Metroparks Toledo Urban Campground
The Metroparks will open an Urban Campground in 2026 at the Glass City Metropark. Recreational Vehicle hookups, tent and cabin sites and a pavilion are planned for the space. A grant, provided by the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund, will fund an access road to the campground as well as campsites and cleanup. More details found on toledocitypaper.com.
The Salvation Army offers winter assistance
The Salvation Army is offering resources to help relieve families in need, including Adopt-a-Family program, Children’s Tree (also known as Angel Tree, Toy Shop or Toy Town), Thanksgiving and Christmas hot meals and food baskets, holiday parties and coats and winter gear for youth and adults. These programs will ensure better holiday celebrations during this time of giving. For more information visit easternusa.salvationarmy.org
The Arts Commission’s Art in Public Places Program
Public art displays, familiar to Toledoans, are undergoing repair and restoration efforts to bring Toledo an art refresh. Three city sculptures will be involved in the effort. The Kabuki Dancer, in Levis Square, will receive touch ups to its damaged aluminum portions and repainting in the spring of 2025. The Vessel, in the Cherry St corridor roundabout, will undergo repairs and refabrications. And Cork Marcheschi’s Art Tatum Celebration Column, in the courtyard next to the Huntington Center, will be refinished, to be reinstalled in the spring of 2025. theartscommission.org
TPS Superintendent highly honored
Romulus Durant, Toledo Public Schools’ Superintendent for the last 11-years, was awarded the 2024 Urban Educator of the Year by the Council of the Great City Schools at the organization’s 68th annual fall conference. Durant was granted a $10,000 college scholarship to present to a TPS student. Also, TPS’ Mona Al-Hayani, a history teacher at Toledo Early College High School, received the 2024 Queen Smith Award for commitment to urban public education., tps.org
