• The new book by the UAC Press, What A Time It Was, a book based on some of the Veterans’ History Project interviews that are archived in the Ward M. Canaday Center of The University of Toledo’s Carlson Library, was highlighted in the November 9, 2009 issue of UT News and in the November 11, 2009 issue of the Toledo Blade.
• UAC Director Dr. Neil Reid was part of a collaborative group of BGSU and University of Toledo researchers that was recognized recently for taking a fresh approach to determining the most promising sites in Ohio for production of the giant windmills. Read about it here.
• A University of Toledo Urban Affairs Center study on domestic violence was noted in an article in the September-October 2009 issue of the Toledo City Paper.
• UAC Director Dr. Neil Reid was one of the presenters at a forum to pinpoint where the local economy is and where to focus future efforts. His presentation was highlighted in the Toledo Blade on September 29, 2009.
• The benefits of buying and consuming locally produced food was highlighted the July 9 issue of the Toledo City Paper. This article mentioned a UAC-sponsored study conducted by UT assistant professor Gbenga Ajilore on the impact to the Lucas County economy of a local merchant.
• During his recent trip to Australia to share his knowldege of economic clusters, UAC Director Dr. Neil Reid visited the University of Western Sydney to discuss cluster development with local growers. His presentation was featured in the August 5, 2009 issue of the Hawkesbury Gazette.
• Maumee Valley Growers Program Director Joe Perlaky was quoted in the July 29, 2009 Toledo Blade article that discussed the new hoop-house at St. Johns Jesuit High School that is being installed with the assistance of the MVG. Click here to read more.
• UAC's Downtown Toledo Walking Tours for 2009 were profiled in the July 7 2009 issue of UT News.
• UAC Director Dr. Neil Reid and Maumee Valley Growers Project Manager Joe Perlaky were featured in a segment on WGTE TV's "Plugged In" series that discussed how the Maumee Valley Growers, part of UAC's Northwest Ohio Economic Research Collaborative, are changing their "flower power" by adopting green energy practices. Click here to watch (this is an eight minute segment - it will take some time to load and is viewable with Quicktime).
• UAC's Downtown Toledo Tours were profiled in the Spring 2009 issue of UT's Alumni Magazine.
• UAC Director Dr. Neil Reid, Associate Professor of Geography & Planning, was the recipient of UT's Outstanding Researcher Award for 2009. Dr. Reid's work as an internationally recognized authority on cluster-based economics (which emphasizes collaboration between business, academia, and the community) was cited as the main reason for the award.
• UAC Business Services Office Pam Crabtree is also president of Yell & Tell, an organization dedicated to preventing child abuse through education. Yell & Tell's recent April 2009 rally was the focus of a Toledo Blade article on April 6, 2009.
• UAC Research Associate Sue Wuest was quoted in a Toledo Blade article on April 6, 2009 citing Toledo's 'job sprawl' as less pronounced than in other metropolitan areas.
• UAC Research Associate Paula Ross was profiled in the Toledo Blade on April 5, 2009 for her involvement in The University of Toledo Women and Sustainable Agriculture Series.
• Dr. Neil Reid, Associate Professor of Geography and Planning and Director of the Urban Affairs Center at the University of Toledo, recently received a Distinguished Service Award from the Planning and Regional Development Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers (AAG). Reid’s award was in recognition of his outstanding contributions to scholarship in the area of cluster-based economic development.
• The Maumee Valley Growers were profiled in the March 2009 issue of Country Grower Midwest in an article highlighting how the growers "collaborate to compete".
• UAC Research Associate Paula Ross has contributed a great deal of time and effort to the Toledo Farmers Market. On January 27, 2009 she was recognized for "community service dedicated to the Farmers Market" at their fourth annual meeting.
• As the the Toledo Blade article of December 7, 2008, says, "Mark the date: It's time for a Toledo calendar", and the Maumee Valley Growers' 2009 Calendar is prominently featured in their review of local calendars.
• The 2007 UAC-funded study of a City of Sylvania - Sylvania Township merger prompted perhaps the last article for a while in the Toledo Blade on Thursday, November 13, 2008 in which the results of the November 5th general election vote was discussed.
• The 2007 UAC-funded study of a City of Sylvania - Sylvania Township merger was cited in a Toledo Blade article on November 5, 2008 that reported the results of the election issue in which voters in Sylvania Township rejected the idea of exploring a merger with the city of Sylvania, voting overwhelmingly against the formation of a merger commission.
• On Saturday, October 4, 2008, The Toledo Blade reported that Sylvania Township trustees voted unanimously against a November ballot issue that would form a commission to develop a plan to merge the township with the city of Sylvania. In March 2007, UAC performed a study of the proposed merger between the two.
• UAC Research Associate Paula Ross was quoted in the Toledo Blade issue of September 7, 2008 regarding efforts to encourage those on food stamps to take advantage of the values offered at the Toledo Farmers Market.
