<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3e5g2X_175W9nNT00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3e5g2X_175W9nNT00" width="2001" height="1188" ><figcaption>Kelley Chase, lead developer of the Evergreen Commons, points out to a field of dirt that will become the new multi use development off of Nashville Road on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. Michael Bechert, Tim Poston and Steven Holdren, all partners of the Evergreen Commons, listen to Chase talk about the new development. ( Bradlee Reed-Whalen )</figcaption></figure>Developers, partners and engineers of a new mixed-use development put shovels to dirt and celebrated the work they’ve put in on Thursday.Chase Kelley, lead developer of the Evergreen Commons, and Michael Bechert, managing partner of the Evergreen Commons. They both graduated from WKU in 2007 and 2006 as members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity on campus, where they grew a bond with one another during their time on the Hill.“I think that’s really helped us — this group — come together,” Beckert said.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0e5RZu_175W9nNT00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0e5RZu_175W9nNT00" width="2001" height="1025" ><figcaption>Kelley Chase, lead developer of the Evergreen Commons, stands on the construction site of the new multi use development after its ground breaking event off of Nashville Road on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. ( Bradlee Reed-Whalen )</figcaption></figure>Kelley started in the restaurant business and real estate after college, while Bechert went to work with Nike. Kelley had the idea to start an apartment complex and got Bechert and the other partners involved.“It was super helpful that we knew each other from the past, and so we had that trust and kind of relationship,” Bechert said.The idea that started with Kelley has now become the Evergreen Commons, which will feature a Wawa’s convenience store, a section for retail and various businesses, and the new Cedar Point apartments. The development is Kelley and Bechert’s third with their company, 5ive Financial, and the first in Bowling Green.“Certainly excited to develop this property and (have it) in my backyard hometown of Bowling Green,” Kelley said.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1Dr016_175W9nNT00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1Dr016_175W9nNT00" width="2001" height="820" ><figcaption>Partners overseeing the development of the Evergreen Commons break the ground of the new multi use development by digging up the first piles of dirt from the construction site off of Nashville Road on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. ( Bradlee Reed-Whalen )</figcaption></figure>The Cedar Point apartments will have 112 units for lease, and Kelley said he envisions WKU students and members of the Bowling Green community living there, given its distance to campus.Kelley said he sees the housing provided by Cedar Point as a way to give back to the community. Initial buildings, located on Gunnison Trailway, will be available for lease in the spring of 2027.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2kSGDb_175W9nNT00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2kSGDb_175W9nNT00" width="2001" height="1334" ><figcaption>Shovels stuck in a pile of dirt wait to be used for the groundbreaking of the Evergreen Commons off of Nashville Road on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. The Evergreen Commons is a new multi use development that will feature the new Cedar Point apartments, a section for retail, and a Wawa’s convenience store. ( Bradlee Reed-Whalen )</figcaption></figure></div></body>

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Developers, partners and engineers of a new mixed-use development put shovels to dirt and celebrated the work they’ve put in on Thursday. Chase Kelley, lead developer of the Evergreen Commons, and Michael Bechert, managing partner of the Evergreen Commons. They both graduated from WKU in 2007 and 2006 as members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity on campus, where they grew a bond with one another during their time on the Hill.

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