Posted on January 27, 2009 by ocovington
The Greater Owensboro Economic Development Corp. will announce plans for a loan program to promote investment in downtown Owensboro this morning.
EDC Chairman Darrell Higginbotham, who is Daviess County president of Independence Bank, will provide details about the new Downtown Owensboro Revitalization Loan Program at a 9 a.m. CST press conference at the EDC offices at [...]
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Posted on August 4, 2008 by ocovington
The Downtown Development Authority in Owensboro has launched a new Web site to showcase work on a downtown master plan and increase discussion about the future of the city core.
The site – www.downtownowensboro.com – went live Monday and includes some of the sketches of a possible farmers market at the state office building at West [...]
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Posted on July 23, 2008 by ocovington
The city and county have rejected a complaint by the Messenger-Inquirer filed last week accusing the two government bodies of breaking Kentucky’s open meetings law with their recent decision to try to buy the Executive Inn Rivermont.
The gist of the response from the city and county is that neither body took “final action” in agreeing [...]
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Posted on July 22, 2008 by ocovington
In his foreword to the “Kentucky Open Meetings and Open Records Laws” handbook that sits on the desks of most reporters around the state, former Legislative Research Commission Director Vic Hellard Jr. explains that the state passed an Open Meetings law 34 years ago “to provide the people with greater access to government.”
The law gives [...]
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Posted on July 18, 2008 by ocovington
The city of Owensboro and Daviess Fiscal Court have submitted a formal offer to Marshall Investments to purchase the Executive Inn Rivermont.
The offer was made last week by the two government bodies, but details of the offer including the proposed purchase price won’t be released, said Downtown Development Director Fred Reeves.
The announcement came after a [...]
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