the dough. Smith said the Mary Margaret’s Lemon Pie dessert waffle was created in tribute to her late mother, following her recipe. “My mom passed about 11 years ago, so when we came up with that one, we needed to

have her on the truck with us,” Smith said. Inventive sides like Hatch chile mac and cheese and street corn in a cup are available. Cooler weather menus will include pumpkinthemed dessert waffles and maybe a few soups served alongside waffle-based sandwiches, Derringer said. For now, the truck is only open weekends and occasional weeknights at sites within about an hour’s drive from Frankfort. Bookings are promoted via a calendar on their website and social media. They hope to add weddings and other private events in 2022. But Smith said the food truck venture wasn’t designed to become their new careers. “We have both agreed that’s a firm ‘no’ on doing this full time,” she said. “We’re both going to keep our full-time jobs and be responsible.” Though the food truck is meant to be a fun diversion, the research required, getting the truck up and running, mastering new skills and obtaining permitting posed challenges, but the pair has taken them all in stride. “It has been the hardest, physical, brainbusting work I think either one of us has ever done, and I’m an ER nurse so that says a lot,” Derringer said. “It’s not the food; it’s not the food prep; it’s the nuts and bolts of parking a trailer and leveling it and getting plumbing correct or electricity correct, just the logistics of driving this vehicle that we’re going to serve food from. It’s been a lot of work, but it’s been a lot of fun.” BL

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QuickBites New Peruvian Restaurant, Soft-Serve Shop, Athens Lunchroom and more BY SHANNON CLINTON CONTRIBUTING WRITER

f you love a good chicha morada, chicharron or ceviche — or simply enjoy trying new cuisines from other countries — a new Lexington restaurant will be reason to celebrate. Maty’s Authentic Peruvian Cuisine is slated to open mid-November at 4371 Old Harrodsburg Road, Ste. 160, according to owner/chef Maria Rivera. Originally from Lima, Peru, Rivera has lived in Lexington since 2003. Rivera said she’s been cooking since she was 11 years old and was taught by her father, who underscored the importance of using only the freshest ingredients. “The star dishes, I think, will be the variety of ceviches and the Lomo Saltado — beef with sauteed onions, tomatoes and Peruvian peppers,” she said, adding that saltado also comes in chicken and mushroom varieties. There will also be desserts, including Peruvian-style tres leches cake, as well as wine, domestic and Peruvian beer, sandwiches and kids’ meals. In other foodie news, several popular restaurants are opening up second locations. In addition to the new location of Local Taco coming soon to Hamburg, El Charro

Authentic Mexican Cuisine announced on its Facebook page that a second location will open soon at the Brighton Shoppes on the corner of Man O’ War and Liberty Road. After announcing it was under construction in summer 2020, Lexington’s second Sedona Taphouse location is set to open mid-October at 1950 Newtown Pike. On the heels of its new location on South Limestone, Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii recently announced that a second location is coming to 3070 Lakecrest Circle, Ste. 600. Habibis Sweets & Pastries had its soft opening at Julietta Market recently. Soul to Go has also opened at the market, with menu items including alligator bites and macaroni balls. After three years and originally opening as J. Gumbo’s, The Belt Line is closing and the business is up for sale, according to owner/ chef Robbie Morgan. “I will be looking for a buyer who wants to pick up where I left off and make this thing the success that it can be,” she said. Athens Lunchroom has opened at 6270 Athens Walnut Hill Pike, located in a circa-1927 former schoolhouse building purchased by Athens Properties LLC in 2019. Longtime restaurateur and Lexington native Frank Bickel opened the fast casual restaurant, his wife said. The restaurant will serve

lunch from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. weekdays, with fresh sandwiches, salads, baked goods and hot items prepared by the “Lunch Lady Squad.” IP&J Cuban Food’s Jesus Gonzalez is head chef for the new establishment, bringing along his signature Cuban sandwich, ropa vieja, black beans and rice and more. The Lunchroom also has grab-and-go items, wine, signature cocktails and beer, and will be open for brunch and beverages from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. the second Saturday and Sunday of each month and for private events. Breakfast and expanded services are in the works and catering, and group delivery services are already underway. Toa & Mike Green, owners/operators of Crank & Boom Craft Ice Cream, announced they are opening a new soft-serve concept at 3735 Palomar Centre Drive #230 this November. Called BoBi Cones, after the couple’s children, Bodhi and Bindi, the menu will initially include five flavors of soft serve and a variety of cones. “Mike and I have always loved soft serve ice cream and wanted to bring a concept that would be fun, delicious and a place of joy, just as Crank & Boom has been. We love the Palomar neighborhood and can’t wait to serve the community there with this brand new concept,” said Toa Green. Tropical Smoothie is now open at Coliseum Plaza on the corner of Rose Street and Avenue of Champions. Pita Pit is opening a new location near the University of Kentucky. According to the company’s website, the franchise began in

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After opening its first shop on South Limestone, Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii will serve up cups of its American-grown, premium Hawaiian coffee at a second shop, located at 3070 Lakecrest Circle.

Canada in 1995, then spread to the United States, with a menu that features a variety of customized bowls and wraps. Timmy Two Time’s Cocktails and Burgers is now open in the Keithshire Shopping Center at 3330 Partner Place. Its Facebook page recently touted the Danger Dog, a deep-fried bacon-wrapped beef hot dog with sauteed onions. BL Have a food- or beverage-related update to share with readers? Please email info@smileypete.com.

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IndependentBusiness New Boutique Hotel is Designed to Fit In By Standing Out BY KATHIE STAMPS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

lwood Hotel & Suites opened in Lexington in September. Located just off South Broadway near its intersection with Mason Headley and next to the new Lexington Clinic, the boutique hotel stands out with its colorful four-story mural adorning an otherwise white façade. Artistic and eclectic touches continue inside, with the mural theme continuing along hallway corridors and guest rooms appointed with bright red vintage-style mini-fridges and comfortable décor that hints at a Thoroughbred theme without going overboard. Travelers who once sought familiarity and consistency are now searching for an “individual, authentic and local experience,” said Hilda Delgado, who, along with her husband, David Bader, created Elwood Hotel to reflect its Lexington location. Fiddletree Kitchen & Bar, located in the lobby, is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and offers indoor dining as well as an outdoor terrace with firepits. Delgado wants Fiddletree to be known as a three-meal restaurant in the community that happens to be in a hotel, instead of just a hotel restaurant, she said. In all, Elwood Hotel & Suites has 62 rooms across four floors, approximately a third of which are extended-stay suites with a kitchenette. Through their company, Los Angelesbased Deseo Group, the Elwood is the first of what Delgado and Bader plan will be a group of boutique hotels located in secondary markets with a lot of demand, each with a unique look and feel. In Central Kentucky, for example, tourists come in for sporting events, the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Keeneland and other equine enterprises, while business, conferences and hospitals bring in other travelers, making Lexington the perfect spot to launch their new hospitality concept.

