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Local resident urges city officials to address mental health and shares personal recovery story

Board of Commissioners, City of Bowling Green · November 5, 2025
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Mary Steele spoke during public comment about decades of experience living with mental illness, linking symptoms to dehydration, describing her recovery and offering to work with city officials and providers on mental‑health supports.

Mary Steele addressed the Bowling Green Board of Commissioners during the public‑comment period on Nov. 4, sharing her personal experience with mental illness and recovery.

Steele described roughly 30 years of experience as a mental-health patient and…

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