Local coverage
Project conversations across Warren County and south-central Kentucky.
Which towns have an active provider shifts week to week; each community page below breaks down housing stock and karst-related ground conditions near Bowling Green.
Franklin
Franklin is the seat of Simpson County along Interstate 65 near the Tennessee line, and its position on the Highland Rim means thin soil over limestone where bedrock depth changes across a single footprint.
Local planning notes →Scottsville
Scottsville is the seat of Allen County, built around a historic courthouse square, and its oldest buildings rest on stone foundations laid without engineered footings.
Local planning notes →Glasgow
Glasgow is the seat of Barren County, and the karst terrain that gives the county its name puts solution cavities beneath foundations that surface inspection cannot see.
Local planning notes →Russellville
Russellville is the seat of Logan County, and its nineteenth-century downtown and surrounding housing carry generations of prior repair that obscure the original movement.
Local planning notes →Smiths Grove
Smiths Grove is a small Warren County city along Interstate 65, historically a rail and turnpike stop in the Green River valley, where valley soils hold moisture against footings.
Local planning notes →Oakland
Oakland is a small Warren County city on the corridor toward Mammoth Cave National Park, in country where sinkhole formation is an active rather than a historic risk.
Local planning notes →Alvaton
Alvaton is an unincorporated community in southeastern Warren County along the Barren River, where river-bottom soils lose bearing capacity when saturated.
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