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CONTENTS
A long and rich tradition has been built through the publication
of the Glasgow/Barren County Chamber of Commerce annual
magazine for over 20 years. Indeed, during those past decades, the
Chamber magazine has taken many different titles and themes,
including: IMAGES, LIVABILITY and ILLUMINATED.
2020-2021 EDITION
6 Entertainment
This year’s publication has taken a different journey from years
past. The obvious challenge has been the Covid-19 pandemic which
has changed our lives and set a new paradigm for society. Locally,
10 Economic Development
the citizens of Glasgow and Barren County have adapted and
decided that life must go forward. The Chamber feels that once the
pandemic is over, the community and its economy will rally to a
12 Agriculture
more robust condition than ever before.
In anticipation of better times to come, the new title of our
magazine is VISIONS. The new title fits our community with the
16 Education
vision of expectation and success that surely will come when things
return to normal.
19 Community Profile
With the help of our new Publisher, Gerald Printing, the new
Glasgow/Barren County Visions magazine showcases our
community, ranging from stories about quality of life and civic
26 Utilities
information to the Barren County Community Profile which offers
a snapshot of the statistics of the area. The magazine also serves as
a business directory of all Chamber members.
30 Shanti Niketan Hospice
The Glasgow/Barren County Chamber of Commerce is, by and
large, a Chamber of projects and events. In order to carry out these
projects, we depend on a dedicated workforce which is composed
of the Chamber Ambassadors, the Chamber Board of Directors,
and help from the General Membership. Absent of this help, these
events simply do not happen.
32 Business Directory
This community that we love needs your involvement. The
Chamber has numerous committees that could use your talent. Glasgow-Barren County Visions 2020-2021
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Chamber Staff
A balloon is illuminated at the Glasgow Municipal Airport during the 2019 Groove
Ernie Myers, Executive Vice-President/COO
and Glow event.
Tina Wood, Finance
ReDonna Isenberg, Programs
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New look for
an old wall
One of the oldest brick walls in
Glasgow got a colorful upgrade
this year. The new mural at the
corner of Race and Main Streets
on the side of the building that
houses Fine Arts Bistro was
painted by an art collective
group called ‘Often Seen, Rarely
Spoken’, based out of Louisville.
The mural was a project of the
Glasgow-Barren County Tourism
Commission. MacLean Lessen-
berry, executive director of the
Tourism Commission, said the
project was inspired by recent
pushes from the Kentucky
League of Cities to beautify
Glasgow and Barren County.
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By Melinda J. Overstreet
The cluster of people who began calling itself Entertain Glasgow a While admission to this event was free, as it had been for the others
few years ago has taken its mission-reflecting moniker very seriously, Entertain Glasgow coordinated, donations of nonperishable food items
resulting in the production of a lot of community fun. and money were accepted to support the “To the Brim” food pantry
drive. Food and souvenirs were available for purchase. Pony rides were
In 2017, then Mayor Dick Doty asked Katie Hawks to gather some
among the activities available.
volunteers to organize a major community event that focused on a
visit by the world-famous Budweiser Clydesdale horses, and what they “There are many people who work very hard to make these events come
produced also featured a concert by Nashville recording duo Waterloo to fruition, and it is all worth it seeing the happy faces at our events.
Revival and several other activities. The fact we can offer them for free to the community is like icing on the
cake,” said Katie Hawks, Entertain Glasgow coordinator, in the announce-
Once what became known as Hops & Horses, which drew about 5,000
ment for the airport event. “When the hot air balloon event was talked
attendees, was successfully behind them, the crew with a penchant
about and T.J. Regional Health showed interest in being the title sponsor
for alliteration in titles developed new ideas for gatherings that would
to celebrate their 90th birthday, it all clicked into place and we started
bring people together in a way that encouraged more mixing and
planning!”
mingling and hanging out for several hours rather than just seeing
something and leaving. That crew also grew over time as more people That turned out to be Entertain Glasgow’s largest event yet, with an
became interested and further coordination was necessary with city of estimated attendance of around 10,000 people.
