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It's mayor Monday here on the 