• 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.