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Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Jonesville, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Vertical file clippings regarding Jonesville. See also UA3/3 President's Office Records of Kelly Thompson.

The Neighbor Voice Of The Bowling Green Model Cities C. P. Program Vol. 3, No. 2, Department Of Library Special Collections

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Volume three, Number two, February 1973

• Progress is made by Warren County

• Despite the fact that the nation’s economy has not been proceeding [at] full speed, Warren County has made solid progress during the past five years

• Since’72 was a year to remember, the local C-P head does just that

• Written by Tom Davidson (community affairs coordinator)

• Winter workshop scheduled here on Feb. 16-17

• Robert McAlpine was a former program coordinator

• Wilbur C. Warren was the Immediate Past President

• Complex hopes still alive

• Whittle was the speaker for the Department of Housing and Urban Development

• Health screening services offered

• Letters …

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The Neighbor Voice Of The Bowling Green Model Cities C. P. Program Vol. 3, No. 1, Department Of Library Special Collections, Department Of Library Special Collections

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Volume three, Number 1, January 1973

• Local Model Cities, C-P ‘pass test’
  • The Region IV Citizens Council Inc. recently conducted an assessment of Bowling Green’s Model Cities agency
    • The primary objective of the assessment was to point out both the successes and the problem areas of the programs involving Bowling Green through the agency
  • Tom Davidson was the C.P. Coordinator
  • Joe Denning was the Model Cities liaison
• No police study, for no study-er
  • There is one problem with conducting a management study of the local police department and that seems to be finding someone qualified to do the job
  • Capt. …

The Neighbor Voice Of The Bowling Green Model Cities C. P. Program Vol. 2, No. 9, Department Of Library Special Collections

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Volume two, Number nine, September 1972

• Parker-Bennett center is closed
  • The Parker-Bennett Recreation Center has been closed by officials of the Parks and Recreation Department, following reports that a small group of youths have been controlling the operation of the center
    • The center was closed by the parks board after reports that a group of older youngsters were harassing the younger children and selling drugs at the center (there wasn’t a full-time director employed)
  • James Rogers is a juvenile officer
  • Dennis East is the leader of the crime control team
• Model Cities requests more funds
  • Members of the local Model …

The Neighbor Voice Of The Bowling Green Model Cities C. P. Program Vol. 2, No. 8, Department Of Library Special Collections

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Volume two, Number 8, August 1972

• BG city manager accepts new post
  • Leslie Allen, current city manager
  • Harold Hilliard, former city manager; was replaced with Leslie Allen
• Local Manpower program honored
  • Mr. Charles Furr, State of Kentucky Manpower Coordinator
  • Mr. Charles Ross of the Neighborhood Employment Service
  • Mr. James Cormney, Coordinator of Manpower Training in Bowling Green
  • Mr. John G. Napier of the Full Employment Commission
• Firm studies pool proposal
  • Florence & Hutchinson
    • Mrs. Frank Neuber, spokeswoman for Florence & Hutchinson
  • Jim Tucker, a lifeguard at the new Parker-Bennett pool
• New association formed in [the] state
  • Seven organizations across the …

The Neighbor Voice Of The Bowling Green Model Cities C. P. Program Vol. 2, No. 7, Department Of Library Special Collections

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Volume two, Number seven, July 1972

• Program honored by HUD (the Department of Homes and Urban Development) official
  • M.C. (Buck) Patterson
  • Bill Liles
  • Former Bowling Green major R.D. Graham
  • Charles M. Moore, Jr., president of the local chamber
• Local teenagers are named
  • Ivy Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ivy Taylor was elected governor of the annual Boys State
  • Bettie Parrish, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Griffie Parrish was elected lieutenant governor of Girls State
  • Nancy Rue elected clerk of the Court of Appeals
• New assistant MC director is named
  • O.A. Moses has been with the local Model Cities Agency …

The Neighbor Voices Of The Bowling Green Model Cities C. P. Program Vol. 2, No. 6, Department Of Library Special Collections

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Volume two, Number six, June 1972

• Keith Burroughs was the principal speaker during the workshop at Barren River Reservoir with Tom Davidson, C-P Co-Ordinator, and Joe Denning, liaison officer for Model Cities
• Project New Hope termed a success
  • Project New Hope is giving new hope to several residents of the Model Neighborhood Area who have trouble getting and keeping a job
• Crackdown to begin soon on illegal city outhouses
  • City Manager Leslie Allen says the city may have to use “some discretion” in enforcing the state law which requires all outdoor toilets in first and second-class cities to be connected …

The Neighbor Voice Of The Bowling Green Model Cities C.P. Program Vol. 1 No. 5, Department Of Library Special Collections

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Voice of the Bowling Green Model Cities C.P. Program

Volume one, Number five, June 1971

• Parkside West project to relieve Delafield area

• State Street Baptist Church is celebrating its 133rd anniversary

• Rev. H. M. Jones is the pastor

• Reservoir Hill’s water tower is illuminated in patriotic colors

• It was officially lit on June 10

• The community is searching for a photograph of a former community leader: Roland Bland

• The Center Street sewer portion is soon to be completed

• Because the ditch was covered with pipe and the street was not repaired, it was the cause of many car …

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Ua3/3/1 Urban Renewal Commission, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Documents housed in Folder 24 of President Kelly Thompson's Subject/Correspondence File regarding the Urban Renewal Commission. Includes correspondence and lists of property purchased.