Glasgow employees for the use of public spaces, equipment, law en- Also in 2019, current Mayor Harold Armstrong agreed to keep Entertain
forcement and other resources. The Glasgow-Barren County Chamber Glasgow as an organization and helped make the group an official city
of Commerce added its support as well. committee, a decision approved by the full Glasgow Common Council in
Tubes, Tunes & BBQ came next, offering the opportunity at Beaver the month prior to the Groove & Glow.
Creek Park to navigate a small portion of the eponymous stream on an Its first event aimed at funding future projects, Boots & Bling, took
inner tube, to listen to performances by several local musical artists place on Valentine’s Day at Yancey’s Gastropub, with a wine, bourbon
and, of course, to consume some great food. An array of other activi- and craft beer tasting. Then, with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic
ties joined that main trio to accomplish the mission of keeping folks in Kentucky in March 2020, Entertain Glasgow announced in May the
entertained – inflatables and chalk art for the kids plus a climbing cancellation of all its events designed to draw large gatherings for the
wall, corn hole games and a donkey basketball game to challenge a year, providing the dates well in advance to save for 2021: Tubes, Tunes &
wider variety of age groups. It all concluded with a fireworks show. BBQ on June 26 at Beaver Creek Park and Grove & Glow on Sept. 18 at the
Hops & Horses returned for a second round, as did Tubes, Tunes & Glasgow Municipal Airport.
BBQ, with some differences from the first iterations. Along the way, The organization also organized a drive-through trick-or-treat event for
Entertain Glasgow added another event – Groove & Glow, which was to Halloween in 2020 at Beaver Creek Park, meant to provide a safer alter-
replace Hops & Horses for 2019. The hot-air balloon festival, with teth- native to the door-to-door version due to the pandemic.
ered rides and a “glowing” showing at dark, took place at the Glasgow
Municipal Airport and culminated with live music by country recording Though COVID-19 created kinks for many of the community’s annual
artist Adam Doleac. events in 2020, Entertain Glasgow wasn’t the only group already begin-
ning to plan for 2021 and/or beyond.
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More fun to be found
The City of Glasgow has begun a multiyear process of updating and upgrading its park
facilities. The city started with the older parks, with new playground equipment, shelters
and bathrooms, among other enhancements, with an eye toward not only providing
more enjoyment of the outside spaces for residents and visitors on a day-to-day basis
but also allowing more of them to be host sites for fun and exciting special events in
different areas of the community. Beaver Creek Park is the newest of the city’s outdoor
spaces and has already become the home for a Touch a Truck event geared toward kids
that let them experience things like fire engines and ambulances up close and personal.
It’s also been the location for an annual Easter egg hunt, Movies in the Park and more.
For a weekend’s worth of relatively different musical offerings, plus Celtic culture, wares
and traditional athletic competitions, the Glasgow Highland Games at Barren River Lake
State Resort Park is the place to be. In 2021, the dates are June 4-6. The music ranges
from Celtic rock to folk to pipe-and-drum corps, and there’s plenty to do and see and
eat between performances and competitions.
One of the loveliest venues for events in Glasgow is its downtown square that wraps
around the Barren County Courthouse. For most of the past several years, this is the spot
where local residents have gathered during the week of July 4 to welcome the Louisville
Orchestra for a concert that is free to the public to celebrate Independence Day. Typi-
cally about two weeks beforehand, the Glasgow Community Band provides its own free,
patriotically themed free concert at the Public Square.
Other happenings that usually take place there include car shows in the spring and fall
and the Glasgow Business and Professional Women’s Club’s annual Arts, Crafts and Gifts
Fair in September. The square is also the focal point for Veterans Day and Christmas
parades.
