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Join our friends Reinvest Toledo this Saturday!

Toledo Jesup W. Scott High School Grace Community Center The Junction Coalition North End Community Committee Cherry Legacy Neighbors Collingwood Arts Center

ABLE offices will be closed on Friday, July 3 in observance of Independence Day. We will reopen with normal office hours on Monday, July 6.

Stay safe during this extreme heat. Multiple cooling centers are available throughout Toledo/Lucas County, Defiance, and Dayton/Montgomery County.

On Tuesday, June 30 at 12p, the Montgomery County Jail Coalition will host a virtual event to explore how an online dashboard could improve jail operations, increase transparency, and build public trust. The costly renovations currently underway at the jail are intended to modernize the facility and improve the safety and well-being of detainees and staff. In order for us to know that, track that, and adequately protect the investment we're making in the jail, it is crucial to build-out the necessary data infrastructure as well.

We will host officials from Polk County, IA (Des Moines); Hennepin County, MN (Minneapolis); and Harris County, TX (Houston)--all jurisdictions with jail dashboards. By learning from experiences and best practices, we can develop a proposal that works in our county.

The Jail Coalition has been researching transparency mechanisms since our campaign for civilian oversight in Summer 2025, which delivered a petition with 2000 signatures but no action from County officials. This is an issue of significant concern for voters and taxpayers and our hope is that a dashboard (coupled with quarterly town hall events where the sheriff can engage with the public) can be a tangible and effective outcome. We have been invited to formally present the proposal to a working session of the Board of County Commission on July 7.

We hope you can attend this virtual event! RSVP here: https://act.mcjailcoalitionohio.org/jaildata.