Matthew Colin Baileyhttp://www.guthrieky.com/bailey.html is an American designer, Historian

Historian

A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...

, 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...

 author, and founder of the Green River Academy Preservation Society.

Personal life

Bailey was born in Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

, United States but spent most of his childhood near Guthrie, Kentucky

Guthrie, Kentucky

Guthrie is a city in Todd County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 1,469 at the 2000 census. The city is named for James Guthrie, president of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad when the city was incorporated in 1867.-Geography:...

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Early Projects

During his time at the University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...

, Bailey was awarded with a resolution by the Kentucky House of Representatives and by the Governor of Kentucky, Ernie Fletcher

Ernie Fletcher

Ernest Lee "Ernie" Fletcher is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. In 1999, he was elected to the first of three consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives; he resigned in 2003 after being elected the 60th governor of Kentucky and served in that office...

, Senator Joey Pendleton

Joey Pendleton

Joey Pendelton is a Democratic member of the Kentucky Senate, representing the 3rd District since 1992. He is currently Minority Whip. His district includes Christian, Logan, and Todd counties....

, and Mayor Scott Marshall for designs completed for the city of Guthrie, Kentucky

Guthrie, Kentucky

Guthrie is a city in Todd County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 1,469 at the 2000 census. The city is named for James Guthrie, president of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad when the city was incorporated in 1867.-Geography:...

.http://www.guthrieky.com Bailey, led efforts to redesign the city of Guthrie, Kentucky, a once segregated and poverty stricken community in southern Kentucky. Bailey, along with David Biagi, at the University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...

's College of Design, created schematic plans for the future development of the city. Both Bailey and Biagi were awarded the key to the city for their efforts.http://news.uky.edu/news/display_article.php?artid=2342