• UAC's contribution to the local quality of life was noted in the September 2008 section of the UT Matters web site.
• UAC Director Dr. Neil Reid was quoted in a Toledo Blade article that discussed the state of public transportation regionally, as well as efforts to revive it, on August 12, 2008.
• UAC hosted a group of Toledo and Lucas County officials, neighborhood groups, housing advocates, and others to discuss what to do about the vacant homes that blight a host of neighborhoods in our area, as reported in the July 19 edtion of the Toledo Blade.
• UAC Research Associate Paula Ross is a founding member of Slow Food Maumee Valley, which organization was profiled in the Toledo Blade on July 15, 2008 on its first anniversary.
• UAC Research Associate Paula Ross (UT MBA '86) was profiled online in by the UT Alumni Association, highlighting her work at UAC "with Maumee Valley Growers, a nonprofit association of regional growers, assisting them in making the local economy bloom."
• Further reaction to Dr. Hugh Hinton's report on the potential merger between Mongomery County's Washington Township and Centerville City in Montgomery County, Ohio can be read from the Dayton Daily News and the Centerville-Bellbrook Times.
• UAC Research Associate Dr. Hugh Hinton recently completed a comprehensive analysis of the financial impacts of a potential merger between Mongomery County's Washington Township and Centerville City in Montgomery County, Ohio. Initial local reaction to his report can be read in the Dayton Daily News, the Centerville-Bellbrook Times, and the Montgomery County Washington Township web site. You can also view a video of Dr. Hinton's presentation (courtesy of the Miami Valley Communications Council).
• 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.
• The Maumee Valley Growers and Bostdorffs Greenhouse of Bowling Green hosted a pointsettia judging event that was covered by Toledo's 13ABC TV.
• UAC Director Neil Reid presented his analysis of possible local industry clusters to a who's who of Northwest Ohio's economic development community as they met Nov. 30, 2007 at the Dana Conference Center to identify opportunities for coordination and collaboration among their organizations. This meeting was covered by the Toledo Free Press in their December 7, 2007 issue.
• UAC Assistant Director Sue Wuest attended the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Chicago (the world's largest conference of building industry manufacturers and designers with an interest in energy-efficient, sustainable structures) and was quoted in the November 13, 2007 edition of The Oregonian.
• The Maumee Valley Growers will be part of the Maumee Uptown Business Association's 2007 Halloween festivities from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., where they'll hand out pumpkins and discount coupons for locally grown flowers and plants. Read more about it in the October 25, 2007 issue of the Port Clinton News Herald.
• UAC Director Neil Reid and Assistant Director Sue Wuest appeared on Toledo's NBC affiliate station, NBC24, as part of an October 8, 2007 story citing Toledo's nomination by a United Nations committee to a list of 5 cities competing internationally for the title of “Most Livable City”.
• The collaboration agreement between UAC and BGSU's Center for Regional Development and its positive effects was noted in an article in the June 22, 2007 issue of the Toledo Free Press.
• UAC Research Assistant Anastasia Mirzoyants is active in tutor/mentor leadership and recently co-hosted a workshop at the 2007 Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference in Chicago. Her participation was noted in the Tutor/Mentor Connection Blog entry of Tuesday, June 7, 2007 and she wrote an article for that blog on Tuesday, May 15, 2007.
• The work of UAC's former director, the late Dr. Patrick McGuire, on the subject of “brain drain” as it relates to our area was profiled by the Toledo Blade on Sunday, June 3, 2007.
• According to a recent study released by the Brookings Institution that was discussed in a Toledo Blade article on May 26, 2007, “Toledo could experience an economic revival if their state governments adjust some public policies”. UAC Director Neil Reid and Assistant Director Sue Wuest were both quoted in this article, and Dr. Reid was quoted in a Blade editorial on May 31, 2007 on the same topic.
• UAC was mentioned in an article in the Toledo Blade on Friday, May 11, 2007 that reported the Toledo City Council's discussion of a possible connection between convenience stores and crime.
• The discussion of a possible City of Sylvania - Sylvania Township merger continued on March 2, 2007 at a public forum covered by the Toledo Blade.
• The analysis of possible financial impacts of a proposed Sylvania Township - City of Sylvania merger by the Urban Affairs Center has been discussed at public meetings that were covered by the Toledo Blade on February 8, 2007 (Reactions Mixed for Merger Plans and Study Finds Tax Benefits), and on February 15, 2007 (Sylvania-Area Residents Mull Merger).
• In an article published on February 1, 2007, the Toledo Blade highlighted a public meeting to be held on Wednesday, February 7, 2007 that will discuss the results of a study performed by the UAC that examined the financial aspects of a possible merger between Sylvania Township and the City of Sylvania.
• Toledo Local Initiatives Support Corporation awarded its largest grant ever - $200,000 - to a project called "Connecting the Pieces" aiming to improve neighborhoods adjacent to the Marina District. The UAC is one of the project's key players, according to the January 7, 2007 article in the Toledo Free Press.