Glendale, Kentucky
Encyclopedia
Glendale is an unincorporated community
in Hardin County
, Kentucky
, United States
. It is included in the Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Metropolitan Statistical Area
.
Glendale is host to the annual Glendale Crossing Festival on the third Saturday of October. The festival is well-known for the wide variety of antiques and crafts for sale.
The Whistle Stop is the most famous restaurant in Glendale and is situated along the rail road. The Whistle Stop was created from expanding a lunch business within the existing hardware store in Glendale. The owners, James and Idell Sego, opened the restaurant in 1975. It is well known for the southern style home cooking and particularly the Sugar Cream Pie.
In 2005 this restaurant obtained new owners.
Glendale has a special zoning regulation that keeps out businesses such as fast food restaurant chains from its core downtown business area.
Glendale is located approximately 50 miles (80.5 km) from one of the most popular tourist attractions in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Mammoth Cave National Park
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announced that a consortium of least 50 corporations — collectively known as the National Alliance for Advanced Transportation Batteries, or NAATBatt — identified a 1551 acres (6.3 km²) state-owned industrial site, for a project to bring a lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant for hybrid and electric cars, its headquarters and engineering facilities to Glendale.
The project was expected to take 18 months, and potentially employing 1,500-2,000 people.
Federal stimulus funds from the Department of Energy were a prerequisite for this project going forward. Alternate plans and financing are being considered.
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
in Hardin County
Hardin County, Kentucky
As of the census of 2000, there were 94,174 people, 34,497 households, and 25,355 families residing in the county. The population density was . There were 37,673 housing units at an average density of...
, Kentucky
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is included in the Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Elizabethtown is a city in and the county seat of Hardin County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 28,531 at the 2010 census, making it the eleventh-largest city in the state...
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Elizabethtown metropolitan area
The Elizabethtown Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in Kentucky, anchored by the city of Elizabethtown...
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Glendale is host to the annual Glendale Crossing Festival on the third Saturday of October. The festival is well-known for the wide variety of antiques and crafts for sale.
The Whistle Stop is the most famous restaurant in Glendale and is situated along the rail road. The Whistle Stop was created from expanding a lunch business within the existing hardware store in Glendale. The owners, James and Idell Sego, opened the restaurant in 1975. It is well known for the southern style home cooking and particularly the Sugar Cream Pie.
In 2005 this restaurant obtained new owners.
Glendale has a special zoning regulation that keeps out businesses such as fast food restaurant chains from its core downtown business area.
Glendale is located approximately 50 miles (80.5 km) from one of the most popular tourist attractions in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Mammoth Cave National Park
Mammoth Cave National Park
Mammoth Cave National Park is a U.S. National Park in central Kentucky, encompassing portions of Mammoth Cave, the longest cave system known in the world. The official name of the system is the Mammoth-Flint Ridge Cave System for the ridge under which the cave has formed. The park was established...
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Economy
In April 2009, Gov. Steve BeshearSteve Beshear
Steven Lynn "Steve" Beshear is an American politician who is the 61st Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. A Democrat, Beshear previously served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1974 to 1979, was the state's Attorney General from 1980 to 1983, and was Lieutenant Governor from...
announced that a consortium of least 50 corporations — collectively known as the National Alliance for Advanced Transportation Batteries, or NAATBatt — identified a 1551 acres (6.3 km²) state-owned industrial site, for a project to bring a lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant for hybrid and electric cars, its headquarters and engineering facilities to Glendale.
The project was expected to take 18 months, and potentially employing 1,500-2,000 people.
Federal stimulus funds from the Department of Energy were a prerequisite for this project going forward. Alternate plans and financing are being considered.