Message from Mayor Kapszukiewicz
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This week, we announced a
plan
to address the crisis of our crumbling residential roads once and for all.
Under our plan, we will spend $40 million a year, every year, for ten years on residential road repair. To put that in perspective, this year we spent $4 million repairing residential roads. So under our proposal, we will be spending literally 10x more on residential roads than we did this year -- every year, for 10 years.
Put another way, in 2019 we were able to resurface 1.6 miles of residential roads. This initiative will allow us to resurface 72.8 miles of roads every year for ten years. That is an incredible 45-fold increase in the amount of residential roads that are repaired -- every year for 10 years. In a city with 1,100 miles of roads, this means that 720 miles of residential road construction will occur over the next 10 years.
This is substantial. This is historic. More importantly, this is essential if Toledo is going to be the city we all know it can be. This is the plan to fix our roads that the citizens demand and deserve.
Our plan makes other investments, too -- including adding a net of 100 additional police officers to our streets by 2023 and expanding programming for our youth -- but the primary achievement here will be fundamentally fixing our streets.
Importantly, when this appears on the ballot next March,
written into the ballot language will be the legal requirement that this new money for roads must be spent on roads
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Successful cities invest in themselves. This plan allows us to invest in our roads, invest in our infrastructure, invest in our safety, and invest in our children.
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Also this week, I would like to wish every Toledoan who served in the Armed Forces, a very happy Veterans Day.
Most of us will never know the sacrifice of leaving family for months or years to travel across the world to fight for and defend our country.
I am among the many grateful Americans who who wish they could reach out and thank each of you personally for your service.
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Canadian Automotive Supplier Bringing 250 New Jobs to Toledo
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A leading automotive supplier specializing in thermoplastic injection molding announced plans for a new manufacturing facility in Toledo.
Axiom Group Inc., with headquarters in Ontario, Canada, will open its first U.S. facility at Overland Industrial Park. The company expects to invest $20 million and create at least 250 new jobs. The project is contingent on incentive approvals from JobsOhio and the Ohio Tax Credit Authority.
“This is a major win for our city,” Mayor Kapszukiewicz said. “Axiom could have chosen to open its first U.S. facility anywhere, and they chose Toledo. We welcome these jobs and investment, and we look forward to working with Axiom to write the next great chapter of Toledo’s history together.”
Company officials highlighted the Toledo region’s skilled talent pool, excellent transportation system, and the proximity/central location in the North American automotive corridor as primary reasons for the decision to locate here.
“We are pleased to invest significant resources, capital, and technology within the United States of America,” said Perry Rizzo, President & CEO, Axiom Group. “We see investing in Toledo as a fantastic location for our latest facility and we are pleased with the government support and the ‘Open for Business’ attitude.”
The Overland property also positively influenced the site selection process because of the park’s professional development, vision, and location, Mr. Rizzo said. Axiom will be the fourth business to locate at Overland since remediation and redevelopment efforts began on the site more than a decade ago.
Construction is expected to begin soon with operations beginning in 2020.
“The Port Authority is excited to welcome Axiom to Overland Industrial Park,” said Thomas J. Winston, president and chief executive of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority. “With Axiom joining the other businesses at the site, we expect to have 1,400 jobs at Overland Industrial Park by the second half of 2020, thus realizing what we envisioned. Overland Industrial Park is not only a historic part of Toledo’s industrial past but has become the model of economic development in our region.”
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2019 Leaf Collection Program
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Access the interactive leaf collection map at
this link
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City crews collected 6,721 cubic yards of leaves collected during the first week, up from 6,495 cubic yards during the same period last year.
