Message from Mayor Kapszukiewicz |
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This week was bookended with great news for Toledo.
It was an absolute pleasure last weekend to help kickoff the first city baseball league for children in nearly 30 years. Saturday was opening day at Scott Park for the league that includes 100 children in kindergarten through sixth grades. They will play on ball diamonds throughout the city this summer.
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We have planned this league for many months, including a glove drive for which hundreds of Toledoans generously donated. The league is not part of the programming we planned in conjunction with American Rescue Plan funding, but I am happy to say that it will fit seamlessly into our plan for the myriad positive activities for young Toledans I recently announced. A list of activities will be posted very soon at toledo.oh.gov/summer, and in a special section of The Blade, showing parents how to sign their children up for the different activities.
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Yesterday, the Lucas County Commissioners and I announced a joint Toledo-Lucas County Rental Assistance Program that will help renters impacted by COVID-19 for up to 12 months. |
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Almost exactly one year ago, Toledo launched the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Fund, which provided stable housing for 700 income-eligible households in Toledo. Now, through this new partnership with Lucas County, we are launching a second round of assistance for income-eligible renters with a county-wide program to help residents of Toledo and all of Lucas County.
COVID-19 has caused unprecedented job loss and income reduction and I am thrilled that the city and the county have partnered to address the challenge of housing with this new, federally-funded program. Since the federal eviction moratorium expired, housing displacement is a great concern in our community. Without rental assistance, housing stability for the most vulnerable residents in Toledo and Lucas County is in jeopardy.
Applications will only be accepted online. The portal is open for landlords only through May 27. Tenants may apply starting May 28. Great thanks to our partners on this program: NeighborWorks Toledo Region, Lutheran Social Services, and Pathway.
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I accompanied my 14-year-old-son Will to get his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine yesterday. It was easy and he was relieved to be one step closer to a normal life in school, sports, and time with friends and family. I urge all adults who have not yet gotten the vaccine to do so and all parents to take their kids to get the vaccine.
Thanks Ch. 13 WTVG for chronicling this important step.
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2021 Solheim Cup Volunteer Opportunities |
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The biggest global team event in women’s professional golf is coming to Toledo! Don't miss out on your chance to volunteer.
Student volunteers must be ages 15-21 to qualify for a student volunteer committee. Student volunteer committees are limited to leaderboard, merchandise tent, on-course services, and volunteer services. Assignments will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Engage Toledo Drop Off Refuse and Recycling Event |
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The next free refuse and recycling drop-off event will be 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, May 15 at Rogers High School.
Additionally, the Toledo Human Relations Commission’s Community and Neighborhoods Committee is hosting a community cleanup in conjunction with the refuse and recycling event. The community cleanup will begin at 9 a.m., also at Rogers High School, 222 McTigue Dr., and move into the neighborhoods around the school. Bags and gloves will be provided by Keep Toledo/Lucas County Beautiful. Masks are required to participate in the cleanup.
The city has partnered with The Ability Center of Greater Toledo for the event this Saturday, as well as June 19 at Scott High School. Durable medical equipment will be collected by The Ability Center. A list of accepted items can be found at this link. The items will be sanitized by Ability Center staff and given to individuals with disabilities.
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Toledo Police Memorial
The Toledo Police Department will host the annual memorial to honor fallen officers at 12 p.m., Thursday, May 20 in the police memorial garden, behind Toledo Municipal Court downtown.
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By The Numbers
(year-to-date)
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34,890 potholes filled
206 water main breaks repaired
628,906 feet of sanitary sewers cleaned
7,661 feet of storm sewers cleaned
1,052,943 pounds of debris cleaned from streets with street sweepers
1,048,160 pounds of debris removed from alleys
776,343 pounds of debris removed by the Clean Toledo blight team
1,483 tires collected by the Clean Toledo blight team
966 trees trimmed
617 illegal signs removed
3,741 building inspections completed
1,271 contractor licenses issued
2,185 fire runs
19,059 EMS runs
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The Toledo Opera announced its 63rd live opera season for 2021 and 2022 on Monday. The opera company last took the Valentine Theatre’s stage in February, 2020, making the announcement much anticipated news to local opera lovers. The 2021-2022 season will merge both familiar Toledo Opera favorites – a healthy dose of Giuseppe Verdi – and “cutting-edge” contemporary opera. For further information on the 2021-2022 season and/or to renew your season subscription, visit this link.
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Baseball games at Fifth Third Field will be at full capacity starting June 8, the Toledo Mud Hens announced Thursday. Ohio is lifting most of its health orders starting June 2, including an end to attendance limits at events, which had kept games at 25 percent capacity for most of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The University of Toledo was awarded $1.4 million by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to develop enhanced technology for early detection and management of harmful algal blooms. Not only are algal blooms an environmental menace in Lake Erie, they are also a worldwide problem that environmentalists are hoping to curb.
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