Toledo Design Collective

Team TDC wants to give a big THANK YOU to Toledo for the great fun we had this past weekend hosting 2024 PARK(ing) Day!! It was so much fun to enjoy all the amazing, creative, and inspiring ways all 17 local partners came together to reimagine how we can utilize parking spaces along Madison Ave. The work was cut out for our team of Guest Judges to choose just four award winners along with the People's Choice public vote award. While a little spot of rain delayed and cut the awards ceremony a bit short, we're thankful to those who stayed with us and as promised, the award winners are officially announced here today! Without further ado ... Most Toledo -- The I-475 Coalition! by Council Member MacGregor Driscoll Most Creative -- Toledo Tango Club! Award presented by Rhonda Sewell of Toledo Museum of Art & The Arts Commission Thoughtful Design -- Madhouse Creative! Award Presented by Daniel Ebert of Colliers Engineering & Design and Linda Beall of AIA Toledo Chapter & Bowling Green State University Change Maker -- Metroparks Toledo! Award presented by Isabella Weik of Toledo Mindfulness Institute ... And last but not least, the People's Choice award went to ... Toledo Lucas County Public Library Award Presented by Alex Schultz of the Toledo Lucas County Plan Commission Thank you to each and every one of our participants, attendees, passersby, and especially our sponsors who made this year's event possible. We already cannot wait for 2025! We hope you'll join us. PARK(ing) Day 2024 was made possible by the generous support of City of Toledo, ConnecToledo, Metroparks Toledo , Colliers Engineering & Design, Kokosing Construction Co., Inc., The Mannik & Smith Group, Inc., Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, Madhouse, The Collaborative, EDGE, Area Office on Aging of Northwestern Ohio, Inc., Tetra Tech, Kwik Parking, Maumee Valley Habitat for Humanity, and Toledo Lucas County Public Library. Thank you to the participating partners who imagined and built such beautiful spaces: City of Toledo, ConnecToledo, Metroparks Toledo, EDGE, I-475 Neighborhoods Coalition, Madhouse, Maumee Valley Habitat for Humanity, Mannik & Smith Group, mADE, Strong Towns Toledo, TARTA, Toledo GROWs, Toledo Lucas County Public Library, Toledo Tango Club, The Collaborative, and Toledo Bikes. Extra thanks to the 2024 Staff and Board Team who made it all happen: Cathy de Haan, Sally Gladwell, Jennifer Van Horn, Nathan Mattimoe, Stephanie Bartlet, Debra Sue Pearson, Mike Young, and Dylan Gomez (TDC Fall Co-op). Photo Credits: Doug Hinebaugh & Toledo Design Collective. Like, share, follow and learn more at https://lnkd.in/gzVTRR8G

Reimagine Toledo - Celebrate PARK(ing) Day with Toledo Design Collective on Friday, September 20 in Downtown Toledo! Installations will be on display Noon - 8:00 p.m., with a celebration and awards ceremony at 6:00 p.m. 2024 EVENT? PARK(ing) Day takes place on Madison Ave in between N Huron and N St. Clair. Guests are welcome during the lunch hour and happy hour to enjoy food and beverages from area restaurants in the parklet installations and seating areas in the street. Immediately following PARK(ing) Day's Awards Ceremony at 6:00 p.m.,?The Arts Commission annual?Momentum Festival?kicks off with music and arts programming that will carry through the weekend. PARK(ing) Day is made possible through the generous support and partnership of the City of Toledo,?ConnecToledo and local sponsors, including Metroparks Toledo, Colliers Engineering & Design, Kokosing, Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, Madhouse, The Mannik & Smith Group, Inc., EDGE, Area Office on Aging of Northwestern Ohio, Inc., The Collaborative, Tetra Tech, Toledo Lucas County Public Library, Maumee Valley Habitat for Humanity, and Kwik Parking. 2024 Parklet Installations are being created by City of Toledo, ConnecToledo, I-475 Neighborhoods Coalition, Metroparks Toledo + EDGE, Made Design LLC, Madhouse, Mannik & Smith Group, Maumee Valley Habitat for Humanity / ReStore, TARTA, The Collaborative, Toledo Design Collective, Toledo GROWs, Toledo Lucas County Public Library, Toledo Tango Club, and Strong Towns Toledo. Check out our PARK(ing) Day Newsletter for details and info: https://lnkd.in/gqzvCccn

This was an exciting week for Toledo as we became the first city outside of Columbus to host the Ohio Economic Development Association’s annual conference and set a record attendance! TDC was represented by Studio Director Ryan A. Bunch and Board Chair Jennifer Van Horn who shared the economic impact of putting resident voices first in urban planning and design.

