Owensboro - Best Place To Raise Your Kids: 2010
Owensboro was recently ranked as the best place in Kentucky to raise a family by BusinessWeek magazine. Read what they had to say about Owensboro or the full article.
Owensboro was recently ranked as the best place in Kentucky to raise a family by BusinessWeek magazine. Read what they had to say about Owensboro or the full article.
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The City of Owensboro is the recipient of an International Council for Environmental Initiatives Award for tangible progress toward climate protection. This past year the City of Owensboro has worked to meet the Kyoto Protocol target through these climate mitigation milestones:
Conducting emissions inventory and forecast;
Setting emissions reduction target;
Developing a local Climate Action Plan;
Implementing a Climate Action Plan;
Monitoring and verifying emissions reductions.
Mayor Ron Payne commented, “This is affirmation that we are on the right track to becoming ‘greener’. Environmental awareness of our carbon footprint will make us a more efficient city.”
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The City's 2009-2010 Annual Budget is now available here.
The City of Owensboro is reviewing the pros and cons of transferring or leasing the Owensboro Riverport Authority facilities. Please email your comments or thoughts on this topic to: riverportsuggestions@owensboro.org.
The City of Owensboro has created an online calculator for city residents to use to calculate their estimated incremental and total insurance license fees. Insurance license fees that are calculated for the residents of Owensboro include: homeowner’s, automobile and business (excluding workers’ comp). Click here for the fee calculator.
Enter your current premium in the appropriate column below, and then click "Calculate."
NOTE: Your total Insurance Premium Fee may include a collection fee charged by your insurance company or its agent, in addition to the fee assessed by the City, as provided for in KRS 91A.080.
Exemptions to Insurance Premium License Fee or Tax [PDF]
Frequently Asked Questions About Downtown Plan and Insurance Tax [PDF]
Owensboro has grown steadily, while retaining the "small town quality" of a friendly city of warm-hearted and hospitable people. Owensboro is Kentucky's third largest city and is the industrial, cultural, retail and healthcare center of western Kentucky. More about Owensboro »
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