Dear Bowling Green residents and School Board,
We’re writing to express our dismay at the deteriorating state of our Bowling Green City School facilities, and we’re asking our customers and community members to join us in supporting a new initiative to invest in our school infrastructure.
Each of us owns a small business in Downtown Bowling Green. We provide different types of services to our community: some of us cut your hair or make your coffee while we ask you about your day, and some of us offer legal advice or serve your favorite food or beverage.
All of us, and any potential new business owners, have at least one thing in common: we depend on strong Bowling Green City Schools to help us find, attract and retain employees for our businesses. For us to thrive – or even to continue to exist – we need Bowling Green to be a healthy, growing city. That starts with an investment in new facilities for the Bowling Green City School district.
Growth requires investment, and it requires faith in a future yet unseen. We embrace that dynamic as business owners, and we want to continue to grow our businesses and raise our families in Bowling Green. We want the same thing for our employees – who also happen to be our friends and neighbors in this community.
This community is ready to thrive. We need to invest in our shared future and address the condition of our school buildings.
Signed by Downtown Bowling Green Business Owners
Stacy L. Banfield, Mode Elle Boutique
Zach Baroudi, Kabob It
Samantha Champion, Dose Aesthetics
Amy Craft Ahrens, For Keeps
Floyd Craft, Ben’s & The Busy Thimble
Gary Dible, Biggby Coffee
Tim Emmerich, Call of the Canyon
Howard ‘Ardy’ Gonyer, Call of the Canyon
Bobbi Henry, Get Inspired Nutrition
Becky Laabs, art-a-site!
Mike Marsh, Marsh & Marsh Attorneys
Kyle Mauk, Colonial Barbers
Veronica Mierzejewski, The Clay Pot
Boby Mitov, The Clay Pot
Andy Newlove, Newlove Realty
Megan Newlove, Bowling Green Title
Matthew Stephen Poca, The R.O.W. BG
Nathaniel E. Spitler, Spitler Huffman, LLP
Dave Thompson, Ace Hardware
Kati Thompson, Eden Fashion Boutique
Zach Tracy, Juniper Brewing Company
Gayle Walterbach, Coyote Beads & Jewelry
Laura Wicks, Grounds For Thought