Happy 10th Birthday to the Glass City Dog Park! TDC has been proud to partner with the group since its founding. TDC co-founder, current Board member, and retired architect, Bob Seyfang, supported the park's initial designs. In preparation for the 10-year anniversary, Bob worked with our summer intern, Roman Marra of Toledo to update the site drawings. Roman was one of three co-ops serving at TDC this summer. Roman?Marra is a student and summer intern from Toledo, Ohio. He holds a bachelor's degree in architecture from Miami University and is currently pursuing a master's degree in architecture at the University of Michigan. The Glass City Dog Park is one of many community projects TDC has been proud to support with our services and giving students unique opportunities to get hands on experience working with our community. #dogparks #urbandesign #studentexperience

TDC has had a blast this past week working with our partners at AIA Toledo Chapter and Imagination Station, Toledo's Science Center to bring interactive projects to the Cardboard: Build Outside the Box exhibit!! Over the course of three different workshops, we offered area families hands-on opportunities to learn about and reimagine how cities are designed. Along with an invigorating talk about Toledo history with local historian Tedd Long from holytoledohistory.com, AIA and TDC staff and Board members delved into the past, present, and future through the simple means of cardboard to spark imagination and innovation into the next generation of urban designers and architects! Many thanks to our friends and partners at the Imagination Station for hosting this brilliant and fun exhibition! Be sure to check out Cardboard: Build Outside the Box before it closes on September 2! #urbandesign #partnership #collaboration #imagination #cardboardcity

Our friends at Midstory (including TDC Board Member Ruth Chang!) are hosting a public reception for the interactive Colors of Climate Change exhibition this Saturday! The exhibition is up now at Toledo Lucas County Public Library Main Branch Gallery. RSVP and stop by this stunning and completely original installation this weekend before it’s gone!

This has been a long time coming, but Toledo finally has new options for outdoor seating downtown! TDC is proud to have played a role in making Toledo's first parklets possible through our PARK(ing) Day event in 2023. We're gearing up to bring this global movement back downtown on Friday, September 20 to celebrate the creation of more walkable, accessible public spaces and pedestrian experiences. We'd love for you to join us! There are a lot of ways to get involved - join in the fun and sponsor or design you own parklet, join our planning committee and work with other volunteers to help make it happen, or volunteer on the day of the event! All the information you need to participate in PARK(ing) Day 2024 is at https://lnkd.in/gWGamzvJ #parkingday #toledo #ohio #parklets #urbanism #urbanplanning #urbandesign

We were excited to welcome The Arts Commission’s 2024 Young Artists at Work cohort in the TDC studio today. This program has exposed area high school youth to the arts and creative careers for 30 years through paid summer apprenticeships. Today we talked about employing creative processes in urban planning and design to help drive more equitable and sustainable solutions in social and civic infrastructure. Excited to see what great work will come from #YAAW this summer!

We are thankful to have hosted the City of Toledo’s Human Relations Commission's June meeting at TDC yesterday! Toledo is lucky to have such a passionate, positive, knowledgeable, and supportive group of citizen and civic leaders working to connect across sectors to support empowered youth, neighborhoods, social justice initiatives, and those working to end violence in our community. TDC enjoyed the opportunity for Studio Director Ryan A. Bunch to share our history, work, and impact in Toledo and to talk about the role of urban planning and design in public health and public safety initiatives. As always, the solutions are in working better together and supporting each other in the multiple efforts it takes to solve complex problems. Thank you to Commissioner Caryn Maloney, Chair Erin Baker, and Neighborhoods Chair Jon Dorcely for arranging this opportunity and hosting an engaging dialogue! #toledo #urbanplanning #urbandesign #publicsafety #publichealth #collaboration

We had an inspiring day at #Toledo’s inaugural #ActivateInnovate Conference at the newly renovated Toledo Innovation Center (formerly The Jefferson Center). TDC Studio Director, Ryan A. Bunch moderated a panel on Innovation in Education featuring Brooke Schlageter, M.Ed, PhD of Partners in Education, Samuel Chang of Midstory, and Dave Gierke of Toledo School for the Arts. As the community gathered to celebrate and discuss the future of our city, it was inspiring to see and hear the many ways TDC’s work showed up in conversations and presentations throughout the day! Thank you to the organizers and thoughtful leaders who shared their passion to keep building a better city for the future. #innovation #education #urbanplanning #urbandesign #toledo #youwilldobetterintoledo