Matthew Colin Bailey

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Matthew Colin Bailey
Name	Matthew Colin Bailey
Nationality	United States of America
Birth date	July 23, 1985 (1985-07-23) (age 22)
Birth place	Nashville, Tennessee
Work
Practice name	Metropol, the Office of District Regionalism. (MODR)
Significant buildings	GMAHC
Significant projects	Paper Magazine Home Elsewhere
Awards and prizes	Kentucky Colonel

Matthew Colin Bailey (July 23, 1985)[1] is a Kentucky author, and designer. (Matthew Steven Bailey) was born in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. At age 17, he was the youngest member voted to serve as a chairman of the Milliken Memorial Community House Association, a multi-million dollar corporation for the advancement of the Milliken Memorial Community House estate.[2]

During his time at the University of Kentucky, Bailey was awarded the honor of Kentucky Colonel by the Governor of Kentucky, Ernie Fletcher, representative Joey Pendleton, and Mayor Scott Marshall for architectural work completed for the city of Guthrie, Kentucky.[3]Bailey, led efforts to convert the city of Guthrie into a district regionalist share system community. Bailey, along with David Biagi, at the University of Kentucky College of Design, created schematics for the urban renewal of the city fabric as well as plans for the GMAHC or Guthrie Multi-cultural Arts and Heritage Center. [4]The GMAHC is the first museum in Kentucky devoted to the strong southern Tobacco industry. [5] The museum, a modern glass building incorporating a block of historical buildings, is slated to be completed in 2009. Both Bailey and Biagi were awarded the key to the city for their efforts.[6]

In 2007, Bailey completed the first book of a two volume set, "Home Elsewhere", the life of Mary Louise Milliken Childs and her House of the Loving Heart" The book was released on July 20th, 2007 after 3 years of research. Home Elsewhere was pre-released in Todd County, Kentucky as a first edition. The nation-wide second edition was released in 2008. The second edition was edited by James Coursey. [7]