The South Central Kentucky Cultural Center and its Museum of the Barrens, off the
northwest corner of the square, are repositories for local history documents and items
as well as many genealogical resources. One of its major fundraisers comes each
autumn in the form of the Harvest of History Cemetery Tour at the Glasgow Municipal
Cemetery. Visitors are greeted by live people portraying certain individuals who were
interred there.
Less than a block off from the square to the east is the Plaza Theatre, which started
as a downtown movie venue in 1934. It is home to myriad entertainment options, with
concert bookings ranging from Whiskey Myers and Blackberry Smoke to John Conlee and
Dailey & Vincent. Several local organizations, including the theater group, the Far Off
Broadway Players, as well as the Glasgow Community Band, dance studios and charita-
ble groups, also stage events at the historic Plaza.
A handful of relatively new bars and/or restaurants also offer live musical performances
routinely at their establishments.
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Economic
DEVELOPMENT
EnVISION Your Business Here
Nestled between two major cities, Louisville, KY to the north and Nashville, TN to the south and central among major
highways and interstates, Barren County is the perfect central location within the Southeast. Barren County offers
easy access to rail services, two international airports, a highly skilled and available workforce, top ranking educa-
tion systems including a four-year university and a technical college campus, and all of this located within a day’s
drive of most major markets.
The Barren County Economic Authority is the leading economic development organization for Barren County, with a
primary mission to promote economic development through the retention and expansion of existing business and
industry, attraction of new business and industry and support infrastructure development that meets the needs of
business and industry.
With this mission in mind, the Authority has purchased 152-acres for industrial development. South Cooper Industri-
al Park will house those industries that have the VISION to realize all Barren County has to offer.
To encourage investment and job growth in the community, industries can receive local and state incentives. Re-
sources include the Kentucky Business Investment Program (KBI), a wage tax incentive; the Kentucky Enterprise
Initiative Act (KEIA), that provides a sales tax abatement on building and construction materials; and access to the
Kentucky Skills Network, which offers companies no-cost recruitment and job placement services, reduced-cost
customized training and job training incentives. In Barren County, we are the one-stop shop to help coordinate all of
your economic development needs, from site selection to incentives and talent recruitment, training and retention.
10 | GLASGOW-BARREN COUNTY, KENTUCKYWhy Barren County? ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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REFLECTIONS MAGAZINE | 11Agriculture Agriculture continues to be a major
part of Barren County’s economy.
By Melinda J. Overstreet
“For the most part, we raise livestock, along with the crops to feed That doesn’t necessarily mean they’re farming for the first time ever,
those livestock,” said Chris Schalk, the agriculture and natural resources though. They may have had it as a side operation.
extension agent for the county. “We lead the state of Kentucky in the “They’ve been dribbling along maybe little bit. Maybe they’ve been
most total cattle. We have the most beef cattle and the most dairy cattle. leasing their ground out, but now they’re taking back over, and they are
We also lead the state of Kentucky in the total number of farms (roughly becoming the principal farm operators,” Schalk said.
1,100). We have about 253,000 acres in farm production in Barren
County.” Barren is the second-leading county in the commonwealth in both
tobacco and hay, he said, which is not surprising because tobacco has
Farm sizes average out to 138 acres, with most having 50 to 180 acres, he historically been a big crop here, and when you’ve got the most cattle,
said, adding that 10 farms here are composed of around or in excess of you’ve got to have a lot of hay to feed them.
2,000 acres. All of them are family owned and/or operated, he said. Even
with those that are “corporate,” family members are the officers in those “The dairy industry is still very vital here in the community. We have
corporations. seen dairies get larger, and that’s basically to help them be more
efficient and spread out fixed costs,” he said.
“A Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner could be a shareholders meeting,”
he said, chuckling. Aside from those traditional Barren County farm endeavors, a variety of
others done to lesser extents are scattered about as well.
The average age of farmers in Barren County is just a bit over 56 years.
Small ruminants such as goats and sheep are gaining popularity.
