Bowling Green Convention and Visitors Bureau executive director Wendy Stram unveiled the city’s plan of events for the holiday season at last night’s city council meeting.
The bureau invites students and residents to celebrate with them on the weekends throughout the month during Downtown Holly-Days. Bureau Executive Director Wendy Stram announced the events for the holiday season.
‘This year, we’ve decided to do something different,’ Stram said. ‘Instead of only having a weekend of Holiday festivities, we’re going to extend it to a month-long series of holiday-themed events.’
Kicking off the holiday season is the Community Tree Lighting Ceremony at the Library, where Mayor Quinn will light the Christmas tree. There will also be horse drawn wagon rides, carols and tasty treats for free at 7 p.m.
This Saturday, the Chamber of Commerce Holiday Parade will be taking place downtown at 10 a.m. Saturday Nov. 27 and Nov. 28, Stram said.
Saturday, Dec. 5 from noon to 4 p.m. students and families can come support the United Way of Wood County by taking photos with Santa Claus. Pets are welcome to come have their picture taken with Santa, too, Stram said.
Saturday, Dec. 12 at 1 p.m. the Community Holiday concert will take place at the Cla-Zel theater for free, but a donation for the BG Food Pantry or Flower Basket Toy Drive is requested.
Saturday, Dec. 19 stories with Santa will be free at the Library starting at 10:30 a.m. Stram said residents can take the Holiday Craft Crawl from noon to 4 p.m. at locations around downtown, with fun crafts and activities for the whole family. Free horse-drawn wagon rides will take place from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on South Main Street in front of Ben Franklin.
Finally, Stram said people can bring their cameras to one, or all of the interactive holiday photo scenes starting Nov. 27.
For details on dates and locations, visit www.downtownbgohio.org, or contact the Bowling Green Convention and Visitors Bureau 1-800-866-0046.
Also during the meeting, the dates for the city’s budget hearings were announced at the meeting and will be held at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 30 and Dec. 1.
The city administration had previously given city council many suggestions and recommendations about what to do next regarding the failure of the proposed tax levy.
Mayor John Quinn gave a proclamation regarding the Bowling Green Community Foundation. Nov. 12-18 will now be recognized as the Bowling Green Community Foundation week.
The Community Foundation was established in 1994 by the first leadership BG class and started awarding students scholarships by 1997. Over the last 16 years, the Community Foundation has given away 225 grants to over 123 companies and donated approximately $187,000 to the City.’
