Jason Heflin of CrowdSouth briefed Warren County Fiscal Court on April 20 about Bowling Green Works, the county’s workforce outreach platform, and reported what he described as growing momentum in employer participation and applicant activity.

Heflin told the court the current hiring rate — defined as hires per 100 applications sent to employers — is about 25.5 percent. He said data shown to the court were a few weeks old and described roughly 70 participating employers at the time of the report, about 853 applications in March, roughly 23,000 applications since the program began and a total jobs-filled figure of about 5,863. Heflin said manufacturing accounts for roughly half of participating employers and that the top employers using the site in 2025 included Fruit of the Loom and Bendix, among others.

Heflin said about 60 percent of applicants use the site’s resume-upload feature, which the program tracks as a signal of deeper engagement. He described the employer sign-up process as simple and encouraged local businesses of any size to create profiles and post openings. County officials at the meeting described Bowling Green Works as one tool among many used in local workforce efforts and praised the program’s local focus and the 25.5 percent hiring-rate metric.

The presentation also covered ancillary outreach: Heflin said CrowdSouth has met with a statewide workforce task force and is exploring partnerships with the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce and Western Kentucky University to help students and alumni find local jobs. No formal action or funding decision was taken during the report portion of the meeting.