“When David and I started conversations around growing a portfolio of boutique hotels, we knew Lexington had to be where it all started.” HILDA DELGADO , CREATOR AND CO-OWNER OF ELWOOD HOTEL & SUITES

“We are looking for similar towns, starting in the Southeast,” Bader said. Bader is originally from Lexington. He lived here until he was 14, when his family moved to Boca Raton, Florida. He studied design and construction at the University of Florida and then took off for California. “Although I’m still a very big Kentucky fan, I’m kind of torn,” he admitted, “especially during basketball season.” Delgado worked in Northern Kentucky in the mid-2000s and recalls her first drive to Lexington as “love at first sight.” She had never seen so much beauty at the same

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time, from the rolling hills and manicured pastures to the Thoroughbreds and fences. “When David and I started conversations around growing a portfolio of boutique hotels, we knew that Lexington had to be where it all started.” The Elwood property has been through several ownerships over the past three decades, many of which were associated with the Campbell House next door. When Bader and Delgado found the property in June 2019, Bader tracked down the owner in Louisiana “and over the course of six months, talked him into selling the property,” he said. Deseo Group closed the transaction in March 2020, a week into lockdown. “A select-service hotelier bought it about two years prior to us and did some renovations,” Bader said, of an industry term meaning a hotel with no food and beverage service. “We undid those renovations and took it down to its bones.” Deseo Group held a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Commerce Lexington in late August and opened for business right after Labor Day. Local businesses have a big presence at Elwood Hotel, including Jarboe Construction, EOP Architects, Community Trust Bank for lending and Bullhorn Creative for branding. “The only nonlocal designer we have is our restaurant designer,” Bader said. “Everyone else is 100 percent local, including all of the trade contractors, and that was on purpose.” Delgado and Bader were impressed with EOP Architects from their designs of the visitors’ center at Bulleit Distilling Co. in Shelbyville and the welcome center at Woodford Reserve in Versailles, and they worked with EOP interior designer Lesley Thomas. “She was the primary reason we selected EOP,” Delgado said. “We knew she would understand our vision and be flexible and collaborative with our input.” Art is an important factor in creating a bespoke design. Working with LexArts, Delgado and Bader received close to 200 applications for the exterior mural. They chose Canadian artist Alixandra Jade. “And then we doubled her scope,” Bader said. Jade also hand-painted a mural in the conservatory and artwork throughout the corridors on each floor. To support and promote a different local nonprofit each month, Deseo Group started an in-house philanthropic program called Elwood Social Club. On the last Saturday of the month, a percentage of that day’s revenue from rooms, food and beverage are donated to a local organization. LexArts was the inaugural beneficiary in September, Lexington Humane Society in October. Bullhorn Creative guided Delgado and Bader through a naming process that landed on the hotel’s name. Elwood was also the name of the horse that won the Kentucky Derby in 1904 and the first Derby entrant and winner to be owned by a woman (Lasca Durnell) and the first winner bred by a woman (Emma Prather). Everything about Elwood Hotel & Suites is focused on “originality and being experiential,” Delgado said. “Individuality is a must.” BL

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Red Oaks Forest School, which offers outings and outdoor-based programs for school-age children, was recently recognized by the Kentucky Association of Environmental Educators with a 2021 Outstanding PreK-12 School Award for Excellence in Environmental Education. PHOTOS FURNISHED

Rooted in Exploration Red Oaks Forest School expands on its nature-based curriculum, wins statewide recognition BY CAMPBELL WOOD CONTRIBUTING WRITER

t Red Oaks Forest School, based in Stanton, Kentucky, the forested land of Red River Gorge in Eastern Kentucky is a playground for learning, exploring, making connections and growth. The idea for the nature-based program was sparked in 2014, when Melissa Rudick told friend Tina Brouwer about a forest school her children had attended when they family lived in Switzerland. They decided to start their own forest school in Kentucky for school-age children and their families. “It’s a team project,” said Brouwer, co-director of Red Oaks Forest School, along with Rudick and Hannah Harris.

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“We started Red Oaks with friends,” said Brouwer. “Inspired by the joy our children experienced in nature, we committed to spend time there with them. We prioritized it … We put it on our schedules.” And they stuck by their appointments with nature, no matter the weather, while offering their children room to roam. “We decided to take our own approach,” said Brouwer. “The kids led the way in explore time. If they wanted to play, they needed to figure out the rules in cooperation.” That was in 2014, with about seven families and some 20 children participating. In 2018, Angie and Colby Christianson, owners of 100 acres of forested land known as The Wilds in the Red River Gorge area, made 60

acres available to Red Oaks for use during the week. When Red Oaks’ directors decided to add a curriculum of lessons and family activities, Brouwer said their enrollment tripled. To better serve the community in Eastern Kentucky, the school began offering scholarships. Today 20 percent of net revenue goes toward families in need, “and we are working to increase that,” said Brouwer. Its nature-based, enrichment-oriented offerings and community focus are several reasons why Red Oaks Forest School was recently recognized by the Kentucky Association of Environmental Educators (KAEE), which awarded the program its 2021 Outstanding PreK-12 School Award for Excellence in Environmental Education. “There’s been a huge movement nationwide of programs for nature preschools,” said KAEE director Ashley Hoffman. “That’s not something we have a lot of in Kentucky. I hope that by elevating the work of Red Oaks, we can see more nature schools.” Improved academic performance and enhanced critical thinking skills are among several benefits of play-based environmental

education for school-age children, according to research cited by the Natural Start Alliance, which is affiliated with the North American Association for Environmental Education. As is developing personal growth, life-building skills, confidence, autonomy and leadership. Brouwer and Harris draw from their knowledge of ecology and their backgrounds to inform the curriculum. Brouwer studied conservation at the University of Kentucky, where she earned a master’s degree. An avid rock climber, she spent much time on the ledges of the gorge studying Peregrine falcons for her research— so much so that she became known locally as the “falcon lady.” She is also co-owner of Red River Rockhouse, a popular restaurant in the heart of the gorge. Harris also studied conservation at UK, earning a Ph.D. based on her studies of the black bear population of Eastern Kentucky. Rudick has a master’s degree in social work, with a concentration in child mental health and development. Together with their staff and board of directors, the Red Oaks team has developed a

