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Introduction to Bowling Green, Ohio
Bowling Green is a city in northwest Ohio, located about 25 miles south of Toledo and 85 miles south of Detroit, Michigan. The county seat of Wood County, Bowling Green is situated on Interstate 75, which provides access to points north and south. A college town, the city is the proud home of Bowling Green State University.
First settled in the 1830's, Bowling Green was incorporated as a town in 1855 and officially achieved city status in 1901. The city got its name from Joseph Gordon, an early postal worker, whose previous residence was Bowling Green, Kentucky. Dependent on farming, fur trading and lumbering during its early years, the city was affected by the discovery of oil in nearby North Baltimore in 1886 which brought people and revenue to the area. Several of Bowling Green's lavish homes built with revenue from oil money are still standing today. In 1910, the Ohio state legislature designated Bowling Green as the site of the State Normal College, later to become Bowling Green State University.
Events and Attractions in Bowling Green
September marks the start of the Black Swamp Arts Festival, an annual event in Bowling Green. Started in 1993, the festival has grown to where it now features close to 150 artists and four musical stages. All types of music, including blues, jazz, and rock, are presented, and the historic Cla-Zel Theatre also participates by showing independent and art-related films throughout the weekend. Another large annual event is the National Tractor Pulling Championships. Held in August, this weekend-long event draws an estimated crowd of 60,000 and awards over $150,000 in purse money and contingency prizes. Bowling Green is also chock full of historic, cultural, and recreational sites for visitors to sample. Some of these are the following:
Sports activity in Bowling Green focuses on the Bowling Green State University Fighting Falcons. Hosting teams in 22 different sports, the Falcons participate in NCAA Division I (Division I-A for football) and in the Mid-American Conference. The Falcons Women's Basketball team won back-to-back conference championships in 2005 and 2006 and its Women's Soccer team captured a conference crown in 2005.
Professional sports can be found a few miles north of the city. Minor League Baseball resides in the city of Toledo, about a half-hour away, where the Mud Hens, a Triple-A franchise affiliated with the Detroit Tigers, compete in the International League. An additional hour's drive in the same northerly direction puts the sports fan in Detroit, which plenty of major league teams call home. Major League Baseball's Tigers reside there, as do the Lions of the National Football League and basketball's Pistons of the NBA. Hockey fans can watch first-rate National Hockey League action played by the Detroit Red Wings and fans of women's basketball can follow the Detroit Shock of the WNBA.
Bowling Green strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in Ohio):
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| Walking and Biking to Work (vs. Peers) | Top 3% |  |
| Short Commute Times (vs. Peers) | Top 7% | |
| College Educated Adults (vs. State) | Top 8% | |
| Racial Diversity (vs. State) | Top 13% | |
| Affordability of Rents (vs. Peers) | Top 18% | |
Comparing Bowling Green to similar size places nationwide (Peers) and to other places in Ohio (State):
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