Downtown Paducah Hotel Franchise Announcement Could Come Within a Week

WKMS | By Whitney Jones

Published March 27, 2014 at 12:12 PM CDT

The Paducah Riverfront Development Authority plans to reveal the franchise for a new downtown hotel.

PRDA Executive Director Steve Doolittle says the city wants to release the franchise with an architectural rendering. But the rendering could delay the roll-out.

In December, PRDA announced the hotel was coming to Paducah and required the developers to invest a minimum $17.5 million in construction. The group expects to bring more than 90 jobs.

Downtown Paducah has been without an "anchor" hotel since the closure of Executive Inn in 2010 and its demolition in 2011.

Tags

Whitney Jones

Whitney grew up listening to Car Talk to and from her family’s beach vacation each year, but it wasn’t until a friend introduced her to This American Life that radio really grabbed her attention. She is a recent graduate from Union University in Jackson, Tenn., where she studied journalism. When she’s not at WKMS, you can find her working on her backyard compost pile and garden, getting lost on her bicycle or crocheting one massive blanket.

See stories by Whitney Jones