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chamberBOWLINGGREENAREACHAMBEROFCOMMERCE connectionSeptember 2022 Proud Sponsor of Friday, Sept. 23 | 7 - 8:30 AM Knicely Conference Center

Letter from the Chairman

It’s hard to believe that school is back in session! This means fall is just around the corner, and more fun Chamber events are headed your way. In August, the Chamber held its annual Welcome Back WKU event. Thousands of college students stopped by to grab some swag while learning about local businesses in the area. This month, the Chamber is hosting the firstannual Pearls of Wisdom ladies’ luncheon on Sept. 21 from 11 AM- 1:30 PM at One Roof Event Space. Grab your tickets today! October is our opportunity to celebrate local targeted businesses at the Targeted Business Awards banquet. This year’s event will be held on October 12 at SKyPAC. Registration is open, so register today.

Looking forward to a great rest of the year, John Dix 2022 Chairman

Friday, Sept. 23, 2022 Knicely Conference Center 7 AM Breakfast 7:30 AM Program Click Here to Register

#1 New York Times Bestselling Author and National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Jason Reynolds

Warren County Parks and Recreation and Bowling Green Parks and Recreation have worked in lock-step with the library to create affordable events, camps, and activities for the community. During June and July, WCPL and Warren County Parks and Recreation operate the Thrive program and a free nightly summer camp. Thrive delivers media, movement, and mentors to the doorsteps of our city and county neighborhoods. A small team of students and teachers lead storytimes in the park, play with kids in their apartment complexes, and create special programs for community summer camps such as Bowling Green Parks and Recreation, city and county summer school, summer literacy academy, migrant program, Community Education, the Housing Authority, Refuge BG, and many more. Camps in 2022 included NASA, Harry Potter, Star Wars, STEM, Heroes, Pirate, and Olympicthemed experiences.

Over the last year, Warren County Public Library has seen explosive growth in events and program attendance and well…meeting places and spaces. This incredible progress can be directly attributed to amazing community partners. We live and work in a city and county that embodies the words of Helen Keller. “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”

WCPL is more than a space or place, more than an entity or location, more than rooms of books. Your library is committed to being YOUR accessible resource for life-giving information, enrichment, and entertainment. That mission carries the library out of our spaces and onto the road. In the words of Director, Lisa Rice, “If you can have pizza delivered, why not a book or DVD?” Four in-house programs— Door-to-Door, Home Delivery, Educational Delivery, and Your Next Read— service individuals, nursing homes, homebound seniors, schools, preschools, and daycares with selection, check out, delivery, and pickup services. We accept patrons county-wide. Visit warrenpl.org to sign up. WCPL loves our partners and we would love to be your new partner for library services.

WCPL operates downtown in two locations: Main Library and The Capitol; north in Smiths Grove; east at the Bob Kirby Branch, and south at Warren County Tennis and Multipurpose Center in Michael Buchanon Park. (The Buchanon location will be fully operational in late September and host weekly children’s programming, monthly specials, and a full collection of adult, teen, and children’s books and DVDs.) In addition to these larger facilities, WCPL hosts satellite library collections and story time programming in The Boys and Girls Club, The Foundry, Parker Bennett Curry Community Center, and a forthcoming location in the new HOTEL INC. building. The first three satellites focus on early childhood, elementary, and teen needs; the latter provides a collection, computer lab, and adult activities to those near the Boatlanding Road location. Two special outreach programs exist through partnerships with The Housing Authority and Warren County Schools. WCPL’s Read and Feed mobile library offers books, media, Chromebook checkouts, etc. at all Megan’s Mobile Grocery stops. The Leap Bus, a mobile classroom (on a retrofitted school bus), serves apartment complexes with GED and ESL help, as well as early childhood education preparation and schoolreadiness skills for students and families.

September Coffee Hour ABOUT THE SPEAKER

House is a former commentator for NPR’s “All Things Considered”. His writing has appeared recently in Time, The Atlantic, Ecotone, The Advocate, Garden and Gun, and Oxford American. House serves on the fiction faculty at the Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Creative Writing and as the NEH Chair at Berea College. He is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers, the recipient of three honorary doctorates, and is the winner of the Nautilus Award, an EB White Award, the Appalachian Book of the Year, the Storylines Prize from the New York Public Library/NAV Foundation, the Lee Smith Award, and many other honors, including an invitation to read at the Library of Congress. Southernmost was a longest finalist for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and appeared on several Best of 2018 lists including The Advocate, Booklist, Paste, Southern Living, Garden and Gun, and others. The book was given the Weatherford Award as well as the Judy Gaines Young Award. House was an executive producer and one of the subjects of the documentary Hillbilly, which is now available on Hulu. The film won the Audience Award from the Los Angeles Film Festival and the Media Award from the Foreign Press Association. As a music journalist House has worked with artists such as Kacey Musgraves, Kris Kristofferson, Lucinda Williams, Jason Isbell, Senora May, Leann Womack, Charley Crockett, John R. Miller, and many others. House is also the host of the popular podcast “On the Porch”. In 2021 he was the recipient of the Governor’s Award from Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear for his service to the arts in his home state.