• Downing, Dero
• Largen, Harry
• Memo to Kelly Thompson from Dero Downing outlining paperwork needed to add properties to the Jonesville Renewal Project with exhibits:
• Exhibit 1: letter from Arch Daniels to Kelly Thompson
• Exhibit 2: letter from Kelly Thompson to Charles Cherches
• Exhibit 3: letter from Charles Cherches to Kelly Thompson
• Exhibit 4: list of WKU purchases along Russellville Road prior to Jonesville Project. List is in lot number order and lists date purchased, grantee, property description …

Ua3/3/1 Urban Renewal, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Documents housed in Folder 21 of President Kelly Thompson's Subject/Correspondence File regarding urban renewal in Jonesville. Includes correspondence, project budgets, planning map and agreements.

• Agreement between Bowling Green Urban Renewal & Community Development Agency & WKU, 4/16/1965
• Bates, Georgia
• Downing, Dero
• Kentucky. Dept. of Finance
• Jonesville
• Lawson, Owen
• Milliken & Milliken
• Resolution That the Commission Council Amend the Jonesville Urban Renewal Loan & Grant Contract to Include an Additional $25,000.00 Non Cash Credit, nd
• Taylor, J.H.
• Thompson, Kelly
• Urban Renewal & Community Development Agency

Ua3/3/1 Urban Renewal, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Documents housed in Folder 22 of President Kelly Thompson's Subject/Correspondence File regarding urban renewal in Jonesville. The documents are undated and include agreements, budgets and a list of properties.

• Agreement between Bowling Green and the Urban Renewal & Community Development Agency, nd
• Bowling Green. City Council
• Estimate of Federal Grant Requirements
• Jonesville
• List of Jonesville property by Lot Number, listing owner, 1st, 2nd & 3rd appraisal, HHFA amount
• Thompson, Kelly
• Urban Renewal Plan, nd

Ua3/3/1 Sketch Land Use Plan - Scheme 2, Wku President's Office, Scruggs & Hammond

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Sketch Land Use Plan - Scheme 2, Scruggs & Hammond, Planning Consultants, Lexington, KY, nd, 1 sheet, paper, 38 1/4 x 12 1/4, land use plan, including proposed by-pass in x-formation and proposed "Minor St." Map is oriented to the south. The boundaries are L&N Railroad to the North, Old Russellville Road to the south, and east and west boundaries are within Jonesville project.

Ua3/3/1 Sketch Land Use Plan - Scheme 1, Wku President's Office, Scruggs & Hammond

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Sketch Land Use Plan - Scheme 1, Scruggs & Hammond, Planning Consultants, Lexington, KY, nd, 1 sheet, paper, 38 x 12, land use plan, including proposed by-pass. Map is oriented to the southeast. The boundaries are L&N Railroad to the North, Old Russellville Road to the south, and east and west boundaries are within Jonesville project.

Ua3/3/1 Proposed By-Pass - Exhibit 1, Wku President's Office

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Exhibit No. 1, nd, 1 sheet, paper, 25 3/4 x 16, proposed by-pass plan shaded in red. Map orientation is southwest. The boundaries are L & N Railroad on the north, McNeill School to the southwest, and 17th Street to the southeast.

Ua3/3/1 Urban Renewal, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Documents housed in Folder 23 of President Kelly Thompson's Subject/Correspondence File regarding urban renewal in Jonesville. This file is comprised entirely of newspaper clippings:

• Almost $2 Million in Federal Funds Set for Renewal Work, PCDN, 7/18/1962
• Bowling Green’s Loop District, PCDN, 7/18/1962
• Chances of Early Okay for Project Improved, PCDN, 7/21/1963
• Disquieting Assault on Urban Renewal, np, 3/30/1964
• Duncan, Tom. Two Votes Advance Renewal Planning, LCJ, 3/17/1964
• Duncan, Tom. Western to Expand in 33-Acre Tract, LCJ, 3/17/1964
• Extension of Adams Street Hits Snag, np, 11/12/1963
• Hearing Set on Western’s Development Plans, np, 2/14/1964
• Jonesville Project Established, np, 3/17/1964
• Okay Part …

Ua3/3/1 Proposed By-Pass - Exhibit 2, Wku President's Office

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Exhibit No. 2, nd, 1 sheet, paper, 25 3/4 x 16, proposed by-pass plan shaded in red with addendum shaded in green. Map orientation is southwest. The boundaries are L & N Railroad on the north, McNeill School to the southwest, and 17th Street to the southeast.

