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Neighborhoods In Partnership (NIP) develops residential and commercial real estate and offers business and residential assistance programs to the neighborhoods of Collingwood Springs, The Old West End, The Corridor, Uptown, and Toledo Olde Towne Community Organization. Our mission is to improve the quality of neighborhood life through housing and economic development.

Toledo West Weed & Seed Sub-committee Meeting Schedules: The Law Enforcement Subcommittee and the Community Policing Subcommittee meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 5PM at the Hamilton Bldg., 525 Hamilton Street, 2nd floor. The Prevention, Intervention & Treatment Subcommittee, the Neighborhood Restoration Subcommittee and the NIP Law Enforcement Subcommittee meet on the 4th Monday of each month at 6 PM at Kent Branch Library. The Weed & Seed Steering Committee meets every 4th Thursday at 6PM at NIP. Learn about the NIP Weed And Seed Program by clicking here.

After an absence of many years the nationally known GUS MACKER 3-on-3 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT has returned to Toledo! Sponsored by Neighborhoods In Partnership, the event was held August 26th and 27th, 2006 at the Erie Street Market. 103 teams from Toledo, Michigan, Indiana, and Wisconsin registered to play. You can get Gus Macker information on-line at WWW.MACKER.COM.

Have you ever wanted to own your business? If you have an idea for a business and want to learn how to turn that idea into reality then call us. NIP has a MicroEnterprise Program for low-to middle income residents or owners of businesses in the NIP, ONYX, NorthRiver, or Ottawa Community Development Corporation areas. Scholarships to business classes offered by ASSETS TOLEDO or Toledo Chamber of Commerce NexLevel are available along with loans for start-up businesses. Call David Clawson at NIP, 419-241-9682, to discuss your ideas and find out if you qualify for this opportunity.

Back issues of the NIP Newsletter are now available on line. NIP publishes a newsletter approximately every three months. Entitled "The Quarterly Review", it will usually be on the website before the actual newsletter is printed and distributed. The newsletter is in Adobe Portable Document Format (.PDF) so you will have to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer in order to view it. Click here to view the Summer, 2004 issue.(Published July, 2004.) Click here to view the Spring, 2004 issue.(Published May, 2004.) Click here to view the Winter, 2004 issue (Published January, 2004.) If you don't have Adobe Acrobat Reader you can download the current version for free by clicking here.

TOTCO, Toledo Olde Towne Community Organization has become a member of NIP. TOTCO, bounded by Bancroft, Cherry, Collingwood, Delaware, and Warren Streets has been a neighborhood organization since 1967 and it was incorporated as a Comunity Development Corporation in 1991. More information about TOTCO can be found in the Winter, 2004 Newsletter.

New Cheney Flats at the corner of Adams & Franklin streets is completed and occupied. The 65 one, two, and three bedroom apartments and townhouses in four attractive buildings are fully air-conditioned and feature off-street parking, a community room, a safe play area for children, and individual security systems. The Cheney Flats are professionally managed by RVA Properties. For leasing information call 419-241-2243. Click here for construction photos and more information about the New Cheney Flats.

If you live in the Old West End Historic District remember that ANY exterior alteration, including re-roofing, gutters, siding or windows requires a Certificate Of Appropriateness which is issued by the Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commission. Before you make any changes, consult the Plan Commission at 419-936-2652.

Phone Numbers to Know Building Inspection...........245-1239   City Council....................245-1050 Nuisance Abatement........936-3600   Stray Dogs......................255-6119 Dog Bites........................245-1734    Building Permits..............245-1210 Pothole Reports............936-BUMP   Street Lights....................245-1419 Illegal Dumping..............255-STOP   Abandoned Vehicles........245-3323 Fair Housing...................243-6163    Municipal Court...............245-1940 Public Service.................245-1318    Weatherization.................691-2900 Planning..........................245-1200    Sewer & Drainage...........936-2934 Solid Waste....................936-2510    City Hotline.....................245-1000

DO YOUR PART to help create a better neighborhood. Pick up around your property. Report illegal dumping by calling 419-255-STOP. Do not put your trash at the curb any earlier than 5:00 PM during the winter and 7:00 PM during spring and summer on the day before your regularly scheduled pick up. Be sure to bring your trash cans back from the curb after trash pick up.

IN 1999 HUD issued new regulations regarding reduction of lead-based paint hazards. The regulations are not only based on scientific research but also on the practical experience of controlling lead hazards in subsidized housing. The new regulations went into effect September 15, 2000. Read about the dangers of exposure to lead in "Here Are The Facts About Lead and Lead-based Paint."

Want to start your own business?     If you are starting a business or if you are already a business owner, NIP can assist you with business plan preparation, business financial management, property acquisition and improvement, relocation, and loan packages. There is no charge to you for NIP's business management services. Call us today! Click here for other business resources.

Updated: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 What is NIP? What does it do? Click here to find out. Take a photographic tour of the NIP member neighborhoods. Housing Services Uptown Project The ROAR Project Lead and Lead-Based Paint Rental Properties Community Reinvestment Area Tax Abatement Business Services Facade Improvement Grants Neighborhood Economic Development Loan Community Reinvestment Area Tax Abatement Enterprise Development Loan Office & Retail Space Available Programs Weed And Seed CYMBAL The Archives Links to other Sites Email us

A portion of the funds used to produce this website were provided through the Community Development Block Grant by the City of Toledo, Department of Economic and Community Development.

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