Renaissance on Main / Main Street Program

Vision 20/20

A group comprised of Dawson Springs Chamber of Commerce, West Hopkins Industries, Inc., Dawson Springs local government, Dawson Springs Community Schools and Dawson Springs Renaissance on Main/Main Street Program has developed a comprehensive plan for the economic restructuring and future growth of Dawson Springs and the surrounding community.  This comprehensive plan redirects the focus of local government, industrial development foundations and civic organizations toward the achievement of common goals that more effectively serve the overall purpose of each organization as well as the community as a whole. 

Accomplishments

• Streetscape

• Façade Grants

• Transportation Enhancement Grants

• Renaissance Grants 

Historic Dawson Springs Community

Dawson Springs is a community that is ready for growth driven by energetic, dynamic individuals who recognize the advantages of life in a community where the past is cherished and where their future can be shaped by their own hard work and imagination.

• Dawson Springs is a community that is uniquely located in an area of incredible natural beauty.

  • Pennyrile State Forest Resort Park

  • Lake Beshear

  • Limestone Cliffs

  • Tradewater Dam

  • Wildlife Management Area (2)

  • Tradewater River

  • Tradewater Hiking Trail

  • Tradewater Canoe Livery <visit>

   

• Dawson Springs is a community with a rich history.

  Indian trading at the river which has become named Tradewater River

  Mineral wells that resulted in Dawson Springs the designation of  “Spa of the Upper South” which brought as many as 50,000 visitors to Dawson Springs each season

  Spring training for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the early 1900’s

  One of the premier strip coal mining regions of Kentucky

  Numerous family and church cemeteries for genealogical research

   

• Dawson Springs is located in Hopkins County but is not a county seat (unusual for a Main Street City)

  Dawson Springs is at the juncture of three counties:  the extreme southwestern portion of Hopkins County, the northwestern portion of Christian County and the southern portion of Caldwell County.

  Dawson Springs growth will be driven by various factors, not the least of which is energetic, dynamic individuals who recognize the advantages of life in a community where the past is cherished and where their future can be shaped by their own hard work and imagination.