{"id":10616,"date":"2025-01-15T15:19:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T15:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=10616"},"modified":"2025-01-15T15:19:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T15:19:17","slug":"toledo-receives-1-1-million-reconnecting-communities-award-for-swan-creek-and-junction-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/15\/toledo-receives-1-1-million-reconnecting-communities-award-for-swan-creek-and-junction-neighborhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Toledo receives $1.1 Million Reconnecting Communities Award for Swan Creek and Junction Neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington, DC: January 7, 2025: <\/em><\/strong>Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09<\/em>) celebrated the announcement of $1,107,700 from the Department of Transportation <\/em>for the Swan Creek Greenway Planning <\/em>project. This new federal funding will support planning, design, and community engagement activities for a multi-use trail along Swan Creek in Toledo to reconnect the Junction neighborhood to Downtown Toledo. The construction of Interstate 75 in the 1960\u2019s displaced Junction residents and cut off the neighborhood from Downtown. This project’s planning, design, and community engagement activities will advance the development of the proposed greenway, which has been identified as a priority in neighborhood planning efforts, and improve mobility and connectivity to jobs and economic opportunity, address environmental burdens, and improve quality of life for Junction residents.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday we are celebrating continued efforts to reconnect the Junction neighborhood to Downtown Toledo. Through enterprising efforts working alongside the Junction Coalition and ConnectToledo in partnership with the City of Toledo, we are continuing to bring vital funds home for Swan Creek redevelopment that will help to reconnect communities,\u201d\u00a0said Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09).\u00a0<\/em>\u201cWith these efforts aimed at reconnecting neighborhoods, we are working to ensure Toledo\u2019s central city communities regain access to clean and healthy recreation, access to healthy foods at our Farmer\u2019s Market, and employment opportunities. Together, we are building on the work of past efforts to implement meaningful improvements within our neighborhoods, and I applaud the Junction Coalition, ConnecToledo, and Mayor Kapszukiewicz for their ingenuity. This funding, made possible by my work in congress, shows once again that our communities benefit when we access federal resources from legislation aimed at improving the quality of life in communities throughout our region of Northwest Ohio.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis $1.1 Million grant from the Department of Transportation enables us to take a significant step toward realizing a vision for Swan Creek that is the product of extensive community planning, engagement, and collaboration,\u201d\u00a0said Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz.<\/em>\u00a0\u201cIdentified as a priority in the Junction McClinton-Nunn Choice Neighborhoods Plan and Forward Toledo, this project builds on years of work to create a more connected, vibrant city. Working closely with the Junction Coalition and residents of the neighborhood, we are turning bold plans into tangible progress for the residents of Toledo.\u201d<\/p>\n

This new investment\u00a0follows a $608,000 award<\/a>\u00a0from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in November 2023 to the Junction Coalition for Swan Creek restoration and planning. Earlier in 2023 Congresswoman Kaptur announced other funding opportunities secured in partnership with the Junction Coalition, including a\u00a0$600,000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Child Lead Poisoning Prevention program grant award<\/a>\u00a0to help reduce lead poisoning in the Toledo community, and\u00a0a $20 Million US Department of Transportation (USDOT) RAISE grant award<\/a>\u00a0to the City of Toledo to assist the city\u2019s \u201cConnecting Toledo Neighborhoods to Opportunity\u201d initiative to reconnect Downtown neighborhoods in Toledo and the nearby Junction neighborhood.<\/p>\n

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