WTOL 11 Leading Edge

Catching up with the President of Toledo City Council Carrie Hartman. Who is taking the ball when it comes to QOL? It’s not ProMedica - it’s not UT. What’s going on with the proposed roundabout at Secor and Kenwood. Hunter Brucks was given the keys to the summer concert series - so far there have been two shows booked. Life expectancy study from Area Office on Aging shows 20-year gap between Vistu...

Area Office on Aging - A Tale of Two Cities Within One City Justin Moor - Exec. Dir. - Area Office on Aging A Tale of Two Cities Within One City focuses on two neighborhoods, one that has the highest average life expectancy and one that has the lowest life expectancy, both in the same city, Toledo, and just less than four miles apart. With this knowledge the Area Office on Aging felt the responsib...

Toledo: a tech town? Brandy Alexander - Activate Innovate Organizer | CEO, TandemTide Marketing Michael Saleh - Technology Advisor & Consultant, JumpStart Inc. The gameplan for Toledo’s Uptown was set. There would be a technology incubator going into the newly refurbished Jefferson Center. The jobs and the production coming out of the center would revolutionize Toledo’s identity and future for...

Tom Seeman | Author | Toledo Native Tom Seeman's book, Animals I want to See, is a lyrical coming-of-age story set in the projects of Toledo, Ohio, which explores themes of identity, ambition, religion, and friendship—often across racial and social lines. Seeman grew up in Toledo in the 1960s. Money Matters Billy Horn | Savage & Associates Interest Rates are still higher than they've b...

Chicks for Charity Emily Zarecki & Mona Shousher Chicks for Charity provides girls and women of all ages with the inspiration and opportunity to participate in giving back, maximize impact, and experience the joy and dignity of being philanthropic. It’s not about how much you give. It’s the idea that you want to help. BGSU Labor Trafficking Education and Research Initiative Lara B. Wilken, DNP...

LeSean Shaw – VP, Empowered AI It was the promise to not only transform a part of Toledo’s Uptown area, but also to bring change and create career opportunities for Toledo’s underserved communities by teaching people to code. However, the promise, the plan, the future wasn’t to be - as the powers behind the west coast tech hub operation Bitwise were found to be robbing Peter to pay Paul to keep th...

DAVID MANN - PRESIDENT & CEO - LUCAS COUNTY LAND BANK The Lucas County Land Bank hosted a community update and debuted a series of short films showcasing its work building neighborhoods recently at the Imagination Station. The event was to highlight progress under the Land Bank’s five-year strategic plan called Building neighborhoods and new initiatives to invest in land, buildings, and people...

H.O.O.V.E.S founder Amanda Held and veteran Dave Barker discuss a new documentary that has been produced about the non-profit organization that helps veterans struggling with mental health. John Burchfield talks about Tuesday’s Solar Eclipse and what towns and cities across the country and in Ohio will see the longest duration of darkness. Denny Vennekotter and Keith Truckor, area farmers from Put...

GUESTS:  Bob Savage Sr. and Micheal Alexander WTOL 11 recently reported how some local business leaders were “working to gather petitions to equalize mayoral and city council term limits.” According to a press release from BJ Fischer, the individuals feel that other cities in Ohio have benefited from the stability that having a mayor in office more than two terms can provide. The question would go...

Lance Woodworth - President and CEO | Destination Toledo Toledo’s always wanted to be more - and there are those who are trying to make it happen - but it seems like there are those who want to keep it right where it is or where it’s been. So what is Toledo's brand? When you are charged with selling the image and potential of the city to businesses, conventions, or individual people, what is t...

Ed Moore - Dir. of Public Utilities | Toledo There are stressful jobs. We can argue about that all day long. But when you're the person in charge of a major metropolitan area's water system you can definitely say, that's stressful. City of Toledo, Director of Public Utilities, Ed Moore, announced his retirement recently. We asked Moore about the state of the region’s water system in th...

Stan Eichelbaum - President, Marketing Developments/Planning Developments, Inc. Mall and retail consultant Stan Eichelbaum has been called a shopping savant. He was instrumental in making Toledo’s Franklin Park Mall a success in the 1970s. At the time - the mall was about retail greatness and less about a real estate transaction - securing anchors and bringing in unique to the market shopping oppo...

