Population projections show a southern Kentucky county could nearly double in size in the next 25 years.

Warren County is planning for that growth by seeking feedback for the big 2050 project.

Our Laura Rogers shares more about the month long community conversation on what could BG be?

Bowling green has grown.

Hopkinsville native Ryan Dearborn came to Bowling Green in 2001 study at the university, where he's now an assistant professor.

After we toured WKU, I was sold.

I was like, this is where I want to be.

Bowling green is going to be home for me, at least for the next four years.

24 years later, he's now helping the city plan for the next quarter century.

The bowling green of his and his family's future.

I want them to have a bowling green that is vibrant, that is big.

Dearborn is one of the more than 100 listening partners involved in the what Could Be GB initiative.

How do we hear from a wider range of folks about what they imagine for the Bowling Green of 2050?

The answer a month long conversation via a website soliciting ideas, feedback and input.

Can you replace the scrolling you usually do on your preferred social media platform with a few minutes of voting on your neighbors ideas?

Nearly 4000 ideas have been submitted since the campaign launched in mid-February.

Everything from improving public transit, improving housing and rent prices, attracting bigger name grocery options, improving downtown parking.

The public relations effort to get the word out has been massive, from billboards and banners to even a fictitious future published by the local newspaper.

Kind of like the Marvel Universe.

I know when the reporters were building ideas with the storytelling pillars, it comes with inspiration and input from the University of Southern California's Civic Imagination Project.

They said, you can't build a future that you haven't imagined first.

Sam Ford's Innovation Engine strategy firm is managing the initiative with tech support from police and Google's Jigsaw division.

Our knowledge collecting more than 6000 ideas in just less than a months time, I think, is more submissions to any policy that's been done anywhere in the world.

The information gathered pertains to areas of economic development, housing, public health, tourism, infrastructure and quality of life.

You'll see things in this that will surprise and delight you.

You'll see ideas you've never thought of before.

You'll see very specific ideas that people have.

You'll see very grandiose ideas that people have.

You'll probably see a few things that make you mad and say, I disagree.

I don't ever want to see that in my town.

Google will then use artificial intelligence to make sense of the public input.

Compiling it into a document for public release.

If you're with the Housing Authority or Habitat for humanity, feedback on housing and affordable housing might be an area of their focus.

Whereas our public library is going to be looking for ideas about community events.

Cultural enhancement.

Greg has been a vital community for years.

As for people like Ryan Dearborn, he wants to make sure history is preserved while he remains engaged in the city's future.

I've live by the mantra of I want to leave a place better than I found it.

I just want to give back to this community and be as active a part of it as I can be for as long as I can be.

And the final countdown is on.

You have just a few more hours to go online to what could be JB dotcom, to submit your ideas, and to weigh in on those that have already been given where you can agree or disagree.

You can pass if you're unsure about a submission.

Voting ends at midnight.

For Kentucky Edition, I'm Laura Rogers.

Thank you so much, Laura.

Organizers say the number of agreed votes each submission gets will help gauge its importance to the community.

Again, the website is what could be g b.com go vote.