Bowling Green City Commission announces multiple changes for 2026

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Bowling Green City Commission held their second meeting of 2026, and announced that lots of things are in store for this year.

First, a donation from the estate of the late Mary Hammons to Bowling Green Parks and Rec will help benefit adaptive sports programs, something she was incredibly passionate about.

A Payment in Lieu of Taxes, or PILOT, agreement is also being made between the city, county, Warren County Board of Education, and Country Oven Bakery regarding an expansion of their facility.

Pending a second reading, a road section off of Scottsville Road will be renamed in honor of the late Dan Renshaw of Renshaw Automotive Group.

Finally, some new vans will be added to GoBG Transit.

“We’ve been working on building out the assets over the last several years. You’re starting to see the ramps, you’re starting to see the building, starting to see new equipment, new assets come along. This is continuing on that plan of just making sure that we have all the assets necessary to provide the best customer service and the best public transit service that we can in Bowling Green,” Neighborhood and Community Services director Brent Childers says.

These vans will be ADA accessible, which will not only help the community but staff with GoBG as well.

“That gives us a lot of flexibility in how we deploy these, and what drivers can use them. So the drivers don’t have to have a CDL to operate these. So it gives us a little bit more flexibility on the staffing side and on the use side as we deploy this. But we continue to look for ‘What are the best ways to move transit forward in Bowling Green? How do we continue to make the investments that we need to and make sure that we’re providing the service so that everybody knows green means go in Bowling Green?,'” Childers says.

Adding these ADA vans is incredibly important to staff, as it shows they’re making sure everyone is able to travel.

“We want to make sure that everybody knows that we continue to provide those services and make sure that we can get people around town, whether they’re getting to work, they’re getting to the grocery, they’re getting to the doctor, wherever they need to go, GoBG Transit’s there for them,” Childers says.