“The bulk of our farmers are 65 or greater,” Schalk said. “I think that a lot They are generally raised on smaller acreages and often by part-time
of folks choose farming in Barren County as their second career. There producers, many of whom are new to agriculture. The goats are for
are a lot of folks that have retired. I can think of three different people anything from meat to dairy, Schalk said.
that have been in here in the past week that farming is technically their
second career. They have retired from positions here in the community, Poultry houses are in various locations, but somewhat concentrated in
and farming is their second career.” the southern portion of the county.
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Commercial horticulture seems to be growing each year, he said, with a range of
products from vegetables and other produce to cut flowers and herbs. Some is
sold wholesale to other markets, while others sell from stands on their farms or
at farmers markets.
Hemp is coming along as a young industry, but after decades of not being grown
here, it has more of a learning curve. After an initial bit of surge in interest, the
number of producers for that product has dropped back a bit, Schalk said, as
demand wasn’t quite meeting the level of supply just yet. It shows that farmers
here are very adaptable and can grow most things they make up their minds to
produce, but the market has to be there for those products, whether it’s CBD oil
or hemp fiber for clothing and other textile products.
“They have to be adaptable. Agriculture changes every single day, every single
day,” he said. “You have to change with the times, change with the technology,
and continue to produce what we all need.
“We have a lot of beekeepers,” Schalk said, “more than you think.”
Some trade or sell the honey locally through word-of-mouth advertising or
at farmers markets. “All of our vegetable producers and fruit producers, a lot
of them either keep bees for pollination or they rent hives, so there’s a lot of
interest in that,” he said. “It’s something that can be done on small acreage,
maybe something that can be done by some folks that maybe don’t have that
lifelong agriculture production background.”
Though Barren County doesn’t have as much silviculture activity as some of its
neighboring counties, “we’ve got a lot of timber processors in Barren County, so
we’re on that end of the business, a lot of sawmills still.”
Barren County doesn’t have a lot of hog production, and what there is generally
stems around either value-added products like sausage or locally sold “freezer
hogs,” Schalk said.
“There’s just not that big commercial hog production that we think about,” he
said.
Several other value-added products, just as cheeses, jams, jellies, baked goods
and more are also sold by local farmers.
“At the end of the day, we all need to eat, and we all need clothing,” Schalk said
of the importance of agriculture. “And we have proven that we do a very good
job of producing food here in Barren County. … We’re just very fortunate that we
live where we live, and we’ve got good agriculture and we’ve got good farmers.
That’s the big thing about here, we’ve got so many good farmers that care
about the land and appreciate it. I think most farmers really, really buy into the
concept that you’re just using it for a period of time, and you’ve got to leave it for
somebody else.”
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EDUCATION By Melinda J. Overstreet
Whether local residents want to learn the skills necessary to create a computer application
program or learn to work on a diesel engine or drive a big rig, those educational
opportunities are here in Barren County, along with a host of others.
Barren County is home to three K-12 school systems, an area technology center that serves
all three of them plus others, and campus extensions for a community and technical
college and a university. Combine those with businesses and industries and even public
offices that are willing to collaborate with educators regarding the types of skill sets
they need to see in a work force and providing some hands-on training opportunities
themselves, and you’ve got some valuable partnerships.
For example, as of early September, seven local entities were participating in the Kentucky
Registered Apprenticeship Program through the Kentucky Education & Workforce
Development Cabinet – Akebono, Barren County Board of Education, Barren County
government, Federal Mogul, Glasgow Electric Plant Board, JNM and SpanTech.
The Barren County ATC and adjacent Innovation Zone that are incorporated into the Barren
County High School campus are home to numerous programs aimed getting students ready
to launch careers and/or prepare them for more advanced levels of education.
These are in addition to options that include advanced placement and dual credit courses
offered at Barren County, Glasgow and Caverna high schools themselves.
