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August 2008
Summary
Introduction and summary here ...
- United Way claims it is cheaper to tear down their current building and build a new, smaller office than it is to renovate the nearly 40-year-old existing structure.
- The Toledo Blade newspaper opposes the United Way plan.
Media Coverage
- Jun 13, 2008 - Toledo Blade - Renovating United Way structure put at $7.5M
- Aug 8, 2008 - Toledo Blade - United Way board votes to raze downtown Toledo landmark
- Aug 9, 2008 - Toledo Blade - United Way's plan for new quarters unsettles tenants
- Aug 10, 2008 - Toledo Blade - Waste of a good building
- Aug 12, 2008 - Toledo Blade - University of Toledo leader will look at United Way structure
- Aug 12, 2008 - Toledo Blade - Rethink plan to demolish United Way building
- Aug 8, 2008 - Toledo Free Press - United Way to build new facility; public forum scheduled Aug. 12
- Aug 12, 2008 - Toledo Blade - About 50 attend United Way community forum
- Aug 13, 2008 - Toledo Blade - Some scold United Way for demolition plans
- Aug 13, 2008 - Swamp Bubbles - Breaking News on the Troy Neff Show: Konop's Plan for the United Way Building
- Aug 13, 2008 - WSPD Eye on Toledo - Maggie Thurber interviews Bill Kitson, president and CEO of the United Way.
- Aug 15, 2008 - Toledo Blade - Lucas County agency weighed for United Way building
- Aug 15, 2008 - Toledo Free Press - Council split on United Way building proposal
- Aug 15, 2008 - Toledo Free Press - United Way needs supporters' voices
- Aug 15, 2008 - Toledo Free Press - Controversy exemplifies how Toledo is blocked
- Aug 15, 2008 - Toledo Free Press - United Way to be commended for tough fiscal choice
- Aug 15, 2008 - Toledo Free Press - UT president says 'no thank you' to United Way building
- Aug 15, 2008 - Toledo Blade - U.T. president declines to purchase United Way building
- Aug 16, 2008 - Toledo Blade - United Way decision was necessary
- Aug 16, 2008 - Toledo Blade - University of Toledo decides United Way building unsuitable for its use
- Aug 18, 2008 - Toledo Blade - Downtown site for University of Toledo law school resurfaces; many faculty still resist
- Aug 18, 2008 - WSPD - Fred LeFebvre - Interview with Bill Kitson, president and CEO of the United Way.
- Aug 19, 2008 - Toledo Blade - Lucas County commissioners urge United Way not to tear down building
- Aug 19, 2008 - Toledo Free Press - Konop tours United Way building; nonprofit to purchase former Hylant headquarters
- Aug 20, 2008 - Toledo Blade - Architect urges saving United Way building - Paul Sullivan, another Toledo Blade surrogate.
- Aug 20, 2008 - Swamp Bubbles - Ben Konop: Toledo Needs Density Not Green Space
- May 8, 2005 - Toledo Blade - The grim lessons of O-I
- Aug 21, 2008 - Toledo Blade - United Way site called inadequate for agency
- Aug 22, 2008 - Toledo Free Press - Blocking Toledo, part II
- Aug 22, 2008 - Toledo Free Press - Downtown renaissance requires more than lip service
- Aug 22, 2008 - Toledo Free Press - Mayor Finkbeiner responds
- Aug 22, 2008 - Toledo Free Press - Which way to go with United Way building?
- Aug 26, 2008 - Toledo Free Press - Sarantou: Renovation 'not a good deal' for United Way
- Sep 9, 2008 - Toledo Blade - Toledo mayor seeks United Way demolition delay
- Sep 9, 2008 - WSPD - United Way Building Update
- Sep 11, 2008 - Toledo Blade - No haste for waste
- Sep 11, 2008 - Thurber's Thoughts - Another editorial telling the United Way what to do
- Sep 11, 2009 - Toledo Blade - Letter to the Editor by a San Diego, CA resident who was a former Toledo city planner
- Sep 12, 2008 - Toledo Free Press - Another block in the wall, part III
- Sep 12, 2008 - Toledo Free Press - Mayor refuses to tour United Way building with media
- Sep 13, 2008 - Toledo Blade - United Way site still has value, its architect claims
- Sep 24, 2008 - Toledo Blade letters to the editor - UW building's fate is not our choice
- Sep 15, 2008 - Swamp Bubbles - Finkbeiner Doesn't Understand First Amendment
- Sep 19, 2008 - Toledo Free Press - A no-win situation, part IV
- Sep 23, 2008 - Toledo Blade - United Way submits plan for new building
- Sep 26, 2008 - Toledo Blade letters to the editor - United Way's decision wise, not wasteful
For and Against Plan
The reasons FOR and AGAINST the United Way's new building plan ...
FOR the United Way's New Building Plan | AGAINST the United Way's New Building Plan |
(Assemble this area like the Toledo Wi-Fi Debate page.)
Media Excerpts
Sep 9, 2008 - WSPD - United Way Building Update :
Kitson Tells WSPD's Brian Wilson Most People Believe Building Should Come Down
United Way's Bill Kitson spoke with WSPD's Brian Wilson ... updating the situation with their dilapidated building. Kitson says he has not yet received a request from Mayor Finkbeiner to tour the building, but there are printed reports that the mayor will tour the building Friday. Kitson says despite a meeting last night regarding the age of the building, it is not historic... but government can tie up the demolition for more than six months.
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