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Tour buses will leave from the Cox Street parking lot behind Rupp Arena. The tour lasts approximately 3 hours and tickets cost $15/person. Participants will spend approximately 30 minutes at the innovative infill project Artek, and at 2 of the featured farms on the tour. One of the featured farms will be explored by bus. Please see references below. Ticket will be required to board tour bus.
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ARTEK Lofts www.arteklofts.com 
A genuine expression of urban living, ARTEK will shine with all the style of a metropolitan area, joined with an artistic setting and green space at home in Lexington. A sculpture garden in planned upon the completion of the ARTEK Gallery summer of 2008. Several floor plans and units still available. Displays are located in the sales office. |
Winter Quarter Farm - Explore by Bus 
Winter Quarter Farm purchased and established in 1948, is a 276 acre Thoroughbred operation moving into the 4th generation of same family management. Over the years Winter Quarter has transitioned from tobacco and cattle production to an exclusively equine operation –– breeding and raising foals, breaking and training yearlings . In addition Winter Quarter consigns its produce to the Kentucky sales. |
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Walnut Lawn Farm - Stop for 30 min. 
In 1842, Bob James’s Great-great Grandfather, John Graves James, purchased Walnut Lawn Farm, which lies along Military Pike in the southwest corner of Fayette County and has acreage in a portion of Jessamine County. Since then,Walnut Lawn Farm has been continuously farmed by the James Family. They believe in the preservation of Bluegrass farmland. All of Walnut Lawn’s Fayette County acreage has been put into the Purchase of Development Rights Program. Family members have lobbied for farm causes at the city, state and national levels with the hope of saving America’s family farms, and preserving Bluegrass land that is a non-replaceable treasure in the landscape of America. |
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Darley Farm - Stop for 30 min. 
HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai, purchased Jonabell Farm in 2001 from the Bell Family. Jonabell, now Darley, is a little over 800 acres and home to Sheikh Mohammed’s US stallion operation. Collectively his properties total nearly 4,000 acres in the central Kentucky area. With the focus of being a leader in the Thoroughbred world, Darley also has farms in England, Ireland, Japan, Australia and Dubai. Each operation strives to preserve the history of the land, the sport, and the breed while looking to the future of this industry. |
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