Well, Kentucky's cities are all decked out for the holidays, many of them hosting their official tree lightings and Christmas parades this past weekend.

Glasgow, the seat of Baron County, has the longest evening Christmas parade in the state attracting spectators from across the region.

Our Laura Rogers takes us there tonight for our next installment of our ongoing series highlighting Kentucky Towns.

Mondays on Main.

Betsy and Tracy is a Bering County native.

In 2020, she opened roots and ramble in downtown Glasgow.

I do just love the feel of downtown for a boutique.

It just seemed like the right fit and the right atmosphere and the right building.

Tracy joins more than a dozen new businesses that have opened downtown in the past five years.

We have an ice cream shop now.

We have a bakery now that has fresh baked goods.

Every morning we've got a bar, arcade drinking game.

We've got a pajama and intimate store.

Who would have ever thought Glasgow would have had that?

That growth mindset was really, really honed in on downtown.

A lot of that energy was downtown.

McLane Lisa marie returned to her hometown after college to lead tourism efforts.

Glasgow's proximity to attractions like Mammoth Cave and Barren River Lake helps draw visitors.

I felt like Glasgow always had a lot of potential.

I always really wanted to come back here and help be part of turning that potential into real growth.

City and county government say they've been actively working together to create an atmosphere that's conducive to downtown development.

We've seen a lot of people invest in our square and in the downtown businesses and really invest like, I mean, upgrade the facilities.

We've got more Airbnbs than we've ever had.

Judge Executive Jamie Bewley Bird currently in the first year of her first term, also grew up here.

I've just always loved Barron County.

We have a beautiful plaza right here on the square.

The Plaza Theater dates back to the 1930.

Many credited renovation in the early 2000s with the beginning of downtown revitalization.

Those concerts bring people in from out of town.

They bring people from here that have moved away back home.

New marketing materials for the city draw on the Pride and Glasgow Scottish heritage.

We've put up new banners with our new branding, so the banners are starting to go up.

So when you come to the city square, you know you're in Glasgow and you know we have a Scottish heritage, we have the tartan across it.

Nash One, two, three, seven.

Radio personality Kelly Mackay hosts the Shop Local show.

We appreciating small businesses the chance to co-host the hour and it creates a relationship with my co-host and our community, Our neighbors and our friends own these businesses and whenever you're supporting local, you are helping the Little League team.

You are helping our local economy.

Retailers are working together this holiday season to draw shoppers downtown.

A lot of the small shops have collaboratively done our Christmas open houses together downtown, as well as having the light up Glasgow stayed open later and then Small Business Saturday was a huge Saturday for us.

It always is to be in such a great supportive community like Barron County, where our local people really show up and show out for our small businesses.

Encouraging them to do so.

A downtown area that is walkable with lots of parking.

I really would like to see this expanded downtown area.

More walking opportunities, shops, restaurants.

Part of that expansion is in the works now, with the approval of a new justice center on Main Street.

So you're going to see about a $47 million building go up here about maybe four blocks from this building.

So we're going to expand even the downtown area.

Right now, the focal point of downtown is the Christmas display.

I love Christmas and I love being able to take my kids and let them see the lights and do these awesome things.

And as a parent, I know what I appreciate and I know what I want to do.

And I think that that's what we're trying to offer here in Barron County.

The city has added 15,000 lights to the square this year, creating a festive, community centered atmosphere.

And it's just really nice to see so many people at an event, whether it's a concert downtown and seeing those people coming out and supporting local.

For Kentucky Edition, I'm Laura Rogers.

Thank you, Laura.

The group Entertain Glasgow hosts events that draw people downtown, along with the bounty of the Baron's farmers market.