Editing Bowling Green, Kentucky (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Medical Center at Bowling Green, KY.JPG|thumb|The Medical Center, an ever-expanding part of Commonwealth Health Corporation, is one of the top employers in Bowling Green.]]

[[Western Kentucky University]] is the largest employer in Bowling Green; according to a 2022 report, WKU employed 3,274 people.<ref name=2022CAFR>{{cite report|url=https://www.bgky.org/files/29RB8pqY.pdf|chapter=Schedule 21: City of Bowling Green, Kentucky Principal Employers, Current Year and Nine Years Ago|title=Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2022|publisher=City of Bowling Green Department of Finance|access-date=February 18, 2023}}</ref> A 2011 study estimated that WKU salaries account for approximately 10% of all income earned in Warren County, which includes the city.<ref>[https://www.weku.org/education/2011-08-02/wku-impacts-bowling-green-at-672-million WKU Impacts Bowling Green at $672 Million], WEKU (August 2, 2011).</ref>

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[[General Motors]]' [[Bowling Green Assembly Plant]], which opened in 1981, is located in the city; by 2023, the plant had produced approximately 1.1 million [[Chevrolet Corvette]]s.<ref>Jim Smart, [https://www.motortrend.com/features/1907-corvette-assembly-plant-bowling-green/ Corvette Assembly Plant in Bowling Green], ''Motortrend'' (July 25, 2019).</ref><ref>Jake Foster, [https://www.wkyufm.org/news/2023-08-25/national-corvette-museum-celebrates-29th-anniversary-highlighting-corvette-legacy National Corvette Museum Celebrates 29th Anniversary, highlighting Corvette legacy], WKU Public Radio (August 25, 2023).</ref> As of 2022, GM employed approximately 1,100 people in Bowling Green.<ref name=2022CAFR/> The plant's workers are [[Labor unions in the United States|unionized]], belonging to [[United Auto Workers]] Local 2164.<ref>Jake Moore, [https://www.bgdailynews.com/news/uaw-local-2164-rallies-in-solidarity-with-fellow-auto-workers/article_65547b5e-d9de-5838-a9ba-8ffe3ef9254e.html UAW Local 2164 rallies in solidarity with fellow auto workers], ''Bowling Green Daily News'' (October 6, 2023).</ref><ref>Tucker Covey, [https://www.wnky.com/local-uaw-chapter-president-discusses-historic-strike/ Local UAW chapter president discusses historic strike], WNKY (September 15, 2023).</ref>

Auto supplier [[Holley Performance Products]] has manufactured products in Bowling Green since 1952, and has been headquartered in the city since 1994.<ref>[https://www.wbko.com/content/news/Holley-Performance-Products-to-invest-13-million-in-BG-creating-80-new-jobs-513458351.html Holley Performance Products to invest $13 million in BG, creating 80 new jobs], WBKO (July 1, 2019).</ref>  The Japan-based [[Kobe Steel|Kobe Steel Ltd.]] operates a large assembly plant in Bowling Green, manufacturing aluminum products used in [[car bumper]]s and [[Car frame|frames]] for the North American auto sector; construction of the plant began in 2016,<ref>[https://www.recyclingtoday.com/news/kobe-aluminum-kentucky-new-facility-kpex/ Kobelco Aluminum breaks ground on extrusion plant], ''Recycling Today'' (August 10, 2016).</ref> and began operation in 2018.<ref>[https://www.lightmetalage.com/news/industry-news/extrusion/kpex-opening-ceremony-extrusion-facility/ KPEX Holds Opening Ceremony for Its Extrusion Facility in Kentucky], ''Light Metal Age'' (September 20, 2019).</ref> [[Camping World|Camping World Holdings Inc.]], an RV company, was founded in Bowling Green in 1966 by David Garvin, the owner of the [[Beech Bend Park|Beech Bend amusement park]]; the company maintains Bowling Green as one of three headquarters (the others being [[Lincolnshire, England]] and [[Denver, Colorado]]).<ref>Gary Gerard, [https://rvbusiness.com/camping-world-will-retain-links-with-bowling-green/ Camping World Will Retain Links With Bowling Green], ''RV Business'' (January 2, 2020).</ref> In 2022, [[Automotive Energy Supply Corporation|AESC]], a Japanese [[electric vehicle battery]] firm, announced plans to establish the Envision AESC plant at Bowling Green, creating an estimated 2,000 jobs in a $2 billion "[[gigafactory]]" investment.<ref>Bruce Schreiner, [https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-kentucky-bowling-green-89f5d275e3a8a02e4790bb049bda8053 Japanese e-vehicle battery company to build Kentucky plant], Associated Press (April 13, 2022).</ref>

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Apparel manufacturer Union Underwear Co. LLC, [[doing business as]] [[Fruit of the Loom]], is headquartered in Bowling Green,<ref name=FOTL>[https://www.apnews.com/6cdc746e0c3f4e6ab1a029add29c407d Fruit of the Loom losing about 100 jobs, most in Kentucky], Associated Press (May 23, 2019).</ref> employing about 930 people in the city as of 2022.<ref name=2022CAFR/> The company shuttered its plant in nearby [[Jamestown, Kentucky|Jamestown]] in 2014.<ref name=FOTL/> Conglomerate [[Houchens Industries]], one of the U.S.'s largest 100% [[Employee stock ownership|employee-owned enterprises]], is based in Bowling Green.<ref>[https://www.bgdailynews.com/news/former-houchens-ceo-gipson-passes-away/article_ca3c3a62-3a97-5c9a-af2e-010542580673.html Former Houchens CEO Gipson passes away], ''Bowling Green Daily News'' (January 29, 2023).</ref><ref>Don Sergent, [https://www.bgdailynews.com/news/after-55-years-with-company-gipson-to-retire-as-houchens-ceo/article_5f15f202-9889-5841-ac2d-6af3175d0bb3.html After 55 years with company, Gipson to retire as Houchens CEO], ''Bowling Green Daily News'' (January 28, 2020).</ref> The Swedish company [[SCA (company)|SCA]] opened a manufacturing facility in Bowling Green in 1988; as of 2016, the company employed about 160 employees in Bowling Green and 500 employees at a paper mill in [[Harrodsburg, Kentucky]], acquired from [[Wausau Paper]].<ref>Kim Phelps, [https://www.bgchamber.com/news/2016/09/29/main/sca-personal-care-announces-expansion-of-bowling-green-facility/ SCA Personal Care Announces Expansion of Bowling Green Facility] (press release), Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce (September 29, 2016).</ref>

===Top employers===
According to the city's 2022 [[Comprehensive Annual Financial Report]],<ref name=2022CAFR/> the top employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! #
! Employe
! # of Employees
|-
|1
|[[Western Kentucky University]]
|3,274
|-
|2
|Commonwealth Health Corporation
|2,842
|-
|3
|[[Magna International|BG Metalforming LLC]]
|1,258
|-
|4
|[[Warren County Public Schools (Kentucky)|Warren County Board of Education]]
|1,185
|-
|5
|[[General Motors]] Corporation
|1,100
|-
|6
|Graves-Gilbert Clinic PSC
|1,079
|-
|7
|[[Fruit of the Loom|Union Underwear Co. LLC]]
|930
|-
|8
|[[Sun Products|Henkel Corporation]]
|930
|-
|9
|[[Houchens Industries|Houchens Food Group]]
|899
|-
|10
|[[Kentucky State Treasurer]]
|717
|}