More than a decade of diligent work and patient waiting will soon be rewarded for the local, state and federal leaders who have pursued one of southcentral Kentuckyâs top priorities: the establishment of a nursing home for military veterans.
Those leaders are celebrating the recent approval by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs of $19.5 million in federal funding for the building of the Bowling Green Veterans Center. Aside from actual construction, this approval was the final major hurdle to clear in order for the facility to become a brick-and-mortar reality.
The total price tag for the facility is $30 million, and advocates such as Ray Biggerstaff â who was a captain of a medevac unit during the Vietnam War and later spent 30 years teaching in the Department of Health and Safety at Western Kentucky University â previously worked to secure $10.5 million from the Kentucky General Assembly. That left a balance of $19.5 million, which had to be approved by the VA.
The Bowling Green Daily News on the recent approval of federal funding for a new nursing home for military veterans:
More than a decade of diligent work and patient waiting will soon be rewarded for the local, state and federal leaders who have pursued one of southcentral Kentucky’s top priorities: the establishment of a nursing home for military veterans.
Those leaders are celebrating the recent approval by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs of $19.5 million in federal funding for the building of the Bowling Green Veterans Center. Aside from actual construction, this approval was the final major hurdle to clear in order for the facility to become a brick-and-mortar reality.
Bowling Green and Warren County Expand the Kentucky Transpark by Issuing Over $46M in Bonds Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce Bowling Green, Kentucky, UNITED STATES
BOWLING GREEN, Ky., April 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Bowling Green and Warren County have issued a $46.5M bond to help pay for the expansion and development of the Kentucky Transpark by the Inter-Modal Transportation Authority (ITA). The initial Kentucky Transpark was comprised of approximately 700 acres and serves as home to 19 private companies and 3 educational facilities that employ over 2,600. This bond will pay for the development of more than 400 acres, a portion of which was recently acquired by the ITA. Preliminary geotechnical work and Phase I ESA necessary to prepare the acreage for further development have already been completed, so the property can be effectively marketed for further economic development success.
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April 6, 2021
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Bowling Green, KY.– Bowling Green and Warren County have issued a $46.5M bond to help pay for the expansion and development of the Kentucky Transpark by the Inter-Modal Transportation Authority (ITA). The initial Kentucky Transpark was comprised of approximately 700 acres and serves as home to 19 private companies and 3 educational facilities that employ over 2,600. This bond will pay for the development of more than 400 acres, a portion of which was recently acquired by the ITA. Preliminary geotechnical work and Phase I ESA necessary to prepare the acreage for further development have already been completed, so the property can be effectively marketed for further economic development success.
The Bowling Green City Commission met via teleconference Tuesday and approved the issuance of $46.5 million in bonds for the Kentucky Transpark in the final meeting for Mayor Bruce Wilkerson and Commissioners Joe Denning and Brian âSlimâ Nash.
Wilkerson dropped his reelection bid in September, citing health concerns. Nash and Denning lost in their reelection campaigns.
The commission unanimously approved on a final reading issuing two bonds for a combined $46.5 million to be used for building infrastructure for an expansion of the transpark. The Inter-Modal Transportation Authority recently purchased nearly 300 acres for an expansion of the industrial park, which opened in 1998 and is near capacity.