May 25, 200718 yr Link contains a photo. From the 2/16/07 Blade: Area home prices off 7% in year Drop is twice national rate; houses fetch less than in '04 Home sale prices dropped 7 percent last year in the Toledo area - twice as much as the decline nationwide - and they are lower than they were three years ago, a new study shows. The median selling price of existing houses in northwest Ohio was $104,800 at the end of 2006, down from $112,700 a year earlier and $113,500 two years earlier, according to the National Association of Realtors. The trade group said yesterday that selling prices nationally fell 3 percent at the end of last year, to $219,300, with prices dropping in more than half of the metropolitan areas in 40 states for the final three months of 2006. The local drop seems to run counter to local real estate experts' statements that the market seldom goes up or down by much. MORE: http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070216/BUSINESS05/702160356/-1/RSS04
May 25, 200718 yr From the 3/2/07 Blade: U.S. study finds home sale prices lag in Michigan, region BLADE STAFF Michigan was the only state in the nation to have a drop in home-sale prices from the end of 2005 to the end of 2006, and the city of Monroe had the fourth-worst drop among 282 metro areas in the nation, a study released yesterday shows. Ohio didn't fare much better, and 10 Michigan and Ohio cities were among the 20 worst-performing metro areas nationwide, according to the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight. Toledo, ranked No. 255 among metro areas, had a price growth of 0.04 percent for the year. MORE: http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070302/BUSINESS05/703020346/-1/RSS04
May 25, 200718 yr Link contains a photo. From the 4/15/07 Blade: GRAPHIC: New single-family developments in the Toledo area Area home-building slows to a crawl By GARY T. PAKULSKI BLADE BUSINESS WRITER Remodeler Dennis Wolke's bids are usually close to the money. So when a competitor's estimate for a basement-finishing job came in a third lower recently, it didn't take Mr. Wolke long to figure out why. "It was a home builder out looking for work," recalled the co-owner of Wesson Builders on West Laskey Road. It is just part of the fallout of a housing construction market that continues to slump. Housing starts slipped 37 percent in the Toledo area in the first quarter to 223 from 356 at the same time last year, according to figures provided by officials who issue building permits in Lucas, Wood, Fulton, and Ottawa counties as well as in Bedford Township. Some of the steepest drops were in Lucas County, including fast-growing Sylvania and Monclova townships, where the decline in residential permits was 42 percent. Although home construction is typically slow in the city of Toledo, it was up three houses to 16 through March 31. MORE: http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070415/BUSINESS03/704140334/-1/RSS04
May 25, 200718 yr From the 5/16/07 Blade: REAL ESTATE Median price for home in area up 1.1% in quarter Gain outpaces that for nation overall By GARY T. PAKULSKI BLADE BUSINESS WRITER The cost of a mid-priced or median home in northwest Ohio - meaning that an equal number is priced higher and lower - rose 1.1 percent to $104,100 in the first quarter, the National Association of Realtors said yesterday. That is lower than the 2006 figure of $110,000, but prices in the winter are typically lower than at other times of the year because fewer people are looking for homes, according to real estate experts. A mid-priced home in northwest Ohio sold for $103,000 in the first quarter of 2006. Mid-priced condos, which are counted separately, slipped 1 percent locally to $140,000 in the first quarter. Toledo is among the least expensive housing markets in the nation, with the 14th cheapest prices in 2006, according to the Realtors organization. Prices slipped 6 percent last year. Prices nationally rose 1 percent in 2006. MORE: http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070516/BUSINESS05/705160396/-1/RSS13
May 25, 200718 yr And you can have it. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 8, 200718 yr From the 2/27/07 Blade: Bartley Lofts developers buy 4 units to remove lien By TOM TROY BLADE STAFF WRITER Developers of Bartley Lofts, one of the most visible of downtown Toledo's loft condominium and apartment projects, have had to buy four units to pay off a construction contractor and get a lien removed. Joseph Swolsky and Bob Gersten, partners in Bartley Lofts Investors LLC, which converted the seven-story warehouse at 745 Washington St. into a residential building, each bought two units for a total of just under $1 million in January. MORE: http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070227/NEWS16/702270355/-1/RSS10
