PARK CITY Leaders in both Park City and Horse Cave are banking on heritage preservation. But while Park City wants to attract tourists, Horse Cave has its eye on business. Park City is working with the state Cabinet for Education, Arts and Humanities to preserve the villages historic character and pull traffic off of Interstate 65 and onto U.S. 31-W, which runs through the tiny towns heart. Weve learned through research that tourists who visit for heritage and culture are better educated and have more money to spend, said Charles Hogan, a Park City Vision 2010 committee member working with the states resource team. Thats what were aiming at. Park City officials and residents visited Frankfort several times this past summer to ask for state help in meeting historic preservation and tourism goals, Hogan said. We want something happening here to draw those kinds of tourists, he said. A state resource team recommended last week that city officials should support a bicycle path that eventually would link Park City, Mammoth Cave National Park and Cave City. The committee also recommended preserving Bells Tavern and the adjacent cemetery. This is Park Citys signature site, the state report said of Bells Tavern. Its image on the city logo and the preservation and stabilization and interpretation of this Tavern should become the primary focus of action for the community, the report said. Park Citys initiative eventually may include a sign ordinance and the creation of a historic district. Next month, Park City officials will apply to the state for grant money to stabilize the tavern, Hogan said. Meanwhile, Horse Cave hopes to attract business by revitalizing its downtown. We just want to apply for the Main Street program, Horse Cave Mayor JoAnne Smith said. The Kentucky Main Street program, began in 1979, is the states only comprehensive downtown revitalization program. It is based on a National Trust for Historic Preservation model with the intent of reversing economic decline in central business districts and preserving the states historic commercial buildings through grant funding and technical assistance. Its a four-point approach to managing downtown and strengthening the base of business here, Smith said. We see ourselves as growing and were excited about that.