For the week of Nov. 11 – Nov. 16, leaf collection will occur in areas as follows (The following areas will receive two passes):
In 43615
- Elmer Dr. on the north, Reynolds Rd. on the east, Dorr St. on the south, western city limits on the west
- The northern city limits on the north, Richards Rd. on the east, Hill Ave. on the south, Reynolds Rd. on the west
- Dorr St. on the north, Reynolds Rd. on the east, Hill Ave. one the south, and western city limits on the west
- Hill Ave. one the north, Reynolds Rd. one the east, Airport Highway one the south, Holland-Sylvania Rd. one the west/western city limits
- Hill Ave. on the north, Fearing Blvd. on the east, along railroad tracks on the south/ Airport Highway, Reynolds Rd. on the west
In 43614
- Airport Highway on the north, Reynolds Rd. on the east, I-80 on the south, Holland-Sylvania Rd. one the west
- Airport Highway on the north, Eastgate Rd. on the west, I-80 on the south, Reynolds Rd. on the west
- Airport Highway on the north, Byrne Rd. on the east, Heatherdowns Blvd. on the south, Eastgate Rd. on the west
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New Winterfield Park Cricket Pitch
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A new cricket pitch was dedicated Friday afternoon at Winterfield Park, 4511 Hill Ave.
About six cricket leagues play in and around Toledo, including the University of Toledo’s club, and teams from Michigan and Indiana that come to Toledo to compete.
There has been only one place to play cricket in Toledo’s park system before installation of the new cricket pitch. A pitch was installed by the city at Beatty Park in the 1990s.
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The sports network ESPN has partnered with Toledo Local Initiatives Support Corporation to provide RePlay planning grants for four vacant spaces.
The grant money will be used to rehabilitate Navarre Park ($9,000), create baseball diamonds at the former Leverette School site ($10,000), construct basketball courts at the vacant lot across from Birmingham Elementary School ($7,500); and build a natural play space at Superior Park ($10,000).
NeighborWorks, the Police Athletic League, and the city of Toledo are working with additional community partners to increase access to greenspace and recreational programming in neighborhoods. RePlay is a national effort led by ESPN and LISC to revitalize vacant spaces into places for sports, recreation, and play.
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Forest Cemetery Planters Completed
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Students at Toledo Christian Schools have been painting city planters and refuse containers at Forest Cemetery and the Ottawa Park Ice Rink.
A great thanks to seniors Adrew Goeder, Sydney West, Mar Wrozak, Caleb Corriea, Lydia Fortune, and Olivia Bradley who volunteered their time for the city.
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The 2019 Blade Holiday Parade
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Don't miss out on the annual Blade Holiday Parade
10 a.m. to 12:30, Saturday, Nov. 16
, in downtown Toledo, sponsored by Monroe Superstore. Starting on corners of streets, bring the family down and enjoy giant balloons like Cookie Monster, Kung Fu Panda, Cheshire Cat, and Kermit the Frog. Local marching bands, clowns, horses, floats and much more will kick off the holiday season. Be sure to stay for the full parade as Santa will be making his debut for the holiday season!
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By The Numbers
(year to date)
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162,504
potholes filled
3,634,617
pounds of debris cleared from streets with street sweepers
6,162,231
pounds of debris cleared from alleys
222
water main breaks repaired
1,687,603
feet of sanitary sewers cleaned
46,243
feet of storm sewers cleaned
2,259
illegal signs removed
1,154
trees trimmed
8,735
building inspections
2,080
contractor licences
45,940
EMS runs
5,689
fire runs
6,721
cubic yards of leaves collected
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United Way of Greater Toledo
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The United Way of Greater Toledo invites you and your office to join them at an upcoming event:
United & Thankful
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On Friday, Nov. 22, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., more than 500 volunteers will assemble 3,000 weekend meal kits for local children in need.
Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away and this can be an incredibly difficult time for food-insecure children, who depend on breakfast or lunch meals they receive at school. We don’t want kids to go hungry over the long, weekend break. If you’re interested in helping out, or financially supporting, you can do so at
this link
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It was the fourth annual blood drive that the police and fire department hosted, sponsored by the American Red Cross.
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Toledo Police Academy cadets, instructors discuss what it truly takes to be an officer
The pressure can be hard to handle, especially for cadets in the Toledo Police Academy. With 31 weeks of full-time training getting them ready to serve and protect a city, it's not a career that everyone is cut out for. Toledo Police Academy cadets go through a lot of stress before they even get into the academy: a physical exam, a psychological test, and a written test.
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