June 12, 200718 yr From the 6/9/07 Blade: Finkbeiner opposes permits for school site Mayor vetoes zoning for 2 charter facilities By TOM TROY BLADE STAFF WRITER Mayor Carty Finkbeiner yesterday vetoed the special-use permits granted to two proposed downtown charter schools, saying the sites are inappropriate. The veto drew strong opposition from the developer of one of the sites, the former Zenobia Shrine building at 1517 Madison Ave. The Maritime Academy of Toledo is seeking a permit for a building at 1000 Monroe St. and Imagine Schools, based in Arlington, Va., is seeking a permit for the Shrine building. City Council approved both zoning permits May 29, each by an 8-4 vote, one vote short of the nine needed to override a veto. Mr. Finkbeiner said putting schools at the two locations would conflict with the Toledo 20/20 Comprehensive Plan, which requires the area to be a mixed-use zone with an emphasis on entertainment. The two sites are better suited for businesses or offices that would not be exempt from property taxes, the mayor's memo to council said. More at http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070609/NEWS16/706090380/-1/RSS10
June 15, 200717 yr From the 6/14/07 Blade: PHOTO: Sarkis David, who owns a sub shop and deli across the street from the Hotel Royal, is a supporter of the hostel project. ( THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT ) PHOTO: An artist's conception of what the hostel would look like. Toledo hostel slowed, not stopped by lack of funding By JC REINDL BLADE STAFF WRITER Bolted to the long vacant Hotel Royal near downtown Toledo, a weathered pair of signs with faded red lettering announce the future site of a travelers' hostel. The signs are now seven years old, and the grimy brick building with boarded-up windows at 337 Broadway still looks more like a rundown flophouse than a bright and cheery welcome lodge. After a much publicized beginning in the late 1990s, the project to transform the old hotel into the Toledo International Hostel/Guesthouse has been experiencing a slowdown. The hostel had missed anticipated opening dates since its 2000 ribbon-cutting because much of the money its supporters were anticipating never materialized, said Jerry Gill, president of the Toledo International Hostel/Guesthouse Corp., a nonprofit group that has been coordinating the project and raising funds. Yet the project has not been at a complete standstill, and proponents say it continues to inch forward. The all-ages hostel is to have 40 beds at rates starting around $20, and also would offer a four-bedroom guesthouse. More at http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070614/NEWS16/706140353/-1/RSS10
June 16, 200717 yr Church growth objected Toledo Free Press, 6/15/07 Depending on who you ask, the proposed massive expansion of the Monclova Road Baptist Church is either a big positive or a big negative for the township. Pastor Russ Merrin said his growing church has simply run out of space and that is why they plan to build a new facility on the corner of Monclova Road and Coder Road that will have a K-12 school, a football and soccer field, an amphitheater, a chapel, a day care, a swimming pool and an 800-space parking lot. The complex will also have a rose garden for weddings, a walking path and probably a pond or small lake with waterfalls. The new facility would be about a quarter mile from the church's existing location on Monclova Road, so Merrin said he doesn't see why neighbors think there will be so much more traffic in the area. He also said that if the church didn't build there, the land would probably become a new housing subdivision, which would create traffic and noise of its own.
June 19, 200717 yr http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070619/NEWS16/70619001/-1/NEWS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Article published June 19, 2007 Part of Jeep’s history falls with smokestacks By GARY T. PAKULSKI BLADE BUSINESS WRITER As a huge wrecking ball bit a hunk from a smokestack at the historic Jeep plant in Toledo yesterday morning, 84-year-old Madeline Larberg Drozdowicz felt sadness. Her father once owned a vehicle made there by the Willys-Overland Co. auto empire, which put Toledo on the car-manufacturing map in the early 20th century. For more information, click above link. Contact Gary Pakulski at: [email protected] or 419-724-6082.
June 19, 200717 yr boooo! glad they kept the "overland" stack tho, i cant imagine that not being there. its so toledo.
