ELM GROVE — Hempwood founder Greg Wilson and his employees at the Elm Grove facility, east of Murray, hosted a party Tuesday afternoon.

Many people came. The list included a variety of community and government leaders on the local and state fronts, along with one guest from the federal government, Kentucky U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R -Bowling Green).

They all came to Calloway County to celebrate the expansion of an industrial facility as Hempwood completed construction of its second building on its property along Irvin Cobb Road, a flooring factory. And it was capped with Paul donning safety goggles to use a circular saw for the ceremonial “board cutting” that took the place of a traditional ribbon cutting, about a month after the flooring facility began shipping goods featuring harvested he

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