Governor Andy Beshear tours WKU’s Innovation Campus

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - Today, Governor Andy Beshear visited the WKU Innovation Campus in Bowling Green.

Representatives from the university gave Beshear a tour of the 280,000-square-foot facility that acts as a hub for innovation, collaboration, and investment in the community.

He says places like the hub showcase what’s going on in the state. “We are the destination right now for world-class companies that used to claim they didn’t have our number,” Gov. Beshear said.

He says his hope by the end of the General Assembly is to come out with a budget that is good for education and innovation. Gov. Beshear went on to say that the economy forced cuts to higher education for years in Kentucky, but that it should no longer be the case.

According to The WKU Innovation Campus website, companies served by the facility generated more than $2 billion of revenue and have worked with more than 500 businesses in the past 5 years.