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Water Valve Repair Complete: Boil Advisory Not Necessary for Cogans Crossing Neighborhood

The water valve repair at the corner of Miller and Brim Rd. went better than expected.  Water service shutoff was not required, and a Water Boil Advisory for the Cogans Crossing neighborhood will not be necessary.

Residents should sign up to recei...

Bowling Green Municipal Utilities Outage Reporting

While the City works every day to minimize utility interruptions, inevitably outages do occur.   To improve the way Bowling Green customer’s report an electric, water, or sewer outage, the city has partnered with Cooperative Response Ce...

Unveiling of the Pedestrian Experience Plan for Downtown Bowling Green

The City of Bowling Green, the Center for Regional Development (CRD), and Bowling Green State University (BGSU) are excited to announce the completion of downtown Bowling Green’s first Pedestrian Experience Plan (PEP). The Pedestrian Experience ...

StreetScan to Assess Road Conditions in Bowling Green Beginning September 20th

To help improve the conditions of City streets, Bowling Green is partnering with StreetScan, a company that has assessed streets in over 280 communities in North America.  Beginning September 20th, residents may notice a marked, “Street...

Planned Water Outage to Impact Cogans Crossing Neighborhood on Tuesday, September 19th

A planned water outage will impact the Cogans Crossing Neighborhood on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 beginning at 9:00 AM as City crews repair a water valve at the corner of Miller and Brim Rd. This outage is expected to last 5 hours and is dependent on wea...

Building Doctors Will Make Rounds Oct. 19-20 in Bowling Green

The City of Bowling Green and the Ohio History Connection’s State Historic Preservation Office will sponsor a Building Doctor Clinic for owners of old buildings in the area on Oct. 19-20. The clinic features Building Doctors Justin Cook, Jessica...

Bowling Green Electric Customers Can Receive Up to $115 For Recycling an Eligible Appliance

Bowling Green Electric Customers Can Receive Up to $115 For Recycling an Eligible Appliance: Efficiency Smart hosting appliance drop-off event on September 16

For a limited time, Efficiency Smart is offering Bowling Green Municipal Utilities customers up t...

City of Bowling Green Offering Discounted Trees to Homeowners Through a Community Canopy Program

The City of Bowling Green is offering discounted trees to homeowners through a Community Canopy Program.  This program from the Arbor Day Foundation helps organizations distribute discounted trees with the knowledge and tools of...

Bowling Green Fire Division’s Open House Returns September 30th

The Bowling Green Fire Division is excited to announce the return of their annual Open House on September 30th, from 9:00 AM to Noon at the Pearl Street Fire Station. This is a family-friendly event to allow residents to explore the Fire Station, meet Fir...

Final Paving of W. Wooster St. to Begin September 12th

The installation of the water and sewer mains along West Wooster St. and Haskins Rd. have been completed.  Beginning September 12th, the contractor, responsible for paving the final driving surface, will begin milling the top 3” of road...

Historic Preservation Commission Awarded CLG Grant for Downtown Historical Interpretive Signage

The City of Bowling Green is proud to announce that its Historic Preservation Commission has been awarded a Certified Local Government (CLG) Grant. This grant will enable the commission to embark on an exciting project that will enhance the city'...

2023 Party for the Parks

The Bowling Green Parks & Recreation Foundation is excited to announce its annual fundraiser. The Party for the Parks, formerly the Wine and Cheese Social and Auction, will be held on September 22, 2023, from 5-8 pm at the Veterans Memorial Building i...

Westbound Traffic on E. Wooster Restricted Due to Road Widening Beginning August 21st

Beginning August 21st, westbound traffic will be restricted on E. Wooster St., between Dunbridge Rd. and Carter Rd., due to a road widening project that will create a turn lane into the new Fed Ex entrance.  Eastbound through traffic on E. Wooste...

City of Bowling Green Receives $1,182,741 State Grant for Critical Water Infrastructure Upgrades

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — The City of Bowling Green is one of 90 projects receiving state grants to address critical water and wastewater infrastructure projects in Ohio communities. In total, 64 counties will receive $135 million.

The funding comes fro...

Historic Building of the Month: Cla-Zel Theater – 129 North Main Street

From its opening date in 1926 the Cla-Zel Theater was in continuous operation as a single screen movie house, the oldest in Ohio, until 2004. This iconic building of the 20th century in Bowling Green still features the original marquee and has provided an...

Demolition of Old City Building and Construction of Parking Lot to Impact Parking/Site Access

9/15/23 Update:  During the week of September 18th, a portion of the sidewalk that runs along the back of the library and connects to the City Building will be removed.  Visitors should use the parking area located north of the City Buil...

Downtown Public Restrooms Open 7/25/23

The City of Bowling Green is excited to announce the opening of its first public restrooms in downtown Bowling Green.  Two public single-stall restrooms are now located at 119 South Church St. in the drive-up Huntington Bank ATM vestibule. These ...

Community Energy Savings: Smart Thermostat Program

The City of Bowling Green is participating in the Community Energy Savings: Smart Thermostat Program, a voluntary program designed to help reduce electric costs. The cost of some electric expenses, like transmission, are based on the periods of highest en...

