Toledo’s park restoration projects are part of a citywide initiative aimed at revitalizing public spaces and enhancing the quality of life for residents. With a focus on sustainability, these projects involve restoring green areas, improving playgrounds, adding recreational facilities, and enhancing landscaping to create welcoming environments for families, children, and visitors.

These restoration projects are designed to support local wildlife and improve ecological health. Native plants and trees are being reintroduced to strengthen biodiversity, while water management systems, such as rain gardens and improved drainage, are reducing flooding and runoff.

The restoration efforts align with Toledo's broader environmental goals, helping to mitigate the urban heat island effect, improve air quality, and provide natural habitats within the city.

Current Restoration Projects

Bandore Park Restoration

The project helps address eroding banks by creating a vegetated floodplain bench within the stream channel

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Collins Park Stream Restoration

The Collins Park Stream Restoration project will restore a degraded watercourse and wetland habitat on a portion of Duck Creek within the Maumee River watershed.

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Delaware Creek Improvements

This project will help fix some erosion problems and will reduce sediment, nutrient, and chemical loading from stormwater into local waterways.

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Jermain Park Ottawa River Restoration

The restoration project enhances wetlands and instream conditions within the Maumee River watershed, improving habitat for fish and wildlife.

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Detwiler Golf Course Stream Restoration

The City of Toledo received $1 million in funding from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Program to enhance the Detwiler Municipal golf course with some added natural features.

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