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variety of programs that encompass offerings for small children to adults, including homeschool programs, rock-climbing instruction, guided meditations in nature, birding classes, family nature walks and more. Some of Red Oak’s classes are offered in partnership with Raven Run Sanctuary in Lexington, as well as at their location in Stanton. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Red Oaks has produced a series of 10 video lessons called Neighborhood Nature, along with accompanying study guides. The Mighty Acorns program moved online and enabled children to stay connected with their nature buddies. They would talk and sing songs together, Brouwer said, while also getting things that were bothering them off their chests. “Parents said it was really valuable for kids to keep those connection with friends,” she said. Red Oaks has since moved classes back into the forest, with small groups of children accompanied by their parents, and is working on the next phase of its expansion, Brouwer said. The school is also exploring opportunities to work with school systems and other organizations to offer nature-based enrichment opportunities. The school has recently

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partnered with Kentucky Waterways Alliance to help with an environmental education day in Wolfe County schools. Red Oaks is also piloting a forest therapy program in Lexington in conjunction with Partners for Youth, which serves at-risk kids. When the KAEE surveyed 487 Kentucky teachers about environmental education, the No. 1 barrier was cost, primarily for transportation and site fees, Hoffman said. Perceived risk is also a concern. “While teachers may see the value of nature visits, we have to market it to administrators, who may be afraid of liability issues, especially with city schools,” she said. In a report prepared for the city of Lexington, KAEE emphasized quality over quantity when it comes to nature-based education. To maximize impact, the trip should also be preceded by and followed-up with related teachings and discussion. “It needs to be a significant event,” Hoffman said. And, through the efforts of Red Oaks and similar nature-based programs cropping up around the state, more Kentucky kids will have opportunities to grow and learn through time spent outdoors. BL

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A rendering of the Blue Oval Battery Park planned to open in Glendale, Kentucky, in 2025.

Ford’s Battery Plant Will Bring Jobs, But Can It Power Economic Change? While the recently announced Ford battery plant is good news for Central Kentucky, its impact as an economic engine remains to be seen BY LIZ CAREY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

n September 27, the Ford Motor Company announced it would be investing nearly $6 billion in Kentucky to build a plant in Hardin County that would produce the batteries needed to power electric vehicles. As part of a partnership with SK Innovation, the company will build BlueOvalSK Battery Park — twin battery plants employing 5,000 people to supply Ford’s North American assembly plants with batteries for its electric Ford and Lincoln vehicles. “This is a transformative moment where Ford will lead America’s transition to electric vehicles and usher in a new era of clean, carbon-neutral manufacturing,” said Ford Executive Chair Bill Ford in a statement. “With this investment and a spirit of innovation, we can achieve goals once thought mutually exclusive — protect our planet, build great electric vehicles Americans will love and contribute to our nation’s prosperity.” And while the plant will have an economic impact on the state, economists say it is neither a game-changer nor a long-term sure bet as an economic engine. The economic impact

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will be most felt at the local level, they said. “I think when you think about a plant, like this one … in terms of the state as a whole, this is going to be a relatively small share of employment,” said Michael Clark, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research and an associate professor of economics at the University of Kentucky’s Gatton College of Business and Economics. “But if you look at the Hardin County area, this is going to be a pretty large employer given the population size that they have. So, depending on what kind of geographic area you’re talking about you get really a different type of effect.” Business leaders could look to Georgetown and the Toyota plant built in the 1980s to get a sense of how these localized impacts might be felt, said Kenneth Troske, economics professor at Gatton specializing in labor economics. “It’s had a pretty significant impact on the community,” Troske said. “Obviously, the Georgetown community is a much different community because of that; Lexington is a much different community because of that. There are some businesses that have located here because of that … Kentucky is the leading auto parts-producing state in the union. That’s where we really fit into the auto

manufacturing industry, and [the Ford plant] is going to continue to add to that.” Just like adding Toyota’s 4,300 jobs did in the ’80s, Ford’s pledge to add 5,000 jobs to the local economy will have a significant impact, Clark said. The question is whether or not the plant will grow like Toyota did. The X-factor in the equation, he said, is what the plant was producing. “There’s a lot more uncertainty, I think, with a battery plant,” Clark said. “With Toyota, one of the things we got was a really good company and a really strong brand. And so, we’ve been very fortunate that the total plant has continued to grow over time… With battery plants, there’s a lot of uncertainty about the long-term growth. There’s still a lot of questions about where the automobile industry is going to go in terms of fuel.” While Ford seems to be preparing for electric vehicles to be a significantly larger part of the market, he said, there’s still uncertainty about whether the industry is going to go in that direction. In May, Ford announced it would be investing $22 billion in electrification through 2025 as part of a plan to offer electric versions of its Mustang, F-150 and Transit lines. The company has also pledged to offer only electric vehicles in Europe by 2030, and to make significant reductions in the company’s greenhouse gas emissions globally, including by new vehicles sold, by 2035. Research into other power sources and in other technologies may provide automobile manufacturers with other options though, the two economists said. Additionally, the battery

being built at the newly announced plant is a lithium ion battery, which could prove to be unstable — like the batteries in the Chevy Bolt that were recalled — or could prove to be unsustainable to produce as the lithium and cobalt needed to make the batteries remain difficult to source, they said. Still, the plant will provide jobs to the area, pulling labor in from all over the Central Kentucky region, Troske said, with people commuting in from rural counties and smaller towns along the I-65 corridor. Existing Ford workers, trained to work at the battery plant, would likely also move into the area, as would others from inside and outside of the state. The employees who move to the area will be looking for housing, as well as businesses that will provide clothing, entertainment and dining options, he said. But while the battery plant will add jobs, it will not be something that will transform the state’s economy, Troske said. “This is more blue-collar production jobs,” he said. “This is not Nashville announcing it’s the new Amazon World Headquarters, right? ... This is not going to change the average level of education of people in Kentucky. And it’s probably not going to have that big of an impact on the average household earnings in Kentucky. “It’s going to have an impact. It’s going to bring in some additional jobs and it positions Kentucky to continue to participate in the automotive industry but not at a completely different pace that we’re participating at right now.” BL

