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WELCOME

Midway Renaissance Inc., Midway College, The City of Midway, and the entire Midway community
invite you to visit Francisco's Farm Arts Festival in 2008. Mark your calendar for Midway's fifth annual Fine Arts Festival
on June 21 and 22, 10am to 5pm on the beautiful campus of Midway College.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT

Francisco’s Farm Arts Festival was created to enrich and celebrate the social, cultural and
artistic life of the Midway community.

MIDWAY

Located in the heart of the scenic Bluegrass Region, Midway is the hub of Kentucky’s thoroughbred horse industry
and home to many of the country’s top thoroughbred horse farms. Midway is a picturesque small town widely known for
its interesting shops and excellent restaurants. An appealing destination that attracts visitors from all over the world,
Midway is easily accessible from Lexington, Louisville and Cincinnati.

MIDWAY COLLEGE

Founded in 1847, Midway College is Kentucky’s only college for women. In recent years it has become known for
its accelerated co-educational evening programs. The college, a 205-acre working farm, provides a tranquil,
tree-shaded setting for Francisco’s Farm Arts Festival and is a short walk to Midway's historic downtown.

FRANCISCO’S FARM

John Francisco was the original owner of the property on which Midway stands. In 1835, Francisco sold a farm
“consisting of two hundred and sixteen acres, one rood and twenty poles of land” to the Lexington and Ohio Railroad Company. The L&O planned and built Midway, Kentucky’s first railroad town, so named because it is halfway between Lexington and Frankfort, the state capital.