Kentucky County Awarded More Than $1 Million Grant For New Campground, Bringing Tourism To Area

The Perry County Fiscal Court was awarded a $1.5 million dollar grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization Fund. It is to help build the Rowdy Trailhead and Campground project.

”We are wanting to get into tourism, we know what the side-by-sides and the four-wheelers, the money that they’ll bring into the economy,” said Perry County Judge-Executive Scott Alexander.

The campground property is being used as a county flood removal drop-off point in Rowdy, but once the campground is complete, it will house 30 RV sites. Those sites will have water, sewer and electrical hookups among other amenities.

Read the full article from WYMT here.