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Lexmark Broadens its Cloud-Based Platform to Encompass the Internet of Things One of Lexington’s largest employers expands into the predictive analytics business

BY TOM WILMES BUSINESS LEXINGTON

exmark International has remained a top employer in Lexington since it was founded in 1991 as a spin-off of IBM to manufacture dot matrix printers. And, as with any longstanding technology company, Lexmark has adjusted its business model and services several times over the years to grow and remain competitive. The company expanded into inkjet printing in the early 1990s, and by the 2010s exited the inkjet business to focus on software. In 2016, Lexmark was acquired by a consortium of three Chinese companies — Apex Technology Co., Legend Capital and PAG Asia Capital — and the company went private. Lexmark then shifted its focus again, to manufacturing laser printers for businesses. While home printer use has trailed off dramatically in recent years, there are business environments where high-volume printing remains a necessity — places like hospitals,

pharmacies, medium to large-sized offices, universities and other applications around the globe. In addition to selling and distributing its printers, Lexmark can also help maintain, diagnose and optimize these connected devices through its managed services division. Collectively, such connected devices and appliances are known as the Internet of Things, or IoT. To support the more the 1 million devices that Lexmark currently manages on behalf of its customers, the company developed a proprietary software platform to track and make sense of the endless streams of data it collects, even using machine learning to predict when a device is likely to fail and implement a proactive fix. “We’ve been a leader in imaging, especially the managed print services business, now for 20 years. WAUGERMAN And, over those 20 years, we had to build this IoT system to manage these 1.2 million devices that we have all over the planet right now in 200,000 locations,” said Lexmark president and CEO Allen Waugerman. Lexmark announced in late September that it would offer its proprietary cloudbased technology platform — called the Lexmark Optra IoT Platform — as a solution for any manufacturer or company with large volumes of collected data to better manage, understand and utilize that information.

“This isn’t a transformation, it’s an expansion,” Waugerman said of Lexmark’s latest offering. “We’re taking core technology and expanding it into these adjacencies.” The platform is a first step, Waugerman said. Within the next six months, Lexmark will introduce related hardware to help manufacturers outside of the imaging business better utilize the platform. It will also continue to offer managed services, consultation and support services for its devices and for companies using the platform.

“This isn’t a transformation, it’s an expansion. We’re taking core technology and expanding it into these adjencies.” ALLEN WAUGERMAN, LEXMARK CEO AND PRESIDENT

“When you look at what we’re bringing as part of this portfolio, it’s a whole set of skills — analytics, machine learning — that’s part of this package that we’ve built,” Waugerman said. “We know what works for IoT devices like imaging, but the outcomes are the same whether you’re trying to reduce help desk

calls, reduce development time, accomplish a remote fix or proactively service.” While Lexmark has been working on building out its cloud infrastructure over the past five years, Waugerman said the company doubled down on its efforts during the pandemic. “Pre-pandemic we said, ‘how can we leverage this?’, and then during the pandemic we accelerated that as we started to think differently. Plus, imaging was impacted significantly early on in the pandemic,” he said. “We’re bringing all of that knowledge that we have in IoT from managing printers and taking it to a whole other set of industries.” While the business imaging market is slowly contracting, it’s still a $60 billion industry globally, Waugerman said. Lexmark’s research indicates that its Optra IoT Platform and related services will help the company access what’s estimated to be a $50 billion industry related to IoT. “I don’t want anyone to think that we’re exiting the imaging business, which is core to our DNA,” he said. “Our focus is continuing to grow share. We have a strategy around doubling our managed services business over the next few years, as well as winning more [original equipment manufacturer] customers. Lexmark also sells our engine technology to other printing providers across the world. “And then with this IoT play, we believe the addressable market is … about $50 billion. We would love to take a modest share — a couple points — which is still a big number, and we’re just getting started.” BL

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Health Care Law Firms Health care law divisions ranked by number of health care lawyers 2021

Rank

Number of Lawyers in Health Care Office and/or Health Care Divisions

Firm Name Address Phone Website

Number of Partners/ Associates/ Counsel/ Paralegals in Lexington Office

Managing Partner(s) in Lexington office/ year founded locally/ total number of offices

Health Care Law Practice Areas

Frost Brown Todd LLC 250 W. Main St., Ste. 2800 Lexington, KY 40507 (859) 231-0000 www.frostbrowntodd.com

100

22 partners/ 9 associates 9/ 6 paralegals

Jan de Beer/ 1981/ 15

Stites & Harbison, PLLC 250 W. Main St., Ste. 2300 Lexington, KY 40507 (859) 226-2300 www.stites.com

8 partners/ 1 paralegal

Health Care Regulatory Compliance, Certificate of Need, Fraud, Waste, and Abuse, Medicaid and Medicare Reimbursements, Pharmacy Law, Transactional Healthcare and Transaction Agreements, Health Care Professional Liability, Medical Malpractice, Health Care Professional Licensure Defense, Nursing Home Negligence, Other: Review. Other: Stark Law; Anti-Kickback Statute; Anti-Trust; Life Sciences Technology and Commercialization; Clinical Trials and Medical Devices; Risk Management; Health Care Licensure Defense; HIPAA; Privacy and Data Security; Medical Staff Governance and Peer Review; Medical Managed Care; Insurance Regulatory; FDA Regulatory; Provider Contracting; Bankruptcy and Restructuring; Mergers and Acquisitions; Finance; Construction; Employment; Environmental; Litigation, Real Estate, and Tax for all health care-related facilities to include hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living, etc. and their physicians

Cassidy Ruschell Rosenthal (Office Executive Member), Marjorie A. Farris (Chairman of Firm)/ 1832/ 11 (in 6 states)

Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP 250 W. Main St., Ste. 1600 Lexington, KY 40507 (859) 233-2012 www.wyattfirm.com

