Pike County town plants business to help new start-ups blossom

PIKEVILLE, Ky. (WYMT) – The Pikeville Main Street program’s ‘Shoppes at 225′ project is scheduled to open mid-August and aims to assist small, local start-ups in growing to their full potential.

“‘Shoppes at 225′ is a business that’s being developed by our Main Street program,” said Pikeville City Manager Philip Elswick. “It’s essentially an ‘under one roof’ type program. What I mean by that is there’s one space that’s subdivided into multiple small spaces, with several different retailers, artisans, and other businesses.”

The “under one roof” approach to the new business aims for a smorgasbord of new start-ups coming to Pikeville’s downtown area.

“We still have space available,” said Pikeville Main Street Director Minta Trimble. “It has to be retail and it has to be something that the town is missing. It can’t be something that we already have.”

Pikeville’s Main Street program is currently remodeling the…

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