June 22, 200717 yr From the 6/22/07 Toledo Free Press: New low-income senior housing to open By Chase Purdy Toledo Free Press Staff Writer [email protected] As Toledo demand for low-income senior housing rises, the new Keygate Manor housing community plans to open its doors in about a month. The Harvest Management Group run project has accepted residency applications as of June 18, and will continue through June 29. The 59-unit building is a non-profit project that boasts a modern look with modern amenities, said Linda Lee, manager of Keygate Manor. The building was designed for the elderly and contains a library, multi-purpose room, exercise room and a community room with a large television. In addition, the two story building also includes an elevator and handicapped accessible rooming. Although all 59 units are currently available, Knapper anticipates the building to fill quickly, which is common with these types of projects, she said. More at http://toledofreepress.com/?id=5800
June 23, 200717 yr what a shame, those structures are so elegant, and so old world. An eyesore? what ever. That is a very beautiful building, even if it is rundown and boarded up.
June 26, 200717 yr From the 6/25/07 Blade: PHOTO: Carmen Ramirez says Central Catholic's efforts to buy homes in her neighborhood have driven down property values. ( THE BLADE/ANDY MORRISON ) GRAPHIC: High school expansion Central Catholic's expansion plan upsets property owners Firm trying to buy up land for athletic fields By TOM TROY BLADE STAFF WRITER Central Catholic High School's effort to expand its campus with two new practice fields is generating friction with the property owners who are being asked to move out. Carmen Ramirez, 72, of 129 East Delaware Ave. and George Blevins, 44, of 132 Palmer St. say the school's effort to acquire homes in their neighborhood has driven down their property values. The company in charge of land acquisition for the school sees the complaints as a negotiating tactic. Mr. Blevins says he is furious about Central's encroachment into the neighborhood and its designs on the house he has owned since 1995. He says he puts up with noise, construction, and litter from the football stadium that went up across his street in 1998. Now he looks at the rear of large new spectator stands that back up to Walnut Street and are the newest addition to the high school's athletic complex. More at http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070625/NEWS16/706250332/-1/RSS10
June 28, 200717 yr From the 6/27/07 Blade: 'Other Dorr St.' talks seek renewal strategy By CLYDE HUGHES BLADE STAFF WRITER One could call the stretch of Dorr Street from downtown Toledo to Parkside Boulevard "the Other Dorr Street." Residents and business owners of "the Other Dorr Street" will gather at a town hall meeting at 6:30 tonight at Mount Pilgrim Church, 1401 Hoag St., to develop ways to bring the same attention and capital to that area as the proposed Dorr Street Corridor adjacent to the University of Toledo receives. "The Other Dorr" is still remembered by central-city residents as a haven for nearly 70 African-American businesses until they were demolished during the urban renewal movement in the mid-1970s. Today, the Rev. Raymond Bishop, pastor at Mount Pilgrim, said the area has been forgotten as money flows to the Dorr Street Corridor, downtown, and the Marina District in East Toledo. Full story at http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070627/NEWS16/706270390/-1/RSS10
July 7, 200717 yr From the 7/6/07 Blade: Toledo water supply problems hold up Lost Peninsula development By BENJAMIN ALEXANDER-BLOCH BLADE STAFF WRITER ERIE - The development of 360 condominiums along the Lost Peninsula Marina is being held up while developers seek to boost the water supply from the city of Toledo. The peninsula is in Erie Township, just north of the Ohio-Michigan line, and the only way to access it by land is through Toledo. Bloomfield Township resident Mel Belovich and Chris Connolly already own about 550 docks along their parcel's 2.5 miles of exterior and interior water frontage. They are completing the final touches on their $2.5 million upgrade that includes a new 6,500-square-foot clubhouse, 2,000-square-foot pool, hot tub, paved roads, and landscaping. More at http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070706/NEIGHBORS05/707050363
July 15, 200717 yr I have seen some new signs this weekend on the interstates. The signs i noticed said shoulders for use for authorized buses only. Is this 24 hours a day or only during rush hours? I know they have them in Boston but they can't use them unless the speed is under 35 mph. Another sign i saw while stuck on I-75 was about legal ways to change lanes in front of trucks. It gives a graphical illustration.
July 16, 200717 yr Zenobia renovations to delay charter school's move-in plans Toledo Blade, 7/5/07 The controversy stirred up last month over plans for a charter school company to take over and run a school at the former home of the Zenobia Shrine since 1949 seems to have been for nothing - at least until next year. Imagine Schools of Arlington, Va., had planned to open The Magnet School of Math, Science, and Technology at the Shriners former building but will instead occupy the closed St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic school at 1030 Clay Avenue. City Council last month voted 9-2 to override Mayor Carty Finkbeiner's veto to allow Imagine Schools to buy 1517 Madison Ave. and convert it to a charter school. Shriners said they had lost members and no longer could afford to maintain the building. The permit initially passed, 8-4, one vote short of a veto-proof majority.
