Big Idea

At the start of each year, The City Paper highlights impactful ideas and visionaries shaping Toledo. This feature celebrates creative initiatives and transformative projects...

Executive Director, Sofia-Quintero Art and Cultural Center (SQACC) sqacc.org Balderas-Burciaga has used her role to turn SQACC into a self-sustaining not for profit, to add more...

President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio (PPOGH) plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-greater-ohio Wilson-Domer leads Planned Parenthood locally to deliver services to thousands of Ohioans. Planned Parenhood of...

President & CEO of Scott Center for Observation, Treatment and Transition scottcenteroh.org Scott founded The Scott Center for Observation, Treatment and Transition, which focuses on infant...

Owners, ARK Restoration and Construction arktoledo.com Kevin and Ambrea started the ARK organization after purchasing fixer-uppers at auction with plans to renovate them and bring them...

Representative, Ohio House District 43 ohiohouse.gov/members/michele-grim  Ohio State Representative Michele Grim is a public health advocate and educator, taking on Ohio’s most serious challenges like gun...

Chief, Toledo Police Department  toledopolice.com Chief Michael Troendle has been a member of  the Toledo Police Department since 1993. After  positions as assistant chief, deputy chief...

Vice President and Director of Athletics, University of Toledo utrockets.com Bryan B. Blair has a mission to engage the University of Toledo and the greater Toledo...

President, HOPE Toledo hope-toledo.org John C. Jones was featured in our January 2021 edition of the Toledo City Paper’s Big Ideas, and still continues to enhance...

On Monroe street in downtown Toledo there’s a billboard for the Toledo Museum of Art that reads “Art brings Toledo together.” That’s where Katie...

Ann Fabiszak Payne   Bruce Baumhower   Jack Hunter   Dave Ayling   Scott Noonan   Lisa Banks   Shawn Mahone   Tammi Sherman   Dan Pellizzari, Mike and Shawna Horvath     Dr. James Tita and Dr. Daniel DiBardino

Chief Medical Officer and Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mercy Health Why You Should Know Them: Helped spearhead the development of a medical program at Mercy...