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As part of the partnership agreement, the National Guard uses the community center as a training facility. For one weekend each month, one of the gymnasiums is reserved exclusively for the Guard. Wood Lane also has its own gymnasium, which can be rented by the public when not in use.
"[The partnership is] a great way to save money," says Parks and Recreation Director Michelle Grigore, "and to allow the public to use the armory when the Guard's really not here."
The groundbreaking ceremony for the community center was held in the summer of 2001. Construction of the center cost approximately $10 million, with $4 million from both the City of Bowling Green and the Ohio Army National Guard and with $2 million from Wood Lane.
"The real reason that we're in this business," admits Grigore, "is to try to help people put more life in their years."
