I'm going to be in Lexington, KY on April 21st for a conference and wanted to know if any Ags in the area knew if a Muster was planned. Thanks!

I don't know of any, no active A&M club here, I'm planning on going up to Cincinnati for the SW Ohio A&M Club's Muster, my Aggie GF lives there.

They don't have a location nailed down yet, but Cinci is only about 80 miles north of Lexington. It's an easy drive, you can make it in about an hour.

What kind of conference brings you to little ol' Lexington anyway?

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Thanks for the info Greg. I'll keep my eye on info from the SW Ohio club.

I'm actually in Charleston, WV but I'll be in Lexington for a health/nutrition conference. No A&M club around here either.

Cincinnati Ag. Our club will likely have Muster in Dayton this year. Nailing down the location. You will be welcome! Continue to check our website. Also, Louisville has a club and they have their plans set. Txag4evr@gmail.com

GregZ,

I am looking at a possible job south of Lexington and living in Lexington. Is the south side of Lexington a nice area? Have some questions if you don't mind emailing me, my email is in my profile.

E-mail sent.

Yeah, tell me about Lexington as well. I applied for a job at UK, and my resume has been sent to the dept. I should hear something from them, as I'm very well qualified for the position.

what do you want to know?

General things like good places to live, major industries (job for the wifey), type of city (old school, progressive, etc).

Well the south side of the city is definitely the nicer side, I live in the Tates Creek Area, and I like it a lot, very nice area, some of the best restaurants in Lexington are here also. The southwest area around Beaumont looks more like the newer suburbs of Dallas or Houston, like Coppell or Cinco Ranch from what I've seen.

I don't have an incredibly good feel for the city yet as I've only lived here since August, and I basically live in the law library, but it seems fairly conservative, but with a definite progressive presence.

As far as major industries, I know the horse industry is huge, the horse farms around the city are absolutely gorgeous. Lexmark is based here, or at least it used to be as my dad worked for them when I was born here 24 years ago. The biggest buildings downtown are banks, there are a LOT of hospitals for a city this size, and the Bourbon Trail starts just to the west. I'm sorry I'm not much help on the major industries, perhaps one of the other Lexington based TexAg-ers can step in with some more info in this area.

That said I may be relatively new to the city in which I was born, but I gotta say I love it here. The people are so friendly it's hard to believe, the pace of life is slower than Texas, every season is beautiful, the winters are fairly mild, summers are in the 85-90 range with a cool breeze, there's great hiking trails within a short drive in almost any direction, the closest I've found being Ravens Run to the south, only about 30 minutes from where I live. There are a lot of great local restaurants, and it seems like there is enough to do to keep occupied. Also it seems like everyone here knows each other, it has that small town kind of charm, with the amenities of a medium sized city.

Also UK a beautiful campus (especially compared to our beloved A&M, was it Gates who compared it to a soviet tractor factory?) and they go NUTS over basketball here, while being relatively apathetic about football, it's weird but not impossible to adjust to.

Good luck on the job job, if you have any other questions I'll help if I can. Keep me posted.

Thx, Greg. I'll keep you posted. I think I'm applying for about every job possible in the SE. UK was one of the interesting positions, in that it would involve teaching a class and working with students concerning natural resources (Academic Coordinator in the College of Natural Resources).

Awesome. I hope you get the job, I'm actually here to study environmental/natural resources law, so we should get together if you end up here.

Good luck.

Sorry about not seeing this in time for you, but my name is Travis Vice. I was running the activities for the Kentuckiana A&M club that is based in Louisville, KY. I am now moving to Baltimore, MD. So two new people are taking over the position. One based in Louisville to handle the Louisville activities and one based in Lexington to make it easier for the Lex Ags to make it to events.

Look up Jordan Jones in Lexington on either Facebook or the Aggie Network. She will be handling the activities for the club as part of the Lexington branch of the Kentuckiana A&M club.

We have close to 500 Ags between the two cities. And we just held Muster this past weekend on Saturday in Louisville. I know that is not April 21st, but it is so much easier to get a bigger crowd to Muster if it is held on the closest Saturday. Anyways, we had over 50 people show and we had real Texas brisket. The best east of the Mississippi.

Anyways, contact the Kentuckiana A&M Club either through the Aggie Network, their website, or their facebook page. Best of luck to you.

Thanks so much Travis! I will try to contact Jordan.

ZooGuy - What department will you be housed in? Depending on the department, I might be able to give you some insight. I finished up grad school there and still work with several folks up there.

Well, I applied for a position within the department of natural resources as an academic coordinator. Geez, these positions move slow!