2023 Residential Paving Project Update

The 2023 paving project associated with the use of ARPA funds and the paving of residential roads is largely complete.  The contractors replaced isolated curbs, ADA ramps, certain sections of sidewalk and have paved the following roads: Wren Rd.,...

Farmers’ Market Road Closures – May 10 to October 18

In conjunction with the Farmers’ Market scheduled every Wednesday from May 10 to October 18, a portion of Clough Street will be closed to traffic and parking restrictions will occur.  

Each week at 3:30 pm, Clough Street, between Main St...

Callery Pear Trees Added to List of Banned Invasive Plants in Ohio

By this time of year, residents have probably noticed the fragrant (but not necessarily pleasant smelling) blossoms of the Callery pear trees throughout the city and neighboring communities. Callery pear is a tree species that is highly invasive. &nbs...

April Historic Building of the Month: 307 W. Wooster

The Bowling Green Historic Preservation Commission has selected the Froney-Millikin House at 307 W. Wooster St as the historic building of the month for April 2023. The house was built in 1888 with the original address of 46 Union Street (Union Street was...

2023 Residential Paving Projects to Begin April 17th

The portion of the 2023 paving projects associated with the use of ARPA funds and the paving of residential roads is set to begin Monday, April 17th.  Contractors plan to begin with the removal and replacement of curbs, ADA ramps, and certain sec...

Native Prairie Restoration Projects Planned for City’s Water & Wastewater Treatment Facilities

The City of Bowling Green has been strategically converting its green spaces from high-maintenance, non-native turf areas to low-maintenance, native areas to meet sustainability goals and initiatives. Planting of low-maintenance, native vegetation provide...

BGPD Public Portal for Community Comments Open

A public portal for community comments about The Bowling Green Police Division is now open as part of an annual inspection conducted by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) in an effort for BGPD to maintain international ac...

6th Annual Bowling Green Tree Commission Photo Contest

The City of Bowling Green Tree Commission has announced the 6th annual tree photo contest. The Commissioners want to raise awareness of Bowling Green’s Urban Forest that is found both on public and private property.

In 2023, citizens are asked to...

Parking Enforcement Upgrades to Begin January 19, 2023

Beginning January 19, 2023, the Bowling Green Police Division will begin utilizing the Roker Parking Solution to increase efficiencies with parking enforcement and allow for online payment of parking fines.  Because of these upgrades, parking tic...

Homeownership Assistance Program Funds Available Now!

Purchasing an affordable home may be out of reach for some Bowling Green residents at lower income levels. A CDBG-funded program, however, can help with this issue. 

The City’s Direct Homeownership Assistance Program makes affordable hom...

Communications Utilities to Continue Ongoing Work in City

Communications companies, including Frontier, Spectrum, Buckeye, etc., continue to work throughout the City to install conduits, wires, and other necessary service upgrades.  All are considered a “utility” and can legally oper...

Governor DeWine Announces New Powder Formula Manufacturing Facility in Bowling Green

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

December 15, 2022

Governor DeWine Announces New Powder Formula Manufacturing Facility in Bowling Green 

$536 million facility expected to generate 450 permanent new jobs in northwest Ohio

(BOWLING GREEN, Ohio) – Ohio ...

City of Bowling Green Natural Gas Aggregation Program Update

The City of Bowling Green has selected IGS Energy of Dublin, Ohio as the supplier of natural gas to participants in its Natural Gas Aggregation Program.  Columbia Gas Ohio (COH) customers will automatically be enrolled in the Bowling Green Natura...

Bowling Green Municipal Utilities Implements More Advanced Electronic Bill Pay Service

Bowling Green Municipal Utilities is pleased to announce the launch of its new online billing and payment service through Invoice Cloud, offering customers greater flexibility to view and pay their utility bills online.  Additionally, customers w...

Downtown Forward Announcement and Kickoff

The City of Bowling Green, the Center for Regional Development (CRD), and Bowling Green State University (BGSU) are hosting a press conference to announce Downtown Forward, a collaborative initiative to enhance placemaking in downtown Bowling Green. The D...

Bowling Green to Receive $1.2 Million to Construct Shared Use Path

Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) Director Dr. Jack Marchbanks announced last week that ODOT will invest $51 million into new traffic safety improvement projects to specifically address an increase in pedestrian-involved traffic crashes and fatal r...

Mayor Aspacher and Chief of Police Hetrick Joint Statement

Chief Hetrick and I are deeply concerned with recent incidents within our downtown.  We met with local bar owners who share this concern and we collectively have made plans to address these current safety issues.  The resounding sentimen...

New Website Launched!

For the past several months, Bowling Green has been partnering with CivicPlus and the Bowling Green Economic Development Office to redesign the City’s website to better serve and promote the community. The refreshed site went live on Tuesday, Ju...

2022 Consumer Confidence Report

The city publishes and distributes an annual water quality brochure that explains a variety of water quality and health related issues concerning the cities water supply.

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