Bob Basham won the Operation Pride for the Hill House

Operation P.R.I.D.E. is a non-profit organization dedicated to making Bowling Green - Warren County an attractive community by providing the framework for individuals, businesses, civic organizations, neighborhood groups, churches, and schools to work together for a proud, progressive, and professional image of our community (based on the official website of the bowling green operation pride http://www.bgky.org/operationpride/).

On November 17th, 2009 Operation P.R.I.D.E. Executive Director Ray Lackey, announced the monthly awards for improvements made to residential and non-
residential property. Bob Basham and Jennifer Lee Basham won the residential award for their property at 741 East 11th Avenue known as the Hill House.



Bob was really concerned about illicit things including drugs and domestic violence disturbances at the house between the year 2000 and 2005. Here is the image of the old house before



It came to his mind that it's the time to do something so he decided to renovate the house and donate it for the Community Engagement Project. He did a great work to build up a new physical image for the Hill House.



Since the beginning of this project, Hill House with the contributions and great work of current tenants in cooperation with the WKU Alive Center and Bob Basham has achieved two recognition as Operation Pride and Neighborhood Builder Award.