Posted April 10, 200619 yr From the 4/9/06 Toledo Blade: PHOTO: East Toledoan Linda Hendricks, left, signs up for the Great American Clean Up effort with some aid from Juliana Sample, executive director of Keep Toledo/Lucas County Beautiful. ( THE BLADE/LORI KING ) PHOTO: Wanda Simmons holds on to a balloon as she watches her nephew, Freddie Middlebrooks, amuse himself blowing bubbles during the Toledo Pride event. ( THE BLADE/LORI KING ) Mayor sounds charge to show 'Toledo Pride' 100 attend kickoff event at Erie St. Market By ERICA BLAKE BLADE STAFF WRITER Mayor Carty Finkbeiner kicked off his Toledo Pride campaign yesterday, emphasizing "loyalty, pride, and tradition." About 100 people gathered at the Erie Street Market promenade, where old and new programs to stimulate loyalty and pride in the city were showcased. The mayor said pride and loyalty have been waning over the last few decades. Read More...
April 22, 200619 yr From the 4/21/06 Toledo Blade: Toledo Pride campaign to repaint fire hydrants Fire hydrants around Toledo will take on new, brighter colors and Mayor Carty Finkbeiner said he hopes to spark new, brighter attitudes among Toledo residents with a larger campaign that the fire hydrants will symbolize. Mr. Finkbeiner said the red and white fire hydrants are part of the new Toledo Pride campaign. He said all the roughly 12,000 hydrants will be painted as part of it. Mr. Finkbeiner said a new edition of the Model Block Program, which was part of his first terms in office, and a litter roundup will be part of the Toledo Pride campaign as well. Read More...
April 22, 200619 yr This is needed...Toledoans suffers from the Eeyore syndrome big time. Along with this I notice they are running commericals on how "Toledo is on the move" funded by the Toledo Blade. I assume these ads are some how related to this Toledo pride thing.
May 27, 200619 yr From the 5/26/06 Toledo Blade: Placement of signs touting Toledo begins Signs, signs, seemingly everywhere the signs — talking about Toledo, “a community with pride.” Mayor Carty Finkbeiner announced yesterday that work has begun to install new welcome signs at 52 “gateway” entrances and other locations throughout the city. “Welcome to Toledo, A Community With Pride” is the message on the signs, which are being placed at such border locations as eastbound Airport Highway at Holland-Sylvania Road in the west, northbound Detroit Avenue in the south, Jackman Road southbound from Michigan in the north, and on westbound Woodville Road in the east. Read More...
July 26, 200618 yr From the 7/25/06 Toledo Blade: PHOTO: Carty Finkbeiner talks with residents at Page and Locust. The city tore down a house on Locust earlier yesterday. ( THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH ) Mayor gives pep talk at model block event Program targets 24 north end blocks By TOM TROY BLADE STAFF WRITER Mayor Carty Finkbeiner mixed scolding with inspirational pep talk yesterday as he started a two-week "model block" effort in a 24-block area in North Toledo. As the third such effort of Mr. Finkbeiner's current term, city agencies concentrate efforts such as alley cleaning, tree trimming, police enforcement, and nuisance inspection to spruce up an area. The mayor directed pointed remarks toward a group of young black men who had joined other residents, city officials, and news reporters and photographers for the news conference in front of 1921 Locust St., which had been demolished earlier in the day. Read More...
October 1, 200618 yr From the 9/28/06 Toledo Blade: PHOTO: "Toledo Pride" sign installation. ( THE BLADE/ALLAN DETRICH ) TOLEDO SHOWS ITS PRIDE A new sign that will advertise 'Toledo Pride' when completed is attached to the pedestrian fencing on the Nebraska Avenue bridge over I-75. David Welch, commissioner of streets, bridges, and harbor, said the six-foot-tall message promotes Mayor Carty Finkbeiner's campaign to boost civic pride. He said the sign is similar to one that spans I-75 in Findlay. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060928/NEWS16/609280377/-1/RSS10 From the 9/30/06 Toledo Blade: PHOTO: Santiago Safety more vital than signs, Santiago says Candidate calls on Finkbeiner to boost police over city 'pride' Santiago By TOM TROY BLADE STAFF WRITER Taking issue with the mayor who helped her get appointed, interim at-large Toledo Councilman Lourdes Santiago called on the administration yesterday to turn its attention from "Toledo Pride" to neighborhood safety. Ms. Santiago, who is seeking to retain the seat in the Nov. 7 election, took aim at the tall, red letters on the Nebraska Avenue bridge over I-75 spelling out the two-word slogan the mayor has chosen for his administration. "I say no more signs. No more rah-rah until our citizens feel safe," she said. "Police presence in our neighborhoods must be increased." Ms. Santiago and other council members and council candidates have called on Mayor Carty Finkbeiner to hire more police officers in 2007 because of a recent spate of murders. Read More...
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