17 partners/ 5 associates/ 10 counsels/ 1 paralegal

Health Care Regulatory Compliance; Certificate of Need (CON) Law; Fraud; Waste; and Abuse Claims; Medicaid and Medicare Reimbursements; Pharmacy Law; Transactional Health Care and Transactional Agreements; Health Care Professional Liability; Medical Malpractice; Hospital Representation; Nursing Home Negligence; HIPPA Compliance

W. Craig Robertson, III/ 1977/ 5

Dickinson Wright PLLC 300 W. Vine Street, Ste. 1700 Lexington, KY 40507 (859) 899-8700 www.dickinson-wright.com

5 partners

Healthcare Regulatory Compliance; Certificate of Need (CON) Law, Fraud and Abuse Claims; Medicaid and Medicare Reimbursements; Transactional Healthcare; Healthcare Professional Liability; Healthcare Professional Licensure Defense; Hospital Representation; Healthcare Litigation; Investigations; and Telehealth

David A. Owen/ 2015/ 19

Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC 300 West Vine St., Ste. 2100 Lexington, KY 40507 (859) 231-3000 www.skofirm.com

6 partners/ 2 associates/ 2 counsels/ 1 paralegal

Health Care Regulatory Compliance; Certificate of Need (CON) Law; Fraud; Waste and Abuse Claims; Medicaid and Medicare Reimbursements; Pharmacy Law; Transactional Agreements and transactional Agreements; Health Care Professional Liability; Medical Malpractice; Health Care Professional Licensure Defense; Hospital Representation; Nursing Home Negligence. Other: Antitrust; Breach of Contract; Clinical Research; Contract Negotiations; False Claims Act; Health Benefit Claims; Independent Contractor Agreements; Insurance Coverage; Intellectual Property; Life Sciences; Credentialing and Peer Review Actions; Medical Devices; Medicare and Medicaid Audits; Mergers and Acquisitions; Physician Employment Agreements; Physician-Owned Devices; Product Liability; Qui Tam; RICO

P. Douglas Barr (Managing Director and Chairman of the Board)/ 1897/ 5

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 100 W. Main St., Ste. 900 Lexington, KY 40502 (859) 425-1000 www.dinsmore.com

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23 partners/ 19 associates/ 3 counsels/ 6 paralegals

Health Care Regulatory Compliance; Certificate of Need (CON) Law: Fraud; Waste and Abuse Claims: Medicaid and Medicare Reimbursements: Pharmacy Law; Transactional Health Care and Transactional Agreements: Health Care Professional Liability: Medical Malpractice: Health Care Professional Licensure Defense: Hospital Representation: Nursing Home Negligence Other: Litigation; Internal Investigations; Telehealth; Life Sciences; Clinical Trials; Medical Devices; HIPPA; FDA Regulatory; False Claims Acts; Bankruptcy and Restructuring; Immigration; Mergers and Acquisitions; Finance; Employment and Real Estate Tax

Graham Morgan (Office Managing Partner in Lexington)/ 1997/ 29

McBrayer, PLLC 201 East Main St., Ste. 900 Lexington, KY 40507 (859) 231-8780 www.mcbrayerfirm.com

4 partners/ 4 paralegals

Health Care Regulatory Compliance; Certificate of Need (CON) Law; Fraud, Waste and Abuse Claims; Medicaid and Medicare Reimbursements; Pharmacy Law; Transactional Health Care and Transactional Agreements; Health Care Professional Liability; Medical Malpractice, Health Care Professional Licensure Defense; Hospital Representation; Nursing Home Negligence; Litigation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Government Relations; Telehealth; Physician Employment Agreements; HIPAA Compliance; False Claims Act; Stark Law; Anti-Kickback Statute

James H. Frazier, III/ 1978/ 2

Jackson Kelly, PLLC 175 E. Main St. Lexington, KY 40507 (859) 255-9500 www.jacksonkelly.com

5 partners/ 1 paralegal

Health Care Regulatory Compliance; Certificate of Need (CON) Law, Fraud, Waste and Abuse Claims; Medicaid and Medicare Reimbursements; Pharmacy Law; Transactional Health Care and Transactional Agreements; Health Care Professional Liability; Medical Malpractice; Health Care Professional Licensure Defense; Hospital Representation; Nursing Home Negligence

Clifton. B. Clark/ 1985/ 10

Embry Merritt Shaffer Womack, PLLC 201 E. Main St. Ste. 1402 Lexington, KY 40507 (859) 543-0453 www.emswlaw.com

5 partners/ 6 associates/ 3 counsels/ 6 paralegals

Health Care Regulatory Compliance; Fraud; Waste and Abuse Claims; Medicaid and Medicare Reimbursement; Pharmacy Law; Transactional Health Care and Transactional Agreements; Hospital Representation; Other: Privacy and Data Security; Medical Managed Care Insurance; and more

Darren L Embry, Joyce A. Merritt, Suzanne L. Shaffer, James G. Womack, Samantha T. Nance

Sturgill, Turner, Barker & Moloney, PLLC 333 W. Vine St., Ste. 1500 Lexington, KY 40507 (859) 255-8581 www.sturgillturner.com

6 partners/ 2 paralegals

Health Care Regulatory Comlpiance; Certificate of Need (CON) Law; Fraud; Waste and Abuse Claims; Pharmacy Law; Transactional Health Care and Transactional Agreements; Health Care Professional Liability; Medical Malpractice; Health Care Professional Licensure Defense; Hospital Representation; Nursing Home Negligence

Bryan H. Beauman/ 1957/ 1

Kinkead & Stiltz, PLLC 301 E. Main St., Ste. 800 Lexington, KY 40507 (859) 296-2300 www.ksattorneys.com

3 partners/ 2 associates/ 1 paralegals

Fraud; Waste and Abuse Claims; Medicaid and Medicare Reimbursements; Pharmacy Law; Transactional Health Care and Transactional Agreements; Health Care Professional Liability; Medical Malpractice; Health Care Professional Licensure Defense; Hospital Representation; Nursing Home Negligence

Robert C. Stilz, Jr./ 1997/ 1

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Hospitals Ranked by total number of inpatient days

Rank

Hospital Name Address Phone Website

June 2021

Based on the 2020 Administrative Claims Data Report-Inpatient Hospitalization Days, Facility and Payor

Total Inpatient Days

Medicare Inpatient Days

Medicaid Inpatient Days

Commercial Inpatient Days

Charity/ Self Pay Inpatient Days

Other

Top Local Official(s)

UK HealthCare Albert B. Chandler Hospital 800 Rose St., N. 100 Lexington, KY 40536 (859) 323-5126 www.ukhealthcare.uky.edu

245,994

87,822

92,326

58,086

1,740

6,020

Mark F. Newman, M.D.

