The City-County Planning Commission of Warren County voted unanimously Thursday to recommend to the Bowling Green City Commission zoning changes and variances that pave the way for the citys first four-year medical school. <\/p>\n
Med Center Health plans to build a two-story building at The Medical Center at Bowling Green campus to be used as medical office space and also for medical education. It also plans an 833-vehicle parking garage. <\/p>\n
The five-story parking garage is planned to be built on the current site of the emergency medical services building. A two-story, 48,000-square-foot building would be adjacent to the parking garage, according to Jean Cherry, executive vice president at Med Center Health. <\/p>\n
The demolition of the current emergency medical services building is slated for mid- to late April, Cherry said last week. <\/p>\n
The EMS will be moved to a vacant building at 210 E. Third Ave. and the heliport will be relocated. <\/p>\n
The closing of a 50-foot right of way along U.S. 31-W By-Pass would allow Med Center Health to consolidate that land with adjoining property. The right of way to be closed abuts property owned by Med Center Health. <\/p>\n
Med Center Health will also build a pedestrian walkway connecting the newly constructed medical office space to the Riverside Professional Center. <\/p>\n
The plan is to extend Second Street to where it connects with U.S. 31-W. Bowling Green Municipal Utilities is reserving a utility easement along the unnamed right of way, said Planning Commission Executive Director Ben Peterson on Thursday. <\/p>\n
A medical school partnership between the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, The Medical Center and Western Kentucky University is intended to help alleviate a physician shortage in the region, allow WKU faculty access to medical research opportunities, demonstrate a community commitment to smart growth and help keep the areas best and brightest in Warren County. The medical degree will be conferred by UK, and a certain number of slots in the local program will be available first to WKU students. <\/p>\n
The UK College of Medicine initiative which in eastern Kentucky also includes a similar partnership between St. Clair Regional Medical Center, Kings Daughters Medical Center and Morehead State University is scheduled to begin here in 2018 with 30 students. <\/p>\n
In another matter, the planning commission recommended a plan by Legacy Built Homes LLC to build 35 multi-family units on about 2.36 acres on Shannon Drive, bounded by Trent Way and Delmar Court. There will be five two-story buildings, with seven units to a building. <\/p>\n
Shannon Drive homeowner Judy Walker objected to the project. <\/p>\n
There will be a bottleneck of traffic that will be unbelievable, Walker said. It will change the way that the neighborhood is. <\/p>\n
Walker also said she was concerned about the possible declining value of her home of 40 years. <\/p>\n
Ive looked at an empty lot for 40 years, she said. <\/p>\n
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