OWENSBORO, Ky.
Officials in Owensboro, Kentucky are in the last stages for breaking ground on a 169,000-square-foot, $48.4 million convention center, slated to launch next year.
The city’s Downtown Convention Center Steering Committee and the Owensboro-Davies County Industrial Development Authority will meet on January 31 to review final design changes to the facility scheduled to break ground on April 1st. The design of the convention center—a glass-fronted, two-level structure along the Ohio River—has already met approval.
Clarksville previously rejected a referendum on a convention center following debate among city and county officials on the financial wisdom of such an investment. Neighboring Oak Grove and Hopkinsville both have their own convention centers.
Global Spectrum, the firm hired by Owensboro to operate and manage the convention center, will guide the project through the final design stages before actual construction commences.