Baptist Health Lexington 1740 Nicholasville Road Lexington, KY 40503 (859) 260-6100 www.baptisthealth.com/lexington

101,047

50,962

21,298

27,536

395

856

Gerard “Ger” Colman (CEO)

Saint Joseph Hospital 1 Saint Joseph Drive Lexington, KY 40504 (859) 313-1000 www.chistjosephhealth.org/saint-joseph-hospital-lexington

67,174

47,421

11,320

7,670

359

404

Jason Adams (CEO, CHI Saint Joseph Health)

Encompass Health Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital 2050 Versailles Road Lexington, KY 40504 (859) 254-5701 www.cardianlhill.org

46,883

28,652

8,561

9,322

330

Tara Diebling (CEO)

UK HealthCare Good Samaritan Hospital 310 S. Limestone St. Lexington, KY 40508 (859) 226-7000 www.samaritanhospital.com

30,983

13,041

12,788

4,369

336

451

Mark F. Newman, M.D.

Frankfort Regional Medical Center 299 Kings Daughters Drive Frankfort, KY 40601 (502) 875-5240 www.frankfortregional.com

29,068

17,777

5,887

4,270

913

361

Chip Peal

Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center 21 S. Third St. Danville, KY 40422 (859) 239-1000 www.emrmc.org

27,838

14,782

5,135

7,330

283

308

Daniel E. McKay (CEO)

Ridge Behavioral Health System 3050 Rio Dosa Drive Lexington, KY 40509 (859) 269-2325 www.ridgebhs.com

24,516

1,818

17,604

4,748

251

Nina Eisner

Saint Joseph East 150 N. Eagle Creek Drive Lexington, KY 40509 (859) 967-5000 www.chisaintjosephhealth.org/saint-joseph-east-lexington

21,921

7794

7,295

6,144

309

379

Jason Adams (CEO, CHI Saint Joseph Health)

Baptist Health Richmond 801 Eastern Bypass Richmond, KY 40475 (859) 333-4415 www.baptisthealthrichmond.com

12,545

7,151

3,429

1,729

182

Greg Gerard (CEO)

Bourbon Community Hospital 9 Linville Drive Paris, KY 40361 (859) 987-3600 www.bourbonhospital.com

10,495

2,171

5,873

2,323

100

Tommy Haggard (CEO)

Georgetown Community Hospital 1140 Lexington Road Georgetown, KY 40324 (502) 868-1100 www.georgetowncommunityhospital.com

6,210

3,000

1,887

1,191

William Haugh (CEO)

Clark Regional Medical Center 175 Hospital Drive Winchester, KY 40391 (859) 745-3500 www.clarkregional.org

5,509

2,709

1,714

1,031

Matt Smith (CEO)

Harrison Memorial Hospital 1210 Kentucky Highway 36 East Cynthiana, KY 41031 (859) 234-2300 www.harrisonmemhosp.com

3,829

1,987

1,036

716

Stephen K. Toadvine (CEO)

Source: 2020 Kentucky Annual Administrative Claims Data Report, inpatient hospitalization January to December 2020, published June 2021. Hospital websites and individual hospital representatives. Minimum total inpatients days 3,829.

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Nursing Facilities Ranked by licensed beds Rank

2019*

Facility Name Address, Phone Website

Total Licensed Beds

Beds in Operation**

Admissions

Total Patient Days (1 Year)

Discharge

Percentage of Occupancy

Admission Director

Northpoint Lexington Healthcare Center 1500 Trent Blvd. Lexington, KY 40515 (859) 272-2273 www.northpointlexington.com

150

305

51,325

256

93.74%

Homestead Post Acute 1608 Versailles Road Lexington, KY 40504 (859) 252-0871 www.homesteadlexhc.com

136

198

48,296

184

92.26%

Julie Hatton

Bluegrass Care and Rehabilitation Center 3578 Pimlico Pkwy. Lexington, KY 40517 (859) 272-0608 www.bluegrasscareandrehab.com

124

116

163

38,584

120

85.25%

Audrey Brook

Pine Meadows Post Acute 1608 Hill Rise Drive Lexington, KY 40504 (859) 254-2402 www.pinemeadowshcc.com

120

215

42,264

176

96.49%

Branden Napier

Brookdale Richmond Place SNF 2770 Palumbo Drive Lexington, KY 40509 (859) 263-2410 www.brookdale.com

120

372

31,399

313

71.69%

MacKenzie Lamb

Sayre Christian Village Nursing Home 3775 Belleau Wood Drive Lexington, KY 40517 (859) 271-9000 www.sayrechristianvillage.org

119

41,667

95.93%

Kim Haurin

Lexington Country Place 700 Mason Headley Road Lexington, KY 40504 (859) 276-1083 www.fivestarseniorliving.com

111

233

31,389

191

77.48%

Miranda Snow

Cambridge Place 2020 Cambridge Drive Lexington, KY 40504 (859) 252-6747 www.cambridgepl.com

108

36,540

92.69%

Shawn Patton

Mayfair Manor 3300 Tates Creek Road Lexington, KY 40502 (859) 266-2126 www.mayfairmanorcares.com

268

31,482

231

88.01%

Stephanie Wurzbzck

Cardinal Hill Rehab Unit 2050 Versailles Road Lexington, KY 40504 (859) 254-5701 www.cardinalhillhealthsouth.com

809

10,340

804

38.28%

Kellie Eades

The Willows at Hamburg 2531 Old Rosebud Road Lexington, KY 40509 (859) 543-0337 www.trilogyhs.com

117

18,990

96.35%

Kelli Nealis

The Willows at Fritz Farm 2710 Man O’War Blvd. Lexington, KY 40515 (859) 273-0088 www.trilogyhs.com

356

17,629

327

89.44%

Shelby Bass

The Willows at Citation 1375 Silver Springs Drive Lexington, KY 40511 (859) 277-0320 www.trilogyhs.com

293

16,915

271

85.82%

Chase Belcher

Signature Healthcare at Tanbark Rehab 1121 Tanbark Road Lexington, KY 40515 (859) 273-7377 www.shcattanbark.com

449

10,315

443

83.12%

Jennifer Jackson

TIE

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Crank & Boom’s founder on community, service and how ice cream can change the world And now Crank & Boom is a destination. Our goal, when we opened the spot at Manchester, was to become one of the top three places where, when people come to visit, you must take them. Usually, with our friends, we take them to places like West Sixth, County Club and Windy Corner. We wanted to create a place that’s on everybody’s top three list. And part of it is creating a space for community. I love the fact that we’re able to be part of Lexington’s highlight reel.

