United Way's New Building Plan Debate

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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 ...

(Assemble this area like the Toledo Wi-Fi Debate page.)

Media Excerpts

Sep 9, 2008 - WSPD - United Way Building Update :

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