UK Alumni Career Services are 'Shaking it up in the Distillery District'
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 2, 2023) — University of Kentucky Alumni Association Career Services invites the community to network while learning how UK alumni and friends are shaking it up in the Manchester Street Distillery District 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 7, at the RD1 Spirits Tasting Room, located at 1170 Manchester St., Suite 190 in Lexington.
Featured speakers include Barry Brinegar, RD1 Spirts National Brand Ambassador; Rebecca Burnworth, owner/architect for Burnworth Design and District 7 Social Hall; Toa Green, owner of Crank & Boom Ice Cream; and Brandi Peacher, director of project management for LFUCG.
The event is $10 per person, which includes one drink ticket and appetizers provided by District 7 Social Hall. Attendees are reminded to enter the Distillery District area from Forbes Road to Old Frankfort Pike, as Manchester Street is currently under construction.
As the state’s flagship, land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky exists to advance the Commonwealth. We do that by preparing the next generation of leaders — placing students at the heart of everything we do — and transforming the lives of Kentuckians through education, research and creative work, service and health care. We pride ourselves on being a catalyst for breakthroughs and a force for healing, a place where ingenuity unfolds. It's all made possible by our people — visionaries, disruptors and pioneers — who make up 200 academic programs, a $476.5 million research and development enterprise and a world-class medical center, all on one campus.