One concentrated program offered at the Innovation Zone is BC Skills, which is based on
the Interapt Skills app development model. It’s not just for area high school students; it
is also offered to adults in the community looking for a new career direction in computer
programming. Each cohort takes a semester.
Three previous BC Skills students -- D.J. Dillon and Olivia Crowe, both Barren County High
School seniors, and Zach Shearer -- won recognition with the ThriveAB mobile telehealth
app they created to support mothers struggling with postpartum depression. It is designed
to provide on-demand medical, emotional and social supports to mothers in rural
communities.
The trio’s work won the Second District Congressional App Challenge, and it was named a
Kentucky State Winner in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest.
Another former BC Skills student, Tanner York, designed an app he called R.MEND for
communities and local governments to report and track road repair issues, and he allowed
Barren County Fiscal Court to have dibs on it at a reduced cost for the first year.
Barren County High School was recognized as a Project Lead the Way Distinguished School
in April 2020 “for providing broad access to transformative learning opportunities for
students through PLTW Biomedical Science and Engineering.”
Glasgow High School is also a PLTW school, with engineering and pre-med options. GHS
study tracks include accounting, advanced medicine, computer programming, culinary and
food services, marketing, and engineering – aerospace, electrical or industrial-mechanical.
16 | GLASGOW-BARREN COUNTY, KENTUCKYGHS is part of an independent school district, as is Caverna High
SKyCTC
School. The Caverna district straddles Barren and Hart counties and is
the smallest of the three. Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical
“We embrace the challenge of blending the many voices of our College has two of its six campuses located in Barren County to
community who desire schools that deliver a world-class education meet the area’s needs. The Glasgow Technology Campus provides
to all students. It is the goal of Caverna Independent Schools to programs in Industrial Maintenance, and Computer and Information
provide a climate of academic excellence for all students … within an
Technologies. The Glasgow Health Campus houses Nursing
environment that promotes and models the seven habits of highly
successful people,” Caverna Independent Schools Superintendent programs and general education classes. Students who attend
Cornelius Faulkner’s message to the community states. “Our school and SKYCTC may be eligible for the Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship,
community share the vision of empowering students to make wise life which pays 100% of the tuition for those training for careers in
choices and become productive citizens and of helping them to realize
Advanced Manufacturing, Business and IT, Construction, Healthcare,
their dreams by seeing an unfathomed world of possibilities.”
and Transportation and Logistics. Learn more at skyctc.edu.
The local Southcentral Kentucky Community & Technical College
campus offers programs that include industrial maintenance, welding,
WKU Glasgow
diesel, computer information and technology, and just announced in
September, a commercial driver’s license course. SKYCTC, focused on brings the resources of Western
workforce education and readiness, also offers customized training to Kentucky University to the citizens of Barren and surrounding
meet business needs either on campus or onsite through the Workforce counties through academic programs and resources, student
Solutions Program. support, and career development programs. WKU in Glasgow
Western Kentucky University’s Glasgow campus brings programs and served a total of 817 Regional Students in the Fall of 2020.
degrees from the main campus in Bowling Green closer to home for TOP PROGRAMS:
Barren Countians and others from the region. A few of the top options • Management • Elementary Education
include health sciences, management, paralegal studies, psychology, • Sociology • Criminology
elementary education, criminology and sociology. “The WKU Student • Psychology • Agriculture
Business Accelerator (SBA) in Glasgow is designed to help budding • Health Science • Paralegal
entrepreneurs turn their business ideas into reality. The SBA supports • Engineering Technology Management
new ideas, offers helpful resources and promotes mentorship from
business leaders,” according to the WKU-G website. Newest Programs:
Agriculture & Engineering Technology Management
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18 | GLASGOW-BARREN COUNTY, KENTUCKYCommunity Profile
Population Cost of
Living 86.6%
44,249
13.4% lower than national average
Barren County Population
5% increase since 2010 Income
$ 40,216
Median Household Income
Glasgow Population
14,485
3.1% increase over 2010
Gross Domestic Product
$1,407,129,000
Up 26% over the last 10 years
Cave City Population
2,436 Housing
40
Average Cost of a home
Median Age Barren $123,982
Kentucky $146,400
U.S. $200,000
Average Rental Costs are 10.6% lower than KY average.
