Airport receives makeover through CYP partnership

With renovations taking off, the Owensboro Airport is ready for the runway!  The Chamber of Young Professionals along with Visit Owensboro partnered with the Owensboro-Daviess County Regional Airport to give the terminal a special makeover.  A recent reveal showed off the newest addition, a TV display transforming the wall above baggage claim into an insider…

Chamber Young Professionals teams with airport to promote Owensboro

Tourism at the Owensboro Airport is taking off!  2018 marked a peak in tourism for Owensboro as a whole, but particularly at the Owensboro Airport.  Now, bigger flights are opening up out of the Owensboro Airport and attention is increasing around Owensboro’s key assets like O.Z Tyler and the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame &…

CVB creating ‘Storytellers’ program

There’s always something to do in Owensboro– spread the word!  Visit Owensboro is working to launch a special program they’re calling “Owensboro Storytellers”, a program to train frontline workers around Owensboro in hospitality and how to best share the city’s story with visitors.  Officials in Owensboro have worked hard to create an environment fun for…

CVB, O.Z. Tyler, Miller House, Hall of Fame, partnership highlights Owensboro to larger market

The communal powers of bourbon have created a unique partnership between Visit Owensboro, O.Z. Tyler Distillery, Miller House, and the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum.  The Bourbon Review, the most popular bourbon publication in the world, is helping to market an Owensboro-themed campaign across its website and email platforms.  Already, banner ads in…

CVB contributes $1,000 toward mirror mosaic

The Owensboro-Daviess County Convention & Visitors Bureau has agreed to provide $1,000 toward the cost of replacing Gary Bielefeld’s Kentucky Mirror Mosaic — a giant mirrored map of Kentucky that is Owensboro’s largest and most visible piece of public art.  The mosaic, which welcomes over 8,500 people to Owensboro from the Ohio River “Blue Bridge”,…

Artist begins Kentucky Mirror Mosaic replacement project

We are sprucing up the city!  The Kentucky Mirror Mosaic, one of Owensboro’s most recognizable landmarks, is undergoing a makeover which is hoped to be revealed before Christmas.  Commercial artist Gary Bielefeld, who created the original art installation 36 years ago, will be leading the restoration of the mosaic that welcomes those entering the city…

Turf at Fisher Park ‘game-changer,’ Bratcher says

Turf at Fisher Park ‘game-changer,’ Bratcher says Small changes, big impact. Owensboro is revamping Jack C. Fisher park in a major way. The city is working to replace the dirt and grass infields at Fisher Park with turf. That means that the games and tournaments Fisher Park lost last year due to rain will no…

The Miller House among top bourbon bars in America

The Bourbon Review, a quarterly magazine that features all things bourbon, has once again named the Miller House among the top bourbon bars in America.  The Miller House, which opened in 2009, has grown their selection from 30 to 40 types of bourbon to over 700.  Downtown Owensboro is the ideal location as one of…

Tourism ‘trending in right direction,’ Calitri says

Owensboro has upped its tourism development game, and the results are beginning to show. According to the Messenger-Inquirer article, tourist spending is up 3% since last year. Owensboro’s rise as a tourist destination in coverage across the US and internationally has brought visitors from as far as Brazil and South Korea. President and CEO of…

Holiday World adding water coaster/Theme park helps Owensboro hotels, restaurants Holiday World adding water coaster/Theme park helps Owensboro hotels, restaurants

Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari just recently announced that it is adding Cheetah Chase, a third water coaster, making the theme park theme park “the undisputed Water Coaster Capital of the world.”  The water coaster will feature two ProSlide rocketBLAST-powered racing slides, traveling 30 feet per second and the tallest RocketBlast at 27 feet tall.…