Editing Pike County, Kentucky (section)

===Economic growth===
[[File:Breaks Canyon Fall.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Tourism is also a major component of the economy in Pike County. In 2012, nearly 300,000 people visited the Breaks Interstate Park on the Kentucky-Virginia border.<ref>[http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/documents/13parkattend.pdf Virginia State Parks 2012 Attendance and Economic Impact] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131214434/http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/documents/13parkattend.pdf |date=January 31, 2014 }} Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. Retrieved May 10, 2014.</ref>]]

Over 1,400 businesses exist in Pikeville. From 2005 to 2011, downtown Pikeville experienced major growth.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}} The [[Eastern Kentucky Expo Center|Eastern Kentucky Exposition Center]] was constructed in 2005 and seats 7,000.<ref name=expo>[http://eastkyexpo.com/about.htm About] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140615132925/http://eastkyexpo.com/about.htm |date=June 15, 2014 }} Eastern Kentucky Exposition Center. Retrieved June 25, 2014.</ref> It features numerous events, such as concerts and shows. The county is also home to the Pikeville Concert Association, which secures events that usually take place at the University of Pikeville's Booth Auditorium.

In 2010, the [[Pikeville Medical Center]] received a $44 million loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development program to construct an 11-story office building and adjacent parking garage downtown. Construction was completed in 2014.<ref name=herald>{{cite web|url=http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/x51938916/Pikeville-Medical-opens-new-clinic-parking|title=Pikeville Medical opens new clinic, parking|publisher=[[The Herald-Dispatch]]|date=April 11, 2014|access-date=June 25, 2014}}</ref>

The [[University of Pikeville]] broke ground on a nine-story building (the Coal Building) on Hambley Boulevard in downtown Pikeville in early 2011 to house the [[University of Pikeville]]'s School of Osteopathic Medicine.<ref name=PPC>[http://www.coalminingourfuture.net/the-news/83--coal-building-ground-breaking-pikeville-college.html Coal Building Ground Breaking] coalminingourfuture.net. Retrieved June 25, 2014.</ref>

In 2011, [[Jenny Wiley Theatre]] group announced its collaboration with the city of Pikeville to construct a 200-seat indoor professional theater in downtown Pikeville. The theatre opened in 2014.<ref>[http://www.wkyt.com/wymt/home/headlines/Jenny-Wiley-Theatre-to-open-second-location-in-Pikeville-260363301.html Jenny Wiley Theatre opens second location in Pikeville] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606223227/http://www.wkyt.com/wymt/home/headlines/Jenny-Wiley-Theatre-to-open-second-location-in-Pikeville-260363301.html |date=June 6, 2014 }} WKYT-TV. Retrieved June 25, 2014.</ref>