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Bowling Green cannabis dispensary approved for dual use
The state began approving its first recreational marijuana licenses and a Bowling Green dispensary is among those receiving a “dual use” (medical and recreational) permit. According to a searchable state database, the ZenLeaf dispensary at 1155 North Main Street obtained a provisional license as a dual use dispensary. The business is listed as Glass City Alternatives, LLC in the database.
Habitat for Humanity of Wood County dedicates Northwood residence
Habitat for Humanity of Wood County will hold a dedication and community celebration for a new home that has been built for a Northwood family. The event, at 5 p.m. July 24, will be at 1943 Owens St., off West Andrus Road. It will include a home tour and refreshments. Northwood Mayor Edward Schimmel will speak. Project sponsors included First Solar, FedEx, Northwind Group, Rosenboom, D.S. Brown, and Adient. More than volunteers donated more than 2,000 hours of labor to complete the project. The home is Habitat for Humanity of Wood County’s 54th project. Habitat homeowners help build their own homes alongside volunteers and pay an affordable mortgage.
Firefly Nights takes over downtown Bowling Green Friday
BOWLING GREEN — The second Firefly Nights festival of the summer will be from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday downtown. There will be live music, food trucks, vendors, and family activities. On-street parking will be prohibited on Main Street, from Court to Washington streets, and on East Clough Street beginning at 2 p.m. Main, from Court to Washington, will close to traffic at 4 p.m. While Main is closed, no through traffic will be permitted on Clough. Wooster Street will remain open for east and westbound traffic. During the Main Street closure, detour routes for local and truck traffic will be posted. All streets will reopen, and parking will be reinstated on Friday following the event.
First Solar dedicates 1.3M-square-foot facility in Wood County
A research and development center believed to be the largest of its kind in the Western Hemisphere was commissioned Thursday by First Solar Inc. The Jim Nolan Center for Solar Innovation encompasses 1.3 million square feet in Wood County’s Lake Township, near First Solar’s other Perrysburg-area properties. That project and its upcoming perovskite development line, planned to be commissioned at First Solar’s Perrysburg campus later this year, together represent nearly another $500 million of investments in northwest Ohio. They are expected to create 300 new jobs, mostly at the Nolan Center, the company said. The new research and development facility is dedicated to the late James “Jim” F. Nolan, a former member of First Solar’s Board of Directors and the architect of the company’s cadmium telluride semiconductor platform. A private dedication for the family is planned.
City of BG financial forecast gets a boost from 10% increase in income tax revenue in first half of year
The city of Bowling Green’s finances continue to be in the black, with no red flags on the horizon. Monday evening, the city’s Finance Director Dana Pinkert presented the quarterly update to the finance committee of Bowling Green City Council. “It looks pretty much how we expected,” she...
BG to dedicate donor plaques for Wooster Green, and historical interpretive signs in city
The Wooster Green Steering Committee in cooperation with the City of Bowling Green, the Historic Preservation Commission, and the Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce announces the dedication of the donor plaques for Wooster Green and a ribbon cutting ceremony commemorating the placement of the historical markers, scheduled for Friday, Aug. 16, at 11 a.m., at the Wooster Green Gazebo.
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