Average monthly cost of owning a home are
38% less than national average in Barren County.
Average number of days on market 63
VISIONS MAGAZINE | 1920 | GLASGOW-BARREN COUNTY, KENTUCKY
Community Profile
Largest
Manufacturers
Company Employees Product
Akebono 795 Brakes
Nemak USA 294 Die Cast Aluminum Parts/Automotive
Chuhatsu North America 275 Automotive Control Cables
Driv 172 Truck brake friction blocks
Amneal Pharmacueticals 160 Pharmaceuticals
CVS Health/Vanguard Labs 154 Pharmaceuticals
Bluegrass Ingredients 140 Food
SpanTech 92 Conveyer Systems
Felker Brothers 91 Stainless steel pipe & tube
B R Treading 90 Treading/Plugs/Tubes
3A Composites 80 Composite Panels
Madison Smith Machine & Tool 75 Machine & Weld Shop for industry
Dickerson Lumber 75 Wood/Forest Products
JNM 67 Automotive Stamping
Burkmann Feeds 56 Animal Feed
Walbert Trucking 50 Transportation
Brokering Solutions 50 Transportation
Tekno 43 Conveyer Systems
Ply-Tech 40 Wood/Forest Products
Transportation
Nashville International Airport - 90 Miles
440 Daily Direct Flights 50-non-stop destinations
Supports 13.5 million passengers per year
Louisville International Airport - 95 Miles
Direct Flights to 32 Cities in the US
Home of UPS Worldport - moves 6.2 billion pounds of cargo annually
Glasgow Municipal Airport
Houses 35 aircraft • Runway length: 5,302
Primarily used for recreation, industry and medical transport
Road
I-65 • Cumberland Parkway • Outer Loop
Rail
Served by CSX Railroad
Water
Louisville River Port
Owensboro River Port
REFLECTIONS MAGAZINE | 21Community Profile
Workforce
LABOR FORCE 20,063
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT Q1/2020 18,371
AVERAGE COMMUTE TIME
BARREN COUNTY 20 MIN
CITY OF GLASGOW 15 MIN
AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN 2019 4.50%
AVERAGE ANNUAL WAGES $35,495 UP 1.4%
Education Barren County has three School Districts,
11 schools and 8,258 students K-12
Average Student-teacher ratio 17:3
Average Advanced Placement Rate 98%
Average Graduation Rate 96%
Average Attendance 94%
Glasgow High School
• Ranked #11 in KY, Top 2% of High Schools
• Top 6% in the Nation
• SAT scores above State & National Average
• Model School designation from ICLE
• 93% of teachers have Masters Degree or higher
• 3X Quiz Bowl National Champs
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• PLTW Distinguished School (1 of 6 in KY/ 1 of 143
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• AP Capstone School (1 of 23 in KY, with
TOP 5 HIGH DEMAND SECTOR 14 Advanced Placement Course Offerings)
PROGRAMS & CERTIFICATIONS • Nationally Certified PLTW Biomedical Science Program
• Over 34 Career & Technical Education Pathways (With
• Advanced Manufacturing • Healthcare nationally recognized Student Leadership Organizations)
• Construction • Transportation & Logistics • State of the art STEM Programs at the Barren County
• Business & Information Technology Innovation Zone
• Early College Magnet Program - Average ACT scores
exceed state and national averages
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Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
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Revolving Loan Fund Programs
Barren River Area Development District (BRADD)
Barren County Economic Development Authority
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VISIONS MAGAZINE | 23The sun sets over the Cedar Grove community in southern Barren County. Photo courtesy of Wayne Garmon Photography
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REFLECTIONS MAGAZINE | 25Utilities
Glasgow Water C O M P A N Y
By Melinda J. Overstreet
Glasgow Water Co. has invested in its facilities in a massive manner treatment processes in terms of methodology and efficiency.
