Bowling Green could be the latest area of the state to build a veterans nursing home.
Funding for the project was included in the budget approved this week by the Kentucky House.
Some 40,000 veterans in the region would be served by a Bowling Green nursing home. The closest one to them now is more than 100 miles away.
Roger Miller, commander of the American Legion Post in Bowling Green, told WKU Public Radio that the 90-bed nursing home would fulfill a real need.
"It would mean a whole lot. I'm 77 years old," said Miller. "It would be a blessing to me and a lot of other people who are really needing one right now."
About 20 acres of land has already been donated for the facility at the Kentucky Transpark in Warren County.
Funding for the project was not included in Governor Bevin’s budget proposal, and it’s unknown if it will survive the remainder of the budget process.
The state currently has three nursing facilities for veterans in Hanson, Hazard, and Wilmore. A fourth will open soon in Radcliff.
