City of Owensboro

The City of Owensboro's 2026-2027 Annual Action Plan outlines the city's approach to housing and community development, focusing on addressing the needs of low and moderate-income households through federal block grant programs. Key priorities include increasing and maintaining affordable housing stock through rehabilitation, homebuyer assistance, and new construction; supporting economic growth and stability via commercial façade improvements; and enhancing public infrastructure with projects like sewer service extensions and facility upgrades. The plan aims to foster long-term community resilience, enhance housing accessibility, reduce poverty, and revitalize underserved neighborhoods by strategically leveraging federal, local, and private investments.

The City of Owensboro's budget for the fiscal year 2025-2026 includes revenue and expenditure budgets for all funds, with a focus on the General Fund, debt service, and the Capital Improvement Program. Key areas of focus include public safety, infrastructure, pension costs, and economic development. The budget addresses short-term factors like maintaining adequate public safety forces and long-term factors like growing the corporate boundary and enhancing neighborhoods. Strategic goals include revitalizing the downtown and riverfront, enhancing public transportation, ensuring first-class public safety, increasing cybersecurity, improving transparency and communication, promoting tourism and economic development, strengthening neighborhoods, and maintaining sustainable city government.

The Monarch NRSA Redevelopment Plan for the City of Owensboro, Kentucky, outlines strategies and actions for revitalizing the Monarch Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy Area from 2025 to 2030. The plan focuses on building strong neighborhoods, attracting investment, and encouraging community participation. Key priorities include affordable housing development, property maintenance and rehabilitation, and public facilities improvements. The plan aims to address challenges such as aging infrastructure, blight, limited access to capital, and safety concerns through various programs and initiatives funded by CDBG and HOME.

The 2025-2029 HUD Consolidated Plan for the City of Owensboro focuses on identifying housing and community development needs, particularly for low- and moderate-income households. Key priorities include addressing housing cost burdens, redeveloping low- to moderate-income neighborhoods, expanding affordable housing, enhancing public spaces, and supporting local businesses. The plan emphasizes strategic partnerships, community engagement, and data-driven approaches to maximize the impact of federal funds and foster sustainable community development.

This special called meeting of the Citizen's Advisory Committee for Community Development focused on reviewing the Consolidated Plan process, the annual action plan process for 2025-2029 and 2025-2026 planning years. A progress update on the Riverview NRSA (formerly Northwest NRSA) was provided, highlighting completed projects such as single-family and rental rehabs, demolitions, and new builds. The meeting also covered the Monarch NRSA, including its proposed boundaries, demographics, and housing conditions. Discussion included the need for affordable housing, the evaluation and selection of projects for funding, and the 30-day public comment period for the plan.