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Holiday Well Wishes 2023
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As the year 2023 draws to a close, we want to thank all those who continue to support the Chapter -- be it sponsors, members, event participants, dealers, or Board members.
We look forward to 2024 as a year with new and renewed events for our members. There are already things in planning!
May you enjoy the holidays with your family and friends and look forward to the New Year.
Happy Holidays from Northern Ohio Chapter!
Origins of Northern Ohio Chapter
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When early BMW Car Club of America members joined the national organization in the mid-1970s, they became members of a local entity which was rather unique at the time. While most chapters were located around metropolitan areas, Ohio had one of the first—if not the first—statewide chapter, Buckeye.
After attending meetings and events in the Columbus area for a time, our lifetime member John Franklin contacted members in Cleveland, Akron, and other northeastern Ohio areas and created the Cleveland/Akron Area to have more localized events and management. At approximately the same time, members in the Cincinnati region also organized regionally as an Area within Buckeye.
Cleveland/Akron monthly meetings initially were held at the Franklin home and later in area restaurants. To pull members from Cleveland’s western suburbs, later meetings were held at the Elegant Hog—the current location of the Windham Hotel.
In the early 1980s, the Columbus Area turned over management of Buckeye Chapter to the Cleveland/Akron Area. In the late 1980s-early 1990s, the Cincinnati Area became the managing force for Buckeye.
After Buckeye Chapter hosted their first BMWCCA OktoberFest, members of the Cleveland/Akron Area requested secession from Buckeye Chapter. The intention was to concentrate activities and governance in a more localized area, believing this would better serve local members. This request for secession was one of the first of its type for the national organization.
In late fall 1991 with agreement from the remaining Areas of Buckeye Chapter, Northern Ohio Chapter was formed, encompassing Ohio postal zip codes from 44000 to 44999, which corresponds to the northeastern quadrant of the state. The general territorial area covers from Castalia-Sandusky to Galion-Mansfield to Dover-New Philadelphia over to the Pennsylvania border and northward to the shores of Lake Erie.