July 18, 200717 yr County plan panel objects to church's bid for expansion Toledo Blade, 6/28/07 The Lucas County Plan Commission yesterday recommended rejection of a zoning permit request for the expansion of Monclova Road Baptist Church, citing concerns of potential negative impacts on the church's neighbors. The 4-3 vote denying the church's request is nonbinding, and the Monclova Township Zoning Commission and the township's trustees will make the final decision. Lucas County Commissioner Ben Konop, who voted against the request, said the church's ambitious plans for growth don't seem to fit into the community. Part of the proposed expansion includes a 2,200-seat chapel, multiple athletic fields, an amphitheater, housing for missionaries, and more than 600 parking spaces, which Mr. Konop said could create traffic, lighting, and noise concerns.
July 18, 200717 yr Sylvania Township trustees eye fire protection overhaul Toledo Blade, 7/6/07 Construction of three new Sylvania Township fire stations and renovation of an existing station could cost about $8.3 million, based on preliminary estimates. Township trustees, who are studying concept plans and construction costs, have made no decisions on whether to proceed with the projects. The department's four stations are located at 6633 Monroe St., Station No. 1; 6448 Central Ave., Station No. 2; 5501 Monroe St., Station No. 3, and 8210 Sylvania Ave., Station No. 4. Proposed plans call for stations one, two, and three to be demolished and replaced with new buildings. Station four would be renovated and converted into the fire department's headquarters. Station One now serves as the department's headquarters.
July 19, 200717 yr From the 6/28/07 Blade: GRAPHIC: Future business strip OREGON Oregon council approves rezoning By ERIKA RAY BLADE STAFF WRITER Several office buildings along with a strip center could be coming to Oregon. Oregon City Council voted unanimously on Monday to rezone a portion of four properties off Navarre Avenue for the proposed development, which could include a coffee shop, a corporate-owned game store, and a corporate-owned hair salon. The action came almost a month after councilmen asked at a May 29 public hearing for the design to be tweaked to minimize impact on neighboring residents. Councilman Mike Sheehy said at the time he wanted buffers "to separate and ensure that the quality of life remains for the people in those communities." http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070628/NEIGHBORS02/706270384
July 19, 200717 yr At least they're keeping this GREAT contract local! City firm hired to build downtown parking lot July 19, 2007 | TOLEDO BLADE Miller Brothers Construction of Toledo was awarded a contract for $257,900 to build a parking lot next to the Source building yesterday during a special meeting of the Lucas County commissioners. The parking lot, located next to the building at 1301 Monroe St., is being created for Owens Community College students and staff who will go to the Source for classes beginning this fall.
August 15, 200717 yr New structure on Lourdes College campus begins taking shape Tradition built into technology at Sylvania campus BY MEGHAN GILBERT | TOLEDO BLADE August 15, 2007 To construct its first new campus building in more than four decades, Lourdes College aimed to integrate Franciscan tradition with modern design and technology. The building is the first to be built by the college itself rather than by the Franciscan nuns who founded Lourdes in 1957. So they asked a Franciscan nun and adjunct art instructor to create a mural displaying the spirit of the school. Sister Jane Mary Sorosiak - who has created ceramic murals across campus and elsewhere in Ohio, Texas, California, New York, and soon Minnesota - chose an image of St. Francis of Assisi, with his arms open in an ancient prayer pose welcoming students. The mural, an 18-by-20-foot visual display of the prayer, features the phrase, "Lord make me a means of your peace" across the top, and other elements of the prayer along the sides. An unveiling and blessing ceremony will begin at 11:30 a.m. today for the mural, which graces the eastern wall of the new 38,000-square-foot building now under construction. The building will comprise McAlear Hall with eight classrooms and six offices, and Delp Hall that will contain a student lounge, computer labs, and learning/study center.
