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THE TOLEDO WATER PROJECT OVERVIEW & IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

4. Toledo International Airport Hub Toledo Express Airport Advantage Program and Design Concepts 5. PlantMedica ProMedica’s Move Downtown Conceptual Plan and Programs 6. Midstory Media Series Vehicle for Toledo’s Vitalization Series Overview 7. Appendices A. Pilot Research Directions B. Lotus Nurseries C. Universities and Research Centers D. Distribution and Processing E. Wetland Management Companies F. Locations of Native Lotus G. Lotus Outlook Appendix

Purpose

The Toledo Water Project is a novel vitalization plan for the City of Toledo conceived by Midstory, a grassroots media thinkhub located in Toledo. The purpose of this document is to rally the support of various Northwest Ohio community organizations and leaders by presenting the full potential of the Water Project to become the vehicle for that vitalization.

Introduction

The recent algal bloom disaster in Lake Erie and Northwest Ohio provides a perfect catalyst to engage the local as well as national and even global communities around solving this environmental problem while at the same time positioning the city of Toledo as a key geographic location for waterfront development, academic research, and business opportunity.

Coincidentally, the city of Toledo is at a nexus in its history, caught between the ages of manufacturing and technology, and very much in need of cultivating a new and sustainable identity. City leaders see the need for a new direction but they also recognize the potential for re-energizing and re-defining the city’s infrastructure and history, which now lie dormant but are ready to re-blossom, to re-adapt, and to thrive with a new and dynamic guiding vision.

The Toledo Water Project has the potential to provide the holistic vision that Toledo requires by stimulating the intersection of five identified regional cultural priorities, including economic sustainability and growth, cultural and historical exploration, recreation and entertainment, environmental remediation, and the emergence of a new city icon and brand.

TOLEDO WATER PROJECT MASTER PLAN —

Great Black Swamphistoricextent

PROJECT OUTCOMES (Full scope on pg. 10)

New agricultural potentials and industries

New job opportunities and economic growth through agricultural, research, municipal, recreational, social, and business fronts

Revival and vitalization of Downtown

Full utilization of regional logistical advantage of TOL airport, railways, seaport, highways

Urban Districts transit, trolley, and bus systems

Renewed investment in unique cultural assets and natural history of our region

National exposure of Toledo’s leading operations at forefront of the nation’s legacy (ProMedica, Metroparks, Toledo Museum, Toledo

Zoo, Toledo 22nd century committees, to name a few)

RIVERFRONT PARCELS

A. Marina Lotus Signature Park

B. Great Black Swamp Museum and Civic Hub

C. Water Research Center

D. Water Glass Urban filtration landmark

CULLEN PK, MAUMEE BAY HARVESTABLE TREATMENT PLOTS

E. 40 sq mi Maumee Bay area with potential lotus

TOLEDO EXPRESS AIRPORT GROWTH

F. International Lotus Processing, Distribution

MULTICITY WETLAND COALITION

G. 50 mile-river-long collaborative wetland rehabilitation — a multicity coalition for regional benefit

LAKE ERIE BASIN

H. Strengthened Lake Erie fishery

I. Clean water and healthy watersheds

J. Approx. 100,000 Acres of Black Swamp to restore

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Site Plan

Design Elements

Reclaimed Structures

• reuse of old, abandoned, recyclable materials

• paths, sculptures, artwork constellations, walls, structures

Layers + Chasms

• process of bioremediation

• the unknown chasmic experience

• experience of the great black swamp

Sunken Relics

• industrial past

• post-industrial future

• recollection and reflection

• memorial and monument

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