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rank & Boom Craft Ice Cream was named the 2021 Small Business of the Year at the Commerce Lexington Salute to Small Business Awards in late September. During her remarks, Toa Green, owner/ operator of Crank & Boom, along with husband Mike Green, thanked her team for their dedication and spoke of the importance of community. “Who knew what Crank & Boom would become?” she said. “For us, it was just coconut ice cream, and the community rallied behind us and demanded more. We’re just so fortunate and lucky to do what we do.” Community and connection are twin themes running throughout Green’s life. The first in her family born in the United States, she grew up working in her parent’s Thai restaurant, Smile of Siam, in Frankfort. “That’s where I learned most of my hospitality and food service skills,” she said. “We had a lot of regulars, and I was always in charge of writing Christmas cards. We built our own community within our little restaurant.” After graduating from the University of North Carolina with a journalism degree, Green took a marketing job with Lexington Habitat for Humanity. She traveled internationally several times with the organization, including to India with 60 fellow Kentuckians for a four-month-long project helping to rebuild a fishing village devastated by a tsunami. It was there that she and Mike connected. “I figured any person who would take their entire year’s vacation to go build houses in India probably had something about him really special,” she said. In 2006, the couple decided to return to Toa’s restaurant roots and open Thai Orchid Cafe in Lexington, with help from her parents. As coconut ice cream is a favorite treat in Thailand, Green purchased a two-quart ice-cream maker off Amazon and began making batches at the restaurant. Before long she noticed that customers were coming in just for ice cream. “I started to think, what if we had ice cream as a separate side business?,” she said. What’s now Crank & Boom Craft Ice Cream began in 2013 as a cart serving highquality, homemade ice cream at local events. The business has grown to comprise a flagship shop on Manchester Street, a second location on Clays Mill, a large warehouse and commissary kitchen in North Lexington, and ice cream shipped anywhere in the nation. The Greens’ latest venture, a soft-serve concept called BoBi Cones and named after the couple’s children, Bodhi and Bindi, is set to open in November in Palomar. “My mom taught me early on that you’re going to have to do a lot of work when you’re an adult, so you might as well learn to like it,” Green said. “I’m lucky that I have a job that I like so much.” What is it about your work that brings you joy? I think it’s just seeing other people happy. Back then [at Smile of Siam] it was

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How do you come up with new flavors? We look at ingredients, we look at what’s available, and we think creatively about fun spins we can put on a flavor. We also take customer and staff requests, because we do Small Batch Friday every week — that’s 52 brand new flavors that we release every year — which keeps it fun and interesting. And you make most everything from scratch using local ingredients? This year, we’ll spend about $60,000 in Kentucky Proud purchases, not including alcohol. Ouita Michel is a huge mentor and hero of mine, and when she talks about using food as a way to boost the economy and how we can create this beautiful local food system by buying local and educating customers about this way of eating, it really resonates with me. It’s about creating a value-added system at every level and at a fair price for everyone. For example, the strawberry farmer now designates a certain amount of strawberries each year just for us, and we work together to estimate how much we’ll need — which is a lot! As we grow, hopefully he grows as well. We, by our actions, get to control that little piece of the economy and help a farmer that’s working so hard. And, quite frankly, it just tastes better.

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Toa Green, owner/operator of Crank & Boom Craft Ice Cream. Crank & Boom was named the 2021 Small Business of the Year during Commerce Lexington’s Salute to Small Business Awards.

knowing that people enjoyed the food and had a nice time while they were here. Even today, I think that’s what makes us special. We have a great product, but we also have a real talent for building community — even if it’s a small connection in the short period of time that we’re interacting with a customer. In a way, I feel like we’re hosting our own party every day at each of our locations. And it’s ice cream. It’s fun! It’s hard to

not have fun with ice cream. And it’s hard to not make someone’s day better because of the product and how good it is. Also, just meeting people with kindness. I think the world lacks opportunities for those connections like we used to have. If our locations can be a little respite of connection and warmth and kindness in the form of giving you ice cream or making your day a little better or making your kids smile — all those things are what makes me happy, and we get to do this every day.

So, ice cream can help make the world a brighter place? I think absolutely it can. I think about my grandmother. They didn’t have a lot of money, but she was always willing to feed anyone who needed food. That sense of generosity informs my outlook — even if I don’t have a lot to give, I can give you my time or some food or whatever I have. She taught my dad, “If you feed others, you will never go hungry,” and that has stuck with me. As we’ve grown, it’s like ‘OK, we have some capacity where we can really help the community. One organization we have partnered with is FEED, Fayette Eating, Education and Delivery Backpack Program. It’s a great program and a good fit, because what they need is logistics, which is easy for us. We have a storage area and we have staff who are willing to help. It’s also a nice reminder that, for as busy as we get sometimes thinking about all the things we have to do, maybe we can take a little break and do this thing for someone else that really means something. I think that means everything to the people who work on our team. We need to stay in business, but we’re not just here for the bottom line. So yeah, I think ice cream can change the world. And it happens to be a fun vehicle for positive change. BL

