City of Bowling Green

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City of Bowling Green

• City Government

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Bowling Green
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Bowling Green at a Glance

• Incorporated 1812
• Form of government City Manager
• Population 51,294
• Area 35 square miles
• Time Zone Central
• Area Code 270

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City Flag
The fountain in Fountain Square Park.

• The city flag is green with a fountain on it.
• The fountain is from Fountain Square Park.

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Mayor

• Elaine Walker
• The mayor is elected every four years.
• Mayor Walker is the third woman mayor in Bowling
  Green history.

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City Council

• City Commissioners are elected every four years.
• The Council holds meetings twice a month.
• Meetings are open so anyone can come and listen.

Joe Denning, Brian Strow, Mayor Walker, Bruce
Wilkerson, Brian Slim Nash
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Commissioner Joe Denning

• Mr. Denning worked with the City School
  Commission for 17 years.
• He is the first black commissioner in Bowling
  Green history.

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Commissioner Brian Strow

• Mr. Strow is a professor of economics at Western
  Kentucky University.

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Commissioner Bruce Wilkerson

• Mr. Wilkerson is a retired police officer.
• He is also a local businessman.

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Commissioner Brian Nash

• Mr. Nash has spent his entire career in public
  service. 
• He has worked a lot with troubled youth.

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City Management

• There are many boards that help the mayor and the
  city council run Bowling Green.
• The members of each board are appointed by Mayor
  Walker.

City Hall
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City Boards and Services

• Public Transportation
• Buses for people who cant drive.
• Municipal Utilities
• Water and electricity for our homes
• Police Fire
• Make our community safe
• Trash Collection

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City Boards and Services

• Human Rights Commission
• Helps people who are hurt because they are
  different.
• Public Libraries
• Buy books and take care of the libraries.
• Historic Preservation
• They take care of old buildings important to
  Bowling Green history.
• And many more.

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City and County

• There are many things that the city and the
  county work on together.
• Contractors Licensing Board
• Drug Task Force
• Emergency Management
• Planning Commission

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Learn More

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Core Content 1st 2nd grades

• SS-EP-1.2.1
• Students will describe how their local government
  is structured (e.g., mayor, city council,
  judge-executive, fiscal court, local courts) and
  compare their local government to other community
  governments in Kentucky.

• Student Target
• I can identify and explain the basic purpose of
  local government.
• I can identify and explain examples of services
  local governments provide.
• I can describe how my local government is
  structured.