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The UAC Spring 2008 Newsletter
UAC's spring 2008 newsletter is online. This issue's highlights include local economic development efforts, advances in the greenhouse industry, a closer look at the Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion, and preliminary observations from the Lucas County life satisfaction survey currently being conducted by UAC. Click here to read the full newsletter (PDF).
The Urban Affairs Center is an applied research unit of The University of Toledo within the Office of Research and a member of the Ohio Urban University Program. Our mission is to enhance the economic vitality and quality of life of Toledo and its metropolitan region. We strive to make this site useful and accessible to the our community, and we welcome your comments.
The Northwest Ohio Economic Research Collaborative
The Northwest Ohio Economic Research Collaborative (NWOERC) is an initiative aimed at identifying industry clusters that drive our region's economy and play a role in its future health. We encourage you to visit the NWOERC web page to read the latest information about this important project.
Recent Studies …
- Critical Steps in the Cluster Bulding Process, Reid, Carroll & Smith, The IEDC Economic Development Journal, Vol. 6, #4, Fall 2007.
- Toledo Community Food Assessment: a project of Toledo Area Ministries, UT's Sociology & Anthropology Dept., and the UAC
… Recent News …
- UAC Spring 2008 Newsletter
- The Maumee Valley Growers web site has been refreshed with new content and more information about the Growers. The MVG are also co-sponsoring a new locally produced environmental education program: EcoTrack 11.
- UAC Director analyzes possible local industry clusters for Northwest Ohio's economic development community
- UAC Assistant Director quoted on Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Chicago
… and Popular Publications
- Roundtable on Neighborhoods in America (1993) (in UAC's Publications)
- Our Future Is In Our Hands: Report & Recommendations of the Toledo Housing Task Force
- Sylvania – Sylvania Township Merger
- High School Graduation and Brain Drain
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