Hello!  Paul sent in his update from DC- he, Allyson and Nina are attending the ICMA’s Economic Mobility and Opportunity (EMO) Conference. This national conference also includes sessions for the “special assistant” cohort - the multi-year grant funded by the Gates Foundation. Newport is the only awardee from the Pacific [...]

Greetings and welcome to Friday! A little cloudy and damp today and that should continue over the weekend - still great grilling weather!   This weekend is the Wooden Boat Show in Toledo - here’s a link with all the info: https://www.portoftoledo.org/21st-wooden-boat-show   Paul (along with Allyson and Nina) will [...]

Greetings and welcome to Friday and the first Friday in August! Zoom - did July speed right by!   Thanks to everybody who attended yesterday’s Board of Directors meeting - it was a great turn out. We were all sad to hear that Linda Roy is stepping back from the [...]

Greetings and welcome to Friday and the end of July! Have folks had some fun and relaxing vacations?   Saturday and Sunday is the sixth annual Art, Oysters & Brew event in Toledo (noon until 5pm on Saturday and Sunday). EDALC has been a partner since the beginning, but over [...]

Greetings and welcome to Friday! How are we already at July 24th?!?!   Paul here - Susan and I survived some angry air travel gods to get to Basel, Switzerland, but we had an amazing time cruising the Rhine River from Switzerland to Amsterdam with our friends Jim and Ann [...]

Greetings and welcome to a beautiful Friday! As a reminder, Paul is currently cruising the Rhine River and is out on vacation through the 20th.  Here’s our weekly team update: Partner Support/Community Support Art, Oysters & Brews 8/1,8/2 12-5pm on Main Street in Toledo - Stacie and Sarah created a [...]