During a special meeting Thursday evening, Bowling Green City Council voted to annex 131 acres on the north end of the city and change the zoning there from agricultural to industrial zoning.
The goal is to have acreage “shovel-ready” for prospective industrial developers.
Bowling Green Economic Development Director Kati Thompson explained that interested parties have been eyeing the acreage for development. Acting on the annexation and zoning change now will allow the city to respond faster to interest.
The acreage, currently in Center Township at the southeast corner of Ohio 25 and Nims Road, sits behind two existing businesses. The 131 acres are owned by Maurer Family Farms, which requested annexation to the city. The property has frontage on Route 25 and stretches back past the CSX railroad tracks.
