Editing Paducah, Kentucky (section)

==== Lower Town Artist Relocation Program ====
In August 2000, Paducah's Artist Relocation Program was started to offer incentives for artists to relocate to its historic downtown and Lower Town areas. The program has become a national model for using the arts for [[economic development]]. It has received the Governors Award in the Arts, the Distinguished Planning Award from the Kentucky Chapter of the [[American Planning Association]], the [[American Planning Association]]'s National Planning Award, and most recently, the Kentucky League of Cities' Enterprise Cities Award.

Lower Town, home of the Artist Relocation Program, is the oldest neighborhood in Paducah. As retail commerce moved toward the outskirts of the city, efforts were made to preserve the architectural character, and historic [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] structures were restored in the older parts of the city. The artists' housing program contributed to that effort and became a catalyst for revitalizing the downtown area. The Luther F. Carson Center for the Performing Arts was completed in downtown Paducah in 2004.<ref name="LFCC">{{Cite web|title = Luther F Carson Center for the Performing Arts {{!}} History|url = https://thecarsoncenter.org/history|website = thecarsoncenter.org|access-date = December 24, 2015}}</ref>