LEXINGTON, Ky. — Several business-heavy areas in Lexington are breaking through the remaining snow and ice, but before it completely melts, a business district is making the most of a tough situation.
What You Need To Know
- Lexington’s Warehouse Block launched a community contest to guess when “Mount Paul,” a waist‑high snow pile topped with an American flag, will fully melt
- Business owners said winter storms and “Dry January” slowed foot traffic, but they expect sales to rebound as temperatures rise
- The district faced supply challenges during the cold snap, with managers describing the past two weeks as especially difficult
- Voting is open on the Warehouse Block Facebook page, with a Feb. 13 deadline and a $500 Warehouse Block rewards prize
All eyes in Lexington’s Warehouse Block remain on a giant pile of waist-high snow. With an American flag at its peak, snow pile “Mount Paul” is now the subject of a community-wide competition where people can guess the exact moment it melts.
“We’re just having people guess when the biggest ice pile is going to completely melt,” said Jeff Newman, owner of Blue Door Smokehouse, who came up with the contest idea. “And we have a few ice piles in our parking lot here and a big group of guys that work here and someone said, ‘Hey, dude, check out this ice pile.'”…