over the past several years, and the rewards for that financial and work “We’ve lowered our operating costs with new technologies,” Young said
commitment are manifesting in multiple ways. of what has essentially been a complete overhaul of the wastewater
The commonwealth’s 11th largest water utility – up from 14th in roughly plant.
the past year – operates two water treatment plants and a wastewater “The upgrades that were made to the plant will allow industrial
treatment plant that have both undergone significant transformations. dischargers more leeway in the types and volumes of waste streams that
That ranking is based on the number of direct customer connections, they can discharge to the plant,” he said.
and GWC is fast approaching the 20,000 mark. GWC also sells part of the
more than 3.1 billion gallons of water it processes per year to five other From a water standpoint, the main plant’s additional treatment capacity,
area utilities, each of which only counts, for size-ranking purposes, as which was doubled in 2007, and the construction of a redundant main
one connection. transmission line from the plant into Glasgow currently under way
allows GWC to serve larger industrial customers that have a need for a
GWC also has 7,234 customer connections to its “sanitary sewer,” also large daily demand, e.g. in excess of 1 million gallons per day, provided
known as wastewater, system; it treats 1.1 billion gallons of wastewater they are close enough to the existing infrastructure for proper access.
annually.
The upgrades at the plants and to their respective systems were
The utility, which has 55 employees, maintains 901 miles of water designed not just to meet today’s needs but to anticipate future
distribution system and 151 miles of sewer collection system. regulatory requirements and volume needs to help ensure solid service
“We’re just now really getting into extending sewer out into the to the community for years to come. At the same time, GWC’s rates have
unincorporated parts of the county,” said Scott Young, general manager. remained among the lowest in Kentucky.
More than $44.2 million in capital improvements have taken place since The Glasgow Water and Sewer Commission, which oversees GWC, sought
2006, with nearly $27 million of that in the past five years, he said. and received authorization from the city government to raise rates up to
The projects have immensely increased capacity and improved 3 percent per year for five years.
26 | GLASGOW-BARREN COUNTY, KENTUCKY“We’re actually in Year Four of that operation, and we’ve only raised and those improvements were driven by looking at long-term needs of
rates one time,” Young said. “From a long-term perspective, we our community, looking at water and wastewater quality in the service
have a 30-year capital improvement plan that projects out what our that we provide to the community,” Young said. “Our accomplishments
infrastructure needs are, and we’re following that plan, and we have validate our commitment by our staff, our administration and our board
roughly about $6 million worth of improvements scheduled for the of directors to provide the means to produce quality drinking water
current fiscal year.” These efforts have not gone unnoticed by GWC’s and wastewater services. Without the dedication and hard work of all
industry peers, either; the list of accolades and awards has grown of our certified staff, lab analysts, microbiologists, engineers and other
steadily over the past few years. operations personnel, these accomplishments wouldn’t be possible.
Our people make us an industry leader in an organization of which our
“It’s recognition of the tangible results that we’ve made in our system,
community can be proud.”
