Green Vision in Toledo

We at The Optimist Company are so proud of the visionaries driving downtown Toledo's development of a green arena. According to Jessica Luther at Toledo City Paper, it's Tina Skeldon Wozniak and the Lucas County Commissioners, in cahoots with building supplies giant Owens Corning (owners of a green building themselves, and headquartered a few blocks away on the downtown banks of the Maumee River), pushing for the new multi-purpose venue to attain LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building certified status. Read the link for a meatier explanation of what this designation means.

But to suffice it to say, to whatever extent it happens (and we'll track the early-stage story, as the ground-breaking ceremony was just today and not all green plans are yet in place) it will be a great merit badge for the city and a statement of T-town's commitment to urban regeneration and the environment!