Barren County, Kentucky

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Press Release

(For Immediate Release)

Under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (Public Law 88-578), citizens are afforded the opportunity to express their views concerning the recreational needs of their community. To provide a forum for discussion, an open meeting is being held on Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at 5:00 p.m. at the Barren County Government Center, Fiscal Court Chambers, Third Floor, 117 North Public Square, Glasgow, Kentucky, sponsored by the Barren County Fiscal Court/Barren County Recreational Park System. The specific purpose of this meeting is to discuss the building of two Little League baseball fields at the Jackie Browning Park located on Donnelley Drive, Glasgow, Kentucky.

Anyone with a significant supporting or opposing view is invited to voice that opinion at this meeting or in writing to: Land and Water Conservation Fund Program, Governor’s Office, Department for Local Government, 1024 Capital Center Drive, Suite 340, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601, within two (2) weeks of the date of the meeting.

WELCOME TO BARREN COUNTY!

On behalf of the residents of Barren County, I would like to welcome you to our community.

Designated as the 2007 Best Place to Live in Rural America, Barren County is a great place to live, work, and visit. Our community offers its residents and visitors a wide variety of entertainment, historical sites, lakes, rivers, and some of the most beautiful nature scenes in Kentucky.

Barren County, located in south central Kentucky, midway between Louisville, Kentucky, and Nashville, Tennessee, is home to Barren River Lake State Resort Park, Western Kentucky University-Glasgow Campus, Plaza Theatre, site of the Glasgow Highland Games, and numerous other points of interest.

Barren County was founded on December 20, 1798, from parts of Warren and Green Counties. It was named for the Barrens, the meadowlands that cover the northern third. Seventy percent of the original settlers came from Virginia, eighty percent of them were English, Scottish, Welsh, or Irish.

The population of the county is 38,003, and the county seat is Glasgow. Cave City and Park City are also incorporated cities in Barren County.

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Davie D. Greer

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