September 4, 200717 yr Partners have big plans for a dusty gem Multicultural center would fill rehab site BY JC REINDL | TOLEDO BLADE September 4, 2007 Toledo has a fair share of coffee shops, book stores, art galleries, catering halls, and conference spaces. Rarely, however, can they all be found under one roof. For Felissa Parker-Green, 46, a West Toledo building that's presently boarded up though still architecturally beautiful has the potential to house all of these amenities - and become a beacon of cultural enlightenment. Mrs. Parker-Green and a team of four partners are aiming to have 1688 West Bancroft St. transformed by spring into a bustling multicultural center that they plan to name The Trunk. The Trunk will also "resurrect" the former Tilmann Gallery, once one of Toledo's few black-owned galleries, which Ms. Johnson operated before it closed in the mid-1990s. Both women said they envision the new gallery as an exhibition space for visual arts, performing arts, and the written and spoken word.
October 31, 200717 yr Ohio EPA reinstates permit changes for FDS coke plant on Maumee Bay Article published October 31, 2007 By TOM HENRY, BLADE STAFF WRITER The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency yesterday reinstated several of the major 2005 permit modifications that a state panel stripped away from FDS Coke Plant LLC in June, including one that attempts to cap the proposed coking facility's mercury emissions at 51 pounds a year. Mercury is the most contentious pollutant of the proposed facility, now part of an $800 million project to include a co-generation power plant on 51 acres owned by the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority. The site is along Lake Erie's Maumee Bay, where East Toledo and Oregon meet. The project is expected to generate up to 150 permanent jobs, plus hundreds of temporary construction jobs. Full article: http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071031/NEWS17/710310412/-1/NEWS
November 11, 200717 yr http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071111/NEWS16/711110305/-1/NEWS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interesting follow-up to a story from over two years ago. Article published November 11, 2007 New woes could hurt revival of downtown Toledo Shop owner copes with frustrations By TOM TROY BLADE STAFF WRITER Downtown's a tough sell. The money troubles at CitiFest, Erie Street Market, and the COSI science museum underscore the point. Monisola Fatinikun knows that as well. Mrs. Fatinikun is debating whether to plunge an additional $10,000 into her downtown grocery, Monat Market, to start offering prepared international foods for carryout... Contact Tom Troy at: [email protected] or 419-724-6058.
May 22, 200817 yr 1st ferry to use Toledo marine terminal departs Friday The first ferry to use the new Toledo Maritime Terminal is scheduled to dock Friday morning for a chartered round trip to Put-in-Bay, Ohio. While most seats aboard the Jet Express high-speed catamaran will be awarded to contestants in promotions sponsored by local radio stations WVKS-FM and WIOT-FM, about 100 tickets will be available for sale to the general public for a $55 fare, said Tom Brady, a spokesman for Put-in-Bay Boat Line Co. The charter is scheduled to leave at 9:30 a.m. and return at 7:30 p.m., with a travel time of about 80 minutes each way, Mr. Brady said. MORE: http://www.toledoblade.com/article/20080526/NEWS11/805260342
June 6, 200817 yr Article published Thursday, June 5, 2008 Lucas County gets state grant to rebuild block in downtown By ALEX M. PARKER BLADE STAFF WRITER Lucas County has received a $750,000 grant from the state of Ohio to rehab a block in downtown Toledo, which includes the century-old Pythian Castle and the Greyhound Bus Terminal. The grant - which will be given to the county even though application was made by the Lucas County Improvement Corp. - will be used for land acquisition along the 800 block of Jefferson Avenue between Ontario and Michigan streets. County officials wouldn't comment on specifics of the project, but said they hope to turn the land over to private developers to rebuild the block with a 10,000-square-foot office building. The project is expected to revitalize the long-vacant Pythian Castle. MORE AT: http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080605/NEWS33/806050384/-1/NEWS
July 17, 200816 yr DOWNTOWN TOLEDO Deal: First Ohio White Tower, take-out only, $1 Diner must make way for YWCA plans Article published June 30, 2008 By JC REINDL, BLADE STAFF WRITER The first and arguably the last official White Tower restaurant in Ohio has been put up for sale for $1, or less than the price of its famed ButterBURGER. The catch, though, is that whoever buys the tiny 1929 diner must also pay to remove and somehow transport it from the downtown Toledo corner of 10th Street and Jefferson Avenue. Such is the deal now being promoted by the YWCA of Greater Toledo, which has long owned the diner property and needs the land cleared for its planned $10.1 million expansion project of new living units for battered women and low-income mothers and children. MORE: http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080630/NEWS16/290876795