GLASGOW WATER CO. ACCOLADES
• 2006-2020 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Area Wide Optimization Program participant – Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet
• 2020, 2018 and 2012 Kentucky Best Tasting Water Award – Kentucky Rural Water Association
• 2020 Operator Meritorious Service Award (to Tim Smiley, water plant superintendent)
– Kentucky/Tennessee Section American Water Works Association
• 2019 Best of the Best Taste Test Award – Kentucky/Tennessee Section AWWA
• 2019 and 2018 Microbial AWOP Champion Award – Ky. Energy and Environment Cabinet
• 2018 Engineering Excellence Grand Award – American Council of Engineering Companies of Kentucky
• 2018 Environmental Project of the Year – American Public Works Association of Kentucky
• 2018 Kentucky Excellence in Energy Leadership Award – Ky. Energy and Environment Cabinet
• 2017 Wastewater Treatment Plant of the Year – Kentucky Water and Wastewater Operator’s Association
• 2016 Governor’s Safety and Health Award – Kentucky Labor Cabinet
• 2015 Water Treatment Plant of the Year – KWWOA
• July 2016 and February 2019 cover stories on GWC water treatment plant and wastewater treatment plant, respectively
– Treatment Plant Operator, national magazine publication
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VISIONS MAGAZINE | 27Other Utilities
Glasgow Water Company though overseen by a separate
commission, is municipally owned. The same applies
to the Glasgow Electric Plant Board, which offers not
only electrical power within the city that is purchased
wholesale from the Tennessee Valley Authority, but also
high-speed Internet and cable television services in the
Glasgow vicinity.
The Glasgow EPB operates, according to its website, “the
first municipally-owned combination electric power
and broadband utility system in the United States. We
have come to call ourselves an Infotricity Utility as
a way to demonstrate our vision that electric power
and broadband form a new kind of product that will
completely transform the way communities work. Our
Infotricity Utility is working diligently to find ways to
make our energy usage, and our community life, totally
sustainable and self-reliant.”
High-speed Internet and cable television services
are also offered through South Central Rural
Telecommunications Cooperative, which additionally
provides landline telephone service.
Most of the rest of Barren County gets its electrical
power through Farmers Rural Electric Cooperative Corp.,
LEARN MORE ABOUT which is among the 16 member owners of East Kentucky
LOCAL UTILITIES
Power Cooperative, which produces the power that is
then acquired by Farmers RECC and others.
Kentucky Utilities’ electric-power service area includes
Glasgow Water Co.
the vicinities of Cave City and its northern neighbor,
https://www.glasgowh2o.com
Horse Cave, in Hart County.
Glasgow Electric Plant Board Atmos Energy’s natural gas service fuels the heating
http://www.glasgowepb.net/ sources, stoves and/or water heaters for many Barren
County homes and businesses as well.
South Central Rural Telecommunications Cooperative
Circling back to water and wastewater, Caveland
https://www.scrtc.com/
Environmental Authority serves the northwestern portion
of Barren County, as well as parts of two adjoining
Farmers Rural Electric Cooperative Corp.
https://farmersrecc.com/ counties, providing and maintaining water service for
Cave City, Park City and Mammoth Cave. It owns, operates
Kentucky Utilities and maintains wastewater treatment plants in Cave City
https://lge-ku.com/ and Horse Cave and a pretreatment plant to provide
sanitary sewer services to those three communities plus
Atmos Energy two others.
https://www.atmosenergy.com/ CEA takes great pride in its efforts toward “preserving
the resources of today to allow for a cleaner and safer
Caveland Environmental Authority
environment for the generations of tomorrow,” its
https://ceawater.com/
website states.
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VISIONS MAGAZINE | 29Love Makes a House a Home
Any family that has faced the challenges of an end of life journey understands the sorrows and celebrations
which come with the passing of a loved one. There are thousands of unknowns which lie ahead. Their loved
ones may be undergoing treatments, trying new therapies, clinging to hope, and fighting for their lives.
Having identified a need for a residential hospice home in Glasgow, the T.J. Community Mission Foundation
board of directors invites the community and larger region to join together in supporting the Shanti
Niketan Hospice Home.
The Shanti Niketan Hospice Home is located at 1020 Glenview Drive in Glasgow, Kentucky, in close
proximity to T.J. Samson Community Hospital. Shanti Niketan means “peaceful place”, and the home was
designed to comfort both patients and family members. The facility includes eight inpatient rooms, each
with private patio access that can accommodate a hospital bed. There are gathering places for families
including two living rooms with a fireplace and bookshelves, as well as a kitchen and two dining spaces.
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