Monthly Archives: August 2010

Delta to begin service to Minneapolis-St. Paul from Toledo Express Nov. 1

Beginning Nov. 1, Delta Air Lines will provide jet air service to Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) via Toledo Express (TOL). The twice daily service, operated with 50-seat regional jets, replaces service to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne Country Airport (DTW). “We focus on air passenger service development everyday at Toledo Express. The Minneapolis-St. Paul market is [...]

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College of Pharmacy to dedicate new building on Health Science Campus

The College of Pharmacy

The College of Pharmacy will dedicate its new building Friday, Sept. 3, at 11:30 a.m. The facility is located between the Block Health Science and Health Education buildings on Health Science Campus. Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur will join UT President Lloyd Jacobs, Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold and UT Board of Trustees ChairBill Fall for a short [...]

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Rocket Ventures Makes $100,000 Investment in Beyond Gaming

Rocket Ventures, the venture capital program of the Regional Growth Partnership, recently invested $100,000 in Beyond Gaming. Beyond Gaming offers a dynamic online portal, which allows competitive console gamers new ways to enjoy their gaming experience. Using propriety technology, Beyond Gaming gives paying members the ability to participate in stakes‐based competitive gaming action on their [...]

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Port Authority provides local business SBA loan, creating jobs

The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority partnered with Fifth-Third Bank recently to provide the West Suburban Animal Clinic two U.S. Small Business Administration 504 Loans in the amount of $652,000 for the purchase of land and equipment and the construction of a new facility located at 3265 N. King Road in Sylvania, Ohio. The clinic has [...]

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Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce, EPIC Toledo present ‘Good Government Speaker Series’

“Before you choose, know where they stand” is the theme of this speaker series presented by the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce and EPIC Toledo. The series, featuring Gubernatorial Candidate, John Kasich, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (not yet confirmed), Congressional Candidate Rich Iott and other public office candidates is designed to give [...]

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Standard & Poor’s releases BBB rating or northwest Ohio bond fund

Standards and Poor’s (S&P) announced a BBB investment-grade rating with Stable Outlook on Aug. 20 for the Northwest Ohio Bond Fund, which is administered by the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority. The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority has been working with S&P since the start of 2010 to establish this rating. “We are very pleased to be [...]

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Solar Panels Rolling Out From Ohio

The story below was written by German reporter Mariam Braun and is the result of outreach by the Regional Growth Partnership to journalists across the world designed to showcase northwest Ohio’s solar industry cluster. Toledo celebrates itself as the “Solar City”. And the entrepreneurs here are not waiting for the U.S. Senate to pass a [...]

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