Editing Toledo, Ohio (section)

===21st century===
Several initiatives have been taken by Toledo's citizens to improve the cityscape by urban gardening and revitalizing their communities.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://toledocitypaper.com/feature/the-state-of-urban-agriculture/ |title=The State of Urban Agriculture &#124; Toledo City Paper |newspaper=Toledo City Paper |date=August 30, 2017 |access-date=May 6, 2020 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126094708/https://toledocitypaper.com/feature/the-state-of-urban-agriculture/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Local artists, supported by organizations like the Arts Commission of [[Toledo metropolitan area|Greater Toledo]] and the [[Ohio Arts Council]], have contributed an array of murals and beautification works to replace long standing blight.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/art/2019/08/31/vibrant-murals-continue-proliferate-toledo-northwest-ohio/stories/20190823197 |title=Hitting the wall: Vibrant murals continue to proliferate in Toledo |website=Toledo Blade |access-date=May 6, 2020 |archive-date=September 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914215827/https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/art/2019/08/31/vibrant-murals-continue-proliferate-toledo-northwest-ohio/stories/20190823197 |url-status=live }}</ref> Many downtown historical buildings such as the [[Oliver House, Toledo, Ohio|Oliver House]] and Stand-art Lofts have been renovated into restaurants, condominiums, offices and art galleries.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/business/real-estate/2012/01/29/Lofts-a-fit-in-historic-downtown-building/stories/201201290023 |title=Lofts a fit downtown |website=Toledo Blade |access-date=May 6, 2020 |archive-date=January 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116190352/https://www.toledoblade.com/business/real-estate/2012/01/29/Lofts-a-fit-in-historic-downtown-building/stories/201201290023 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On the evening of August 1, 2014, the city of Toledo issued a warning to citizens advising against the use of city water, leaving more than half a million people suddenly without water.<ref name="greatlakes.org"/> A bloom of toxic [[Cyanobacteria|blue-green algae]] had formed directly over Toledo's water intake pipe, which was situated a few miles off shore in Lake Erie.<ref name="nytimes.com"/> Because of the algae bloom forming just above the pipe, the water being pumped into Toledo showed levels of harmful bacteria that made the water unsafe to interact with. On August 3, the [[Ohio National Guard]] was brought in to deliver over 10,000 gallons of water to citizens due to a rapid depletion of bottled water locally.<ref>{{cite web |title=Toledo Water Crisis: A timeline of what's happened so far |url=https://www.wtol.com/article/news/toledo-water-crisis-a-timeline-of-whats-happened-so-far/512-8a30f5fd-a8f1-4c5a-979d-a18e16dfc7ea |website=wtol.com |date=August 3, 2014 |access-date=December 16, 2022 |archive-date=December 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216195421/https://www.wtol.com/article/news/toledo-water-crisis-a-timeline-of-whats-happened-so-far/512-8a30f5fd-a8f1-4c5a-979d-a18e16dfc7ea |url-status=live }}</ref> The warning against using water lasted nearly three days, finally ending late on August 4.

In 2018, [[Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.]] invested $700 million into an East Toledo location as the site of a new hot-briquetted iron plant, designed to modernize the steel industry. The plant was slated to create over 1,200 jobs.<ref name="wtol.com">{{Cite web |url=https://www.wtol.com/article/news/cleveland-cliffs-invests-700-million-in-toledo/512-423ef1fe-757e-436d-b1bc-ccea5eac95e8 |title=Cleveland Cliffs invests $700 million in Toledo |website=wtol.com |date=April 6, 2018 |access-date=July 16, 2020 |archive-date=July 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716001400/https://www.wtol.com/article/news/cleveland-cliffs-invests-700-million-in-toledo/512-423ef1fe-757e-436d-b1bc-ccea5eac95e8 |url-status=live }}</ref> Construction was completed in 2020, as planned.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/operations/steelmaking/toledo-dr-plant |title=Toledo DR Plant |date=January 4, 2024 |access-date=November 11, 2023 |archive-date=December 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205111658/https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/operations/steelmaking/toledo-dr-plant |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="wtol.com"/>