Family Friendly

When I worked in tourism my job required that I craft advertising that introduced Owensboro to strangers. At that time I believed our community’s greatest strength was its appeal to families, so I often used the term “Family Friendly”. While most locals agreed, few thought Owensboro offered anything especially unique, but I did and experts recently validated my thesis. Business Week Magazine has rated Owensboro the best place to raise a family in Kentucky and featured it as among the best family towns overall. Citing national studies rating our city among America’s safest, our housing costs among the nation’s lowest and our schools among the state’s best, they also mentioned Owensboro’s quality parks, churches, youth sports and fine arts programs. For Trey Davey and Benji, Owensboro seems to be an ideal place to grow up.