CONTINUING THE RENAISSANCE Toledo’s Director of Economic Development, Brandon Selhorst, wrote an editorial in the Sunday Blade last week touting Toledo momentum. He said a number of major development projects are poised to redefine Toledo landscape and continue an upward trajectory into 2024 and beyond. He listed five “major” projects including: the Glass City Riverwalk, the Toledo Social Innovati...

Rev. Donald Perryman, Ph. D. - ‘Sojourner’s Truth’ Contributing Writer In a recent edition of Fletcher Word’s Sojourner’s Truth newspaper, the Reverend Donald Perryman, Ph. D., submitted an opinion piece entitled “Listening through the cracks: Potential Moves in Toledo Politics”. It caught my attention because of the “tea leaves” he was reading when it came to candidates and positions on Toledo Ci...

Cerrsandra McPherson – Toledo City Council | At-Large Vanice Williams - Toledo City Council | District 4 Residents have been dealing with “deplorable living conditions” at the Ashland Manor and Covenant House Apartments. Now, Toledo City Council is trying to figure out what it can do to ensure it never happens again in the city. At the same time, Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz was in Washington D...

COL. GREGORY GADSON (RET.) - “Finding Waypoints: A Warrior’s Journey Toward Peace and Purpose” TERESE SCHLACHTER - “Finding Waypoints: A Warrior’s Journey Toward Peace and Purpose” As part of a national book tour, WTOL 11 interviewed Retired Army Colonel Greg Gadson and his co-author Terese Schlachter. Their book, entitled “Finding Waypoints: A Warrior’s Journey Towards Peace and Purpose” details...

Greg Dempsey, Central Catholic AD/Head Football Coach talks about high school sports in 2023; Filmmaker Christopher Wegman talks about filmmaking workshop for kids.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine talks about the year ahead for northwest Ohio including what is happening to make the drive from Toledo to Columbus less time-consuming. AI expert Jamie Ward talks about the pros and cons of the technology and how we should prepare ourselves as AI becomes more widespread. Subscribe to WTOL 11 - https://bit.ly/32odAkM Connect with us on social media: Go 419 Facebook - http...

Scott Carpenter, Director of Public Relations for Metroparks Toledo, talks about the future of the ever-expanding park system and its role in improving the quality of life of northwest Ohio residents. Diana Patton, founder of Rise Advocates Academy, is calling for a “revolution” in the way the community deals with violence among young people, saying “the old way of doing things is not working.” Ro...

Car dealer pushback of electric vehicle mandates. Where is the stock market heading in 2024. A preview of Lucas County Children Services Gift of Joy event.

DEBT & THE DEFICIT  David Black, Ph. D. - Chairman | Dept. of Economics | UToledo What exactly is the difference between the debt and the deficit? THE HEALTH OF NURSING  Rick Lucas, BSN, RN, CCRN - President & Exec. Dir | Ohio Nurses Association  The recently named leader of the Ohio Nurses Association discusses the group’s multifaceted, multi-year campaign that focuses on the issue of und...

Cornell University Dir. of Labor Studies Art Wheaton discusses what's next for the UAW and Big Three Automakers. Also, author and former Wood County Republican Party Chairman Jonathan Jakubowski talks about Wood County's role as an election bellwether in the state and nation. Subscribe to the Leading Edge Podcast, and never miss an episode. Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podc...

Toledo Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Romulus Durant talks about two renewal levies on the ballot on Tuesday, Issues 9 and 10. Plus, all the programs available at Toledo Public Schools that are exposing kids to growing industries and opportunities.

Jim Fritz - Supt. | Anthony Wayne Schools  Tom Hosler - Supt. | Perrysburg Schools  Kevin O’Shea - Supt. | Otsego Schools  Ted Haselman - Supt. | Bowling Green City Schools  Superintendents discuss school levies on the ballot this November. Dr. Dione Dorsey Somerville - Pres. | Owens Community College  Owens president discusses the climate for community college education, the expansion plans (Tole...

Lydia Mihalik - Director | Ohio Department of Development    Rebranding - "Ohio, The Heart of it All"       The ripple effect of Intel and other projects NOT reaching NW Ohio because of US 23      The Findlay Formula? What is it? How does it work? What are they doing to lure in economic development and some of the big names?   Wade Gottschalk - Director | Wood County Economic Development...