SILAS HOUSE Silas House is the nationally bestselling author of the novels-Clay’s Quilt, 2001; A Parchment of Leaves, 2003; The Coal Tattoo, 2005; Eli the Good, 2009; and Same Sun Here (co-authored with Neela Vaswani) 2012, and Southernmost (June 2018)-as well as a book of creative nonfiction--Something’s Rising, co-authored with Jason Howard, 2009; and three plays. His new novel, Lark Ascending, will be published on September 27, 2022.

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Bowling Green, Ky. (August 30, 2022) – Envision AESC, a world-leading Japanese electric vehicle battery technology company, along with Gov. Andy Beshear, broke ground today on its state-of-the-art gigafactory in the Kentucky Transpark in Bowling Green, Warren County. The 30 GWh plant will create 2,000 new, skilled jobs for the region, producing battery cells and modules to power the next-generation EVs produced for multiple global automotive manufacturers.

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Tune in to hear your business's name on these TV and radio stations: Any Lab Test Now Healthcare Services BG Skate Recreation Janette Boehman Individuals Cliffs of Moher Irish Pub Night Clubs/Bars Comparion Insurance Agency Darrell Echols Insurance Consignment Corner Home Decor Dave’s Transportation Service Transportation D-BAT Bowling Green Recreation EXP Commercial Realty Real Estate-Commercial/Industrial G Dogs Restaurants Hartland Family Dental Care Dentists & Orthodontists Holloman and Carta Homes and Consulting Contractor-General Kaitlyn Humphrey Individuals InQlusion Mortgage Capital Financial & Investment Services JT Cleaning, LLC Cleaning Services Jules With the Flowers Florists Mercadito Hispano, LLC Grocery Stores Merry Maids of Bowling Green Cleaning Services New Path Recovery Home for Women Nonprofit Organizations Nu Lox Salon Salons/Barbershops Ramen Bar Restaurants Slim Chickens Restaurants Taylor, Polson & Co CPAs PSC Accounting/Bookkeeping/Tax Services Top Notch Heating & Air Conditioning HVAC Equipment Sales/Services NEW PARTNERS! Welcome

President’s Club partners invest in and support South Central Kentucky’s economic development strategy. These financial resources are used to directly impact the growth of the economy. Thank you for Renewing American Engineers, Inc. CROWN Cork and Seal Denham-Blythe Company, Inc. Holiday Inn Express Holland, Inc. INTERESTED IN JOINING PRESIDENT’S CLUB? CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE!

This Month at the ChamberMilestone Partners 5 2515YEARSYEARSYEARS30YEARS35YEARS55YEARS Bowling Green Warehousing Greenline Express, Inc. Storage Sense The Firemen Moving Company Westen Dental Group All Creatures Animal Hospital St.SpringhillPaulJ-MarEnmet,FirstBankLLCPropertiesB.CookPharmacyJosephInterparochial School Meyer & Associates Ford’s Furniture Company AUGUST BUSINESS AFTER HOURS LEADERSHIP BG 2023 CLASS KICKOFF YP 101

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Affordable Property Services Art’s Used Parts Barren River District Health Department Best Business Systems BowlingBojangles’Green Noon Rotary Club Broadway United Methodist Church Byers Insurance Group Commonwealth Engineers Community Education Bowling Green & Warren County Creative Interiors Crown Lift Trucks Crown Staffing Debra L. Broz, Attorneys at Law Encore FirstFHGExpressEnergyLaundryClothiersSouthernNational Bank Five Star Food Service Foundation Solutions Group Graham GreenwoodPackagingEstates Mobile Home Park Harris Visual Media Henkel Corporation Hiller Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electrical I-65 Liquors of Bowling Green Indiana Tech J & K Used Cars JB JoeElectricD.Hunt K & M Services dba AHEAD Staffing Kentucky Outdoor Advertising Kentucky Procurement Technical Assistance KobeCenterAluminum Automotive Products KY Mirror & Plate Glass Company Kysen LosLockshieldTruckingPartnersMariachisMexican Restaurant Meade Equipment Medley Contracting & Maintenance Modern Supply Company Morris Promotional Specialties Mount Zion Baptist Church NewNASCOBeginnings Therapeutic Riding Northwestern Mutual Financial Network Path Forward of Kentucky Reynolds Johnston Hinton, LLP RJ Corman Railroad Company Southeastern Marketing & Distribution Southern Kentucky Building & Remodeling Southern Kentucky Oral Surgery Associates Span Tech Staci Simpson, Kentucky Farm Bureau Stuff The Bus of SOKY Foundation T & E Investments The Pawn Company The Purple Door Boutique Three Springs Animal Hospital Three Springs Hospitality Management Tile TimesaversTrends KY Vette City Real Estate & Auction Company Warren County Public Library WPTQ 105.3 The Point/100.7 SAM-FM/WOVO XFD106.3Real Estate Zaxby’s Restaurant

INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT YOUR PARTNERSHIP BENEFITS? Contact your Chamber partnership team today at partnership@bgchamber.com. Let’s Celebrate! Need to schedule a ribbon cutting or groundbreaking? If you are interested in this partner-only benefit, click the link below to learn more! REGISTERHERE SCHEDULE A CELEBRATIONPARTNER

Downtown Square Area Permit = $300/calendar year or $150 if applying after July 1 Downtown Square Area = State8thstreetsSquareFountainandadjacentboundedby&10th,College& Food Truck = a mobile, self-propelled food establishment on vehiclestrailerswheels/foodpulledby Pushcart = a personthat’smobileself-propellednon-foodunitmovedbyoneTo operate using City streets on Downtown Square Area: DO: - use on-street parallel parking - sell toward the sidewalk DON’T: - fill > 2 parking spaces - park > 4 hours - park < 10 feet from a structure No seating or tables. No drive-thru service.City Special Event permits may allow exceptions. Health, fire, and police inspections may occur anytime. HOURS OF OPERATION: Food Trucks = 6am-5pm: on-street parallel 5pm-2:30am:parking in designated loading zones Pushcarts = 6am-12am: City sidewalks To operate on City property: DO: - use your own electricity - bring your own waste containers DON’T: - use lights creating public safety or driving hazards - dump grease or similar liquids @downtownbgky Download permit application & learn more: bgky.org/downtown Food Truck FAQs A Downtown Square Area permit is required for any food truck or pushcart operating in the Downtown Square Area on City property. @downtownbgky Download permit application & learn more: bgky.org/downtown FOUNTAINSQUARE Spring Alley Park 8thMainRowAveAve • Downtown Square Area Permit = $300/calendar year or $150 if applying after July 1 • Food Truck = a mobile, self-propelled food establishment on wheels/ includes trailers pulled by vehicles • Pushcart = a non-self-propelled mobile food unit that’s moved by one person A Downtown Square Area permit is required for any food truck or pushcart operating in the Downtown Square Area on City property, bounded by 8th & 10th, College & State. StCollege Food Truck Info LEGEND Loading/UnloadingSidewalks Areas Food Trucks must use on-street parallel parking, 6am-5pm Food Trucks must use designated loading zones, 5pm-2:30am Pushcarts must use City sidewalks, 6am-12am On-Street Parallel Parking to BG MuseumCorvetteNationalBend,BeechHistoricSKyPAC,Ballpark,RailParkand to SquareCircus StState to WKU & Lost River Cave Morris AlleyAlleyCapitol10th Ave A WORD FROM THE CITY OF BG

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23 | 7-8:30 AM Knicely Conference Center 2355 Nashville Road Sponsored by: Warren County Public Library SEPTEMBER 8 | 12-1 PM Rafferty’s Restaurant & Bar 1939 Scottsville Road Sponsored by: Graves Gilbert Clinic This event is sold out! SEPTEMBER 27 | 4:30 - 6:30 PM 950 Village Way Sponsored by: The Club at Olde Stone OCTOBER 19 | 4:30 - 6:00 PM Ramen Bar 927 College Street SEPTEMBER 30 | 11:30 AM - 1 PM BG Area Chamber of Commerce 710 College Street Sponsored by: WKU Gordon Ford College of Business

A BIG thank you to all the local businesses that participated in this year’s Welcome Back WKU event. WKU is a significant contributor to our successful business climate. This event allows local businesses the first chance to tap into the student market. WANT TO SEE MORE PICTURES OF THIS EVENT? CLICK HERE!

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The Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce had the honor of hosting and providing lunch at the annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon. Without the support and efforts of our volunteers our Chamber and Community would not be what it is. THANK YOU, ALL! CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE PICTURES OF THIS EVENT!

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Thanks to the support of M&L Electrical, Med Center Health, Abound Credit Union, and Constellium, 38 educators from Bowling Green Independent Schools, Edmonson County Schools, and Warren County Public Schools attended Educator Externship events in Summer Educators2022.toured the companies and spent time learning about a “day in the life” from people with various careers. Educators listened in on a safety call, heard about processes involved in day-to-day banking, learned about various opportunities in healthcare, and viewed the many facets of manufacturing. Educators walked away with a better understanding of each company and new information to take back to their classrooms. Med Center Health Abound Credit Union Constellium M&L Electrical, Inc.

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

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In this course you will, understand the basics of change, explore methods of handling change in the workplace, and how to help other team members handle change in an effective manner.

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

In this session, you will learn how to look for unsafe work locations and practices, understand how to implement corrective activities, and identify how to properly train employees.

Thursday, October 6

The Excel Certificate Program, provides a practical, hands-on approach to learning how to use a powerful productivity tool that is generally already available to employees.

Thursday, October 13, 2022

Our Intermediate Excel course which will introduce you to charting features and database management in Microsoft Excel. You will design worksheets that meet Excel criteria for database functions such as sorting and filtering.

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