August 11, 200816 yr Article published August 10, 2008 Toledo primed for revitalization, but key components still missing By MATTHEW EISEN BLADE STAFF WRITER Bob Seyfang sees his neighborhood brimming with people on the sidewalks moving in and out of specialty boutiques, dining at outdoor bistros, and shopping at local hardware and grocery stores. MORE: http://www.toledoblade.com/article/20080810/NEWS16/33226367 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 22, 200816 yr Dana sells headquarters, will relocate to Maumee Health Care REIT buys Dorr St. site By JON CHAVEZ BLADE BUSINESS WRITER In a stunning development, a little-known downtown Toledo firm that invests in health-care facilities plans to buy the 160-acre campus of Dana Holding Corp., which means the automotive-parts supplier will move its global base to the suburb of Maumee. The announcement yesterday, which will open space in a premier riverfront office building that is trying to find tenants, means Health Care REIT Inc. will push Dana out of Toledo after 80 years. Dana Holding Corp. has been headquartered in Toledo for 80 years, on Dorr Street since 1970. More at: http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artikkel?Avis=TO&Dato=20080822&Kategori=BUSINESS03&Lopenr=106232150&Ref=AR
August 31, 200816 yr i only just noticed this news but i love the idea of turning the old hotel royal into a hostel. is there any movement on that? the bg hostel was excellent and i was sorry to hear it had closed.
September 21, 200816 yr Developer buys diner for return to downtown oasis; joint to flip sites for new operation Article published September 18, 2008 By JC REINDL BLADE STAFF WRITER That neon-lit era of 24-hour diners and the 3 a.m. ButterBURGER could soon return to downtown Toledo. The White Tower diner at Jefferson Avenue and 10th Street, the first and last official outpost in the state of the restaurant chain, has a new owner who plans to dismantle, rebuild, and reopen it as an all-hours burger joint under the White Tower name. Bruce Rumpf, owner of Rumpf Development Corp. and the Job 1 USA staffing agency, bought the closed 1929 diner for $1 from the YWCA of Greater Toledo in a sale announced yesterday. MORE: http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080918/NEWS16/809189983
November 1, 200816 yr Article published October 30, 2008 Report to endorse intermodal focus on South Toledo Changes urged at airport and port By DAVID PATCH BLADE STAFF WRITER The existing Norfolk Southern intermodal terminal in South Toledo should become the focus of a concerted local effort to expand freight warehousing and logistics activities in the Toledo area, recommends a special task-force report to be released at a news conference today. MORE: http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081030/NEWS16/810300390/-1/NEWS
November 8, 200816 yr 2 city projects OK'd by plan commission http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081107/NEWS16/811070386 The Toledo Plan Commission yesterday gave a green light to two controversial projects: a new building for the United Way of Greater Toledo downtown and a proposed auto salvage yard in South Toledo. The United Way announced in August it planned to build a smaller headquarters and demolish its current home at 1 Stranahan Square. Yesterday's approval only allows the agency to proceed with plans for the new structure. It must go before the commission again before going forward with demolition. Bill Kitson, president and chief executive officer of United Way, said he was pleased with the commission's decision. The Pull-A-Part salvage yard, which would be at 310 and 400 South Westwood Ave., still must go before Toledo City Council's planning and zoning committee next month. Several dozen neighbors opposing Pull-A-Part wore T-shirts to yesterday's meeting with the message "No junkyard."
November 16, 200816 yr Lucas County receives $5 million state grant for East Toledo site http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081113/NEWS16/811130232 Lucas County has received a $5 million grant from the state to develop a former East Toledo refinery site, according to the Ohio Department of Development. The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, which bought the 181-acres in May, hopes to use the grant to help with its plan to turn the land, formerly owned by Chevron Corp., into a working cargo terminal and manufacturing center for alternative energy companies. The grant is part of the Ohio Department of Development’s Job Ready Sites program.
