WCPS Students Share Ideas for future Riverfront Park
BACK A class of Rich Pond Elementary third and fourth grade students got the chance to draw their dreams and ideas for the future Riverfront Park on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. Neighborhood and Community Services Director Brent Childers and artist Jim Weinberg are visiting elementary schools to collect the WCPS elementary school students’ drawings along […]
Envisioning Bowling Green’s New Downtown Park
BACK BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — The city of Bowling Green is getting creative with how its new downtown park should look, letting elementary school students come up with concept designs. The Riverfront Park Project is coming to Bowling Green; it will be at the Historic College Street Pedestrian Bridge.It will have an unloading station for boats, […]
Rich Pond Elementary Students Help Plan Riverfront Park Project with Art
BACK WARREN COUNTY, Ky. – Third and fourth graders from Rich Pond Elementary School helped the City of Bowling Green plan their Riverfront Park makeover. Officials are visiting all the city and county elementary and middle schools to inform students of their plans and have them draw what they would like to see at the […]
Barren River Whitewater Park Awarded $3.64 Million in Federal Funding
Bowling Green, KY – We are excited to announce that the National Park Service has awarded $3.64 million in federal funding to support the development of Barren River Whitewater Park. This grant is part of a historic investment in local parks across the nation. The City of Bowling Green and the State of Kentucky will […]
Paint Story
The team from Jim Weinberg Lifestyles is planning to paint the architectural features of the Historic College Steet Bridge, located over the Barren River in the early months of 2025. The recent bridge renovations included cap repairs, base encasement on the piers, scour mitigation, upper bracing, decking repairs, sandblasting and spot painting critical connections. Now […]
City of Bowling Green Unveils New Riverfront Park Master Plan
BACK Downtown Bowling Green’s Riverfront Park master plan was unveiled at Wednesday’s Board of Commissioners retreat at Sloan Convention Center. The City of Bowling Green’s Neighborhood and Community Services Director Brent Childers says the new Riverfront Park will be unlike any other parks in all of Bowling Green and Warren County. “This park’s outdoor adventure […]