The City is Whitesburg is planning a restoration of the Daniel Boone Hotel. The city received two $500,000 grants, one from the Appalachian Regional Commission and another from the Department of Local Government. The projected cost of the renovation is estimated around $6.5 million, which Whitesburg Mayor James Craft said they still need to raise the additional funding. The hotel closed permanently in the 1980s and has since had structural issues. Craft said plans are to stabilize the building later this year.