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The town the Chamber works for.

Wadsworth sits in the southeast corner of Medina County, small-town quiet with a growing business community around it. Money Magazine named it one of the 25 Best Places for Affordable Homes in 2008.

A church and storefronts along a tree-lined downtown Wadsworth street
Wadsworth Ohio 1814 sign in front of a white church downtownThe red Wadsworth street clock, established 1814, on the downtown squareThe downtown gazebo on the squareA band playing under the downtown pavilion on a summer eveningThe downtown Wadsworth pavilion with its flame sculpturesA jazz saxophonist mural painted on a downtown Wadsworth buildingFlower beds and palm trees on the downtown squareA Wadsworth Fire Rescue EMS ladder truck flying the American flag
Crowds lining the downtown square for the Blue Tip Festival parade, seen from above

The Blue Tip Festival

In June, the festival takes over downtown for five days, named for the strike-anywhere matches manufactured here and rumored to have been Winston Churchill's favorite. The parade lights the giant match, and it stays lit until the rides come down.

5 daysof festival every June
20 ftBlue Tip match, lit all week
1 paradesaid to be among Ohio's longest

Entertainment

The Blue Sky Drive-In is one of the last drive-in theaters still running in Ohio. Downtown carries the summer concert series and the performing arts calendar at the historic O.J. Work Auditorium.

Shopping and dining

From the historic downtown's shops and boutiques to the Great Oaks and Wadsworth Crossings districts, Wadsworth mixes local specialty stores with regional and national names, and enough restaurants to keep any appetite busy.

Work here

Northeast Ohio location, a strong regional supply chain, skilled labor, and public and private support for businesses that want to grow. The Chamber's member businesses post their openings on the jobs board.

Around town soon

Browse the businesses that call Wadsworth home.

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