Ua3/3/1 Urban Renewal, Wku President's Office

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Documents housed in Folder 20 of President Kelly Thompson's Subject/Correspondence File regarding urban renewal in Jonesville. Documents include correspondence, agreements, campus development plan, draft ordinances and a list of property purchased by Western Kentucky University.

• Addendum to Agreement between Urban Renewal & Community Development Agency and Bowling Green, 1/15/1964
• Agreement between Bowling Green Urban Renewal & Community Development Agency and WKU, 11/4/1964
• Campus Development Plan
• Downing, Dero
• Jonesville
• Kentucky. Dept. of Finance
• List of owners
• Ordinance Approving the Development Program or Plan of Western Kentucky State College
• Taylor Heads Group Opposing Urban Renewal, PCDN, 2/27/1964
• Taylor, J.H.
• Thompson, Kelly
• U.S. …

Ua3/3/1 Property Ownership Map, Wku President's Office, Scruggs & Hammond

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Property Ownership Map, Jonesville Urban Renewal Project Kentucky R-31, Urban Renewal Commission, Bowling Green, KY, Scruggs & Hammond, Planning Consultants, Lexington, KY, R-222, May 20, 1963, 1 sheet, paper, 42 1/2 x 31, scale 3"=300', (5). Map of owners, square footage and acquisition area. Map is oriented to the southeast and bounded by L&N Railroad, Old Russellville Road, 16th Street and Sumpter Avenue.

• Austin, Herschel
• Austin, Mary
• Bailey, Corinne
• Bailey, Florence
• Bailey, James
• Bailey, Porter
• Bailey, Virgil
• Barnett, Mabel
• Beeler, Fred
• Beeler, Myra
• Blakely, Sue
• Blewett, Bettie
• Blewett, Delia
• Blewett, M.M.
• Burton, Lucille
• Burton, Thomas
• Butts, Margie
• Caldwell, Emma
• Cook, …

Ua3/3/1 Urban Renewal, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Documents housed in Folder 19 of President Kelly Thompson's Subject/Correspondence File regarding Urban Renewal of Jonesville. Consists of correspondence, meeting notes and agreements.

• Agreement between Urban Renewal & Community Development Agency and Bowling Green
• Bates, Georgia
• Bowling Green Electric Plant
• Bowling Green Urban Renewal Commission
• Bowling Green. Mayor
• Cherches, Charles
• Clark, H.B.
• Jenkins, William
• Jonesville
• Kentucky. Division of Planning & Zoning
• Lawson, Owen
• Program for Community Improvement
• Scruggs & Hammond
• Taylor, J.H. Letter to the Editor, PCDN, 10/2/1963
• Thompson, Kelly
• WKCT

Ua3/3/1 General Area Map - Jonesville Project Area - Scheme 1, Scruggs & Hammond

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General Area Map, Jonesville Project Area, Bowling Green, Kentucky, Scheme I, scale 1" = 800" by Scruggs & Hammond of Lexington, Kentucky, nd, 1 sheet, 11 1/2" x 12". The map is oriented looking northward. The boundaries are the L&N railroad on the northeast, 14th Street on the North, US31W By-pass on the west and Maryland & Woodland Streets on the south.

The map was filed with documents dating from 1961-1965. The agreement allowing WKU's acquisition of the Jonesville property is dated 1963.

Ua3/3/1 Unnamed Map Of Wku & Jonesville Property, Unknown

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Unnamed map by unknown cartographer of Western Kentucky University and Jonesville property to be acquired through urban renewal, 1 sheet, 23 1/2" x 15". There is no legend. The map is oriented to the southwest. The boundaries are 14th Street on the northeast, Chestnut & State Street and Normal Drive on the east, University Drive on the southwest, the L&N railroad on the north and US68 on the northwest.

The map was filed with documents dating from 1961-1965. The agreement allowing WKU's acquisition of the Jonesville property is dated 1963.

Ua3/3/1 Unnamed Map Of Wku & Jonesville Property, Unknown

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Unnamed map by unknown cartographer of Western Kentucky University and Jonesville property to be acquired through urban renewal, 1 sheet, 22" x 15". Legend includes existing and proposed buildings and proposed streets. The map is oriented to the southwest. The boundaries are 14th Street on the northeast, Chestnut & State Street and Normal Drive on the east, University Drive on the southwest, the L&N railroad on the north and US68 on the northwest.

The map was filed with documents dating from 1961-1965. The agreement allowing WKU's acquisition of the Jonesville property is dated 1963.

Ua3/3/1 Unnamed Map Of Wku & Jonesville Property, Unknown

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Unnamed map by unknown cartographer of Western Kentucky University and Jonesville property to be acquired through urban renewal, 1 sheet, 22" x 14 1/2". No legend. Dates and numbers have been written in the Jonesville lots. The map is oriented to the southwest. The boundaries are 14th Street on the northeast, Chestnut & State Street and Normal Drive on the east, University Drive on the southwest, the L&N railroad on the north and US68 on the northwest.

The map was filed with documents dating from 1961-1965. The agreement allowing WKU's acquisition of the Jonesville property is dated 1963.