December 5, 200816 yr $25,000 grant to help build YMCA near Start http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081115/NEWS16/811140222 The West Toledo branch of the YMCA of Greater Toledo has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trusts, administered by Fifth Third Bank. The grant will help the YMCA build a new West Toledo branch next to the new Start High School. The building, which will include a walkway to the high school, will be the first new YMCA built in the city in more than 50 years. YMCA officials expect the 60,000-square-foot branch to serve about 15,000 members a year. Mr. Schmidlapp was a former Fifth Third president who established the trust in 1919 to make charitable contributions after his death.
December 21, 200816 yr State funds approved for Toledo Port project The Ohio Controlling Board yesterday approved $5 million in assistance for a project near Midwest Terminals, at the Port of Toledo. The state fund providing the money is set up to make potential manufacturing sites more attractive to prospective tenants to improve and develop an area. Improvements at the site include removal of underwater structures, dredging along the dock face, creating at least 520 feet of dock face, creating at least 19 acres of dock and rail shipping space, and construction of at least 7,200 feet of rail line with eight switches on the project site. MORE: http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081216/BUSINESS03/812160275/-1/BUSINESS
January 7, 200916 yr PUBLIC HOUSING Work under way on 1st LMHA site in over 25 years Article published December 29, 2008 By KATE GIAMMARISE, BLADE STAFF WRITER It doesn't look like much now - just a hole in the ground - but the lots at 6020 and 6030 Kincora Drive soon will be home to the first new public housing in Toledo in more than 25 years. The Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority has started building what will be two three-unit buildings to be called the Houck Townhomes, named after former LMHA Board Chairman Robert Houck. It will be the first new public housing LMHA has built in Toledo since Ashley Arms opened in 1981. MORE: http://www.toledoblade.com/article/20081229/NEWS16/812290303
January 18, 200916 yr Finkbeiner bullish on Toledo's prospects for development Mayor's critics see lack of progress Article published December 28, 2008 By TOM TROY, BLADE POLITICS WRITER As he enters the final year of his term, facing a job-killing recession and a recall-petition drive, Mayor Carty Finkbeiner is pushing hard to convince critics that there is more to Toledo's economic revitalization than meets the eye. Critics point to the lack of progress citywide on initiatives the mayor ran on three years ago - restoring Southwyck Shopping Center, completing the Marina District project, and addressing the city's high unemployment rate. But as 2008 comes to a close, Mr. Finkbeiner remains upbeat, putting a positive spin on his economic development record. Some of his confidence stems from the successful effort this year - of which he gets part of the credit - in keeping HCR ManorCare in downtown Toledo. A $32.1 million incentive package backed by the state, the city, the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, and Lucas County helped retain 716 jobs and add 46, along with a $21.5 million investment in the national company's 333 North Summit St. headquarters. Another source of pride for Toledo is the rapidly moving construction of the Lucas County multipurpose arena. The project, overseen by the Lucas County commissioners, is expected to produce economic spin-offs for hotels and restaurants. MORE: http://www.toledoblade.com/article/20081228/NEWS16/812280312
January 18, 200916 yr Toledo making strides, mayor says His annual talk cites alternative energy Article published January 06, 2009 By IGNAZIO MESSINA, BLADE STAFF WRITER Although 2008 was a challenging year, Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner in his State of the City speech Monday proclaimed that the city is transforming itself and making strides against the job-killing recession with innovation in alternative energy. "Toledo [is] recognized today as one of the world's top producers and researchers of clean, green, renewable alternative energy," Mr. Finkbeiner said to members of the Toledo Rotary Club and the Toledo business community in the ballroom of the Park Inn hotel downtown. Mr. Finkbeiner said Toledo has become one of the nation's most progressive and innovative solar-energy centers. In his speech, "Transforming Toledo Together!" the mayor cited excerpts of reports from ABC, CNN, and the Wall Street Journal detailing the growth of solar energy businesses in the city and region. MORE: http://www.toledoblade.com/article/20090106/NEWS16/901060354
March 9, 200916 yr To add on, I was told it was basically torn down in the middle of the night under the influence of the sheriff to keep Toledo from having any riots.
March 9, 200916 yr The actual demolition may have taken longer, but the fact that it is empty reveals that it wasn't traditional urban renewal - rather than being filled with crappy urban renewal bldgs. It wouldn't surprise me, if there were demos quickly, it would have centered on Dorr and Detroit and worked their way outward.
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