Hudsonville is known as "Michigan's Salad Bowl," due to its excellent soil for growing all manner of vegetables and early truck farming activities.  It is now recognized as being strategically centered in a strong economic growth area.  Hudsonville is the third largest city in Ottawa County and is attractive to many people because of its well-kept homes, good streets, accessibility to churches and schools and an abundance of parks. Its businesses are known for their friendly and excellent service. Hudsonville is a great place to live, to shop and to do business.  Today the population of Hudsonville is over 7000 and the city?s location, just off I-196 makes it minutes away from Holland or Grand Rapids.