Comments on: Building Downtown, block by block

By: Mike Kelly

Mike Kelly — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:51:11 +0000

Great article Bruce! I think maybe its time for you to run for mayor. If anyone knows its me on your passion, drive and love for this city. If anyone CAN change Downtown its you. Keep up the good work, and I am proud to say I know you and have earned great success because of your advise and business wisdom.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:06:17 +0000

While I enjoyed the article and several points that came out of it, there is still one main issue that needs to be addressed? Why would businesses relocate to downtown when there is an obvious disconnect between the elected officials of Toledo and the current business leaders. It seems to me that they are interdependent upon each other.

By: Jo Lyman

Jo Lyman — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:00:24 +0000

Hi Bruce, Great article and so very true of a lot of our fellow citizens. How can I help? Jo Lyman

By: jim moline

jim moline — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:09:30 +0000

Bruce, Great job and I do believe that Toledo Is a great area. I have always lived here and love this place and am proud to call it home.
Thanks for all the work that you do.

By: Robert Russ

Robert Russ — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:04:36 +0000

Mr. Rumpf. This is hands down the best guest column written on Toledo in recent memory. God bless you sir.

Robert Russ
Toledoan

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:27:05 +0000

Great editorial, this was spot on!

Nobody that has any stake in Toledo and the area (i.e., anyone who lives here) should ever, EVER hang there head or sound apologetic when they tell someone where they’re from. That attitude has brought us down for far too long. When most of the people I know that are from Detroit tell someone where they are from, they say typically say it bubbling with pride, and Detroit is a heck of a lot worse off than we are. I was working up in the Detroit area for a summer, and someone I was working with commented on how nice Toledo was because we have neighborhoods you can actually walk around in and enjoy safely.

Let us please adopt a more positive attitude; if you’re pissed about the state of the City, then tout what could be, as the author suggests, rather than hanging your head and accepting what is. Cities have risen and fallen and risen again throughout history, we aren’t destined to fail. London was a complete sewer a few centuries ago, and look at it now?

Okay, I’m rambling. But great editorial.