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New Hires & Promotions Stoli® Group announced the hiring of David Mandell as president of Kentucky Owl® Real Estate Company, LLC. Mandell will be responsible for leading the construction and development of the Kentucky Owl Distillery and Park located on over 400 acres in the Bourbon Capital of the World, Bardstown, Kentucky. The Lexington Center Corporation (LCC) and Oak View Group Facilities have named Brian Sipe as general manager of Central Bank Center, which includes the 20,000-seat Rupp Arena, the new 200,000square-foot Convention Center, and the 900-seat Opera House. Beverly “Tara” Smith, DO, has joined Baptist Health Medical Group Family Medicine at 4071 Tates Creek Centre Drive, Ste. 100, in Lexington. Leigha High, MD, has joined Baptist Health Medical Group OB/GYN, located at 1700 Nicholasville Road, Suite 702 in Lexington. The board and staff of the Kentucky Resources Council announced the hiring of Ashley Wilmes as the new director of the council. Wilmes succeeds Tom “Fitz” FitzGerald, who has assumed a senior staff position. God’s Pantry Food Bank has named new officers of its board of directors: president – Steven R. Byars, Money Watch Advisors; first vice president – Amanda Goldman, Gordon Food Service; second vice president – Melissa A. Wilson, Esq.; treasurer – Gregory Kasten, Unified Trust Company; and secretary – Elizabeth A. Combs. The Food Bank also welcomed the following new board members: Douglas Allen, vice president of business & finance/ CFO, Tennessee State University;

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Debbie Beidleman, retired from Lexmark; Kelly Bozeman, marketing director University of Kentucky; Katie Dotson, Jackson Energy Cooperative; and Andy Henderson, retired physician and former CEO of Lexington Clinic. First State Bank of the Southeast has welcomed Jeremy Gray to the commercial lending team as senior vice president/commercial lender at the Tates Creek Banking Center, Lexington. Diane Medley, executive chairman and co-founder of MCM CPAs and Advisors, has been elected to serve as chairman of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce for the 2022 term. Medley succeeds Winston Griffin, CEO and chairman of Laurel Grocery Company, whose term expired Setp. 30. Bill Johnson, president and CEO of Farm Credit Mid-America, announced he will retire in the first quarter of 2022 after 11 years in the role and 39 years of dedicated service to the Farm Credit System. Phyo Phyo Ye Kyaw, MD, has joined CHI Saint Joseph Medical Group – Pulmonology in Lexington. Keeneland has announced four new additions to its advisory board of directors: prominent horsewoman Julie Cauthen, Three Chimneys Farm chief commercial officer Case Clay, Airdrie Stud vice president Bret Jones and LNJ Foxwoods’ Jaime Roth. Longtime directors Seth Hancock of Claiborne Farm and Will Farish of Lane’s End will move to emeritus roles on the advisory board. Lexington Clinic has welcomed five new physicians: Eric Kiltinen has joined Hospital Medicine based out of CHI Saint Joseph Health Office

Park; Sanjay Agarwala has joined the Center for Breast Care and is located in the main South Broadway building; Katharine Freeman has joined Jessamine Medical and Diagnostics Center; Antonio Lopez has joined Lexington Clinic Richmond; and Leslye Jones has joined Jessamine Medical and Diagnostics Center. Frontier Nursing University announced that Khara’ Jefferson, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, will be the new director of the university’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. Jefferson replaces Jane Houston, DNP CNM FACNM, who has served as the DNP director since 2019. The Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation has named Jonathan Coleman as its executive director. Stock Yards Bank & Trust has hired Alicia Jordan, a seasoned Lexington-region banker, to manage its central and eastern Kentucky private banking division.

Kudos Fayette County Family Court Judge Lucinda Masterton has been named Judge of the Year by the Kentucky CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) Network. Paul Miller Ford has announced a newly formed NIL (name, image, likeness) partnership agreement with University of Kentucky football junior and former local Frankfort native Wan’Dale Robinson in conjunction with sports management company the Virtus Brand. The Kentucky District Judges Association has named District Judge Vanessa Dickson (ret.) as the 2021 recipient of the Judge Robert W.

Heaton Award. The award, named for late Nelson County District Judge Robert W. Heaton is presented to a sitting or retired district judge who has demonstrated enduring friendship and esprit among colleagues and judicial leadership. The Fayette County Bar Association has recognized Stites & Harbison, PLLC, attorney Rebecca M.W. Sherman with its Outstanding Young Lawyer Award for 2021. The award honors one member of the Fayette County Bar Association who has practiced fewer than 10 years, successfully fulfilled all duties of an attorney and demonstrated dedication to the justice system through involvement and enhancement of community life. National Association of Water Companies has announced that Susan Lancho, senior manager of external communications for Kentucky American Water, has received the September Positive Wave Award, an award that recognizes the individual efforts of water professionals that have had a positive impact and whose actions creates a “wave” that inspires others. Lexington-based Omni Architects recently received an unprecedented four awards for design excellence from the American Institute of Architects. The awards recognize and applaud works of architecture exhibiting design excellence and promoting public awareness and appreciation of Kentucky architecture’s diversity, quality and scope. Of the nine AIA awards presented, Omni Architects was recognized for the following four projects: University of Kentucky Gatton Student Center, Honor Award; Eastern Kentucky University New Science Building, Merit Award; Council of State Governments Headquar-

ters Building Renovation, Citation Award; and Centenary United Methodist Church, 25-Year Award. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (LFUCG) recently honored 20 Green Check members. These businesses all demonstrate a commitment to increased sustainability within their facilities and operations. Example initiatives from the businesses include installation of rain gardens, upgrades to energyefficient lighting, office compost programs and promotion of alternative transportation. New honorees include: Blake Eames Design (silver); Kentucky American Water (silver); Pivot Brewing (silver); CivicLex (silver); Wild Birds Unlimited (bronze); Black Soil: Our Better Nature (bronze); Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center (bronze); John’s Run/ Walk Shop (bronze); Doodles Breakfast & Lunch (bronze); Kentucky for Kentucky (member); Hera BioLabs (member); and Wellward Regenerative Medicine (member). Businesses that were recertified include Unitarian Universalist Church of Lexington (gold), Living Arts & Science Center (gold), Town Branch Tree Experts (silver), Lextran (silver), 24HR Meadowthorpe Coin Laundry (silver), Meg C Jewelry Gallery (bronze), Minglewood (bronze), and A Cup of Common Wealth (bronze). Businesses must recertify every three years. The 2022 edition of Benchmark Litigation has named Stites & Harbison, PLLC Lexington attorneys Daniel Danford, William Gorton III, Gregory Parsons, and Ashley Ward as “Litigation Stars” and Cassidy Rosenthal as a “Future Star” in Kentucky. The guide honors the firms and attorneys who have demonstrated the ability to consistently handle complex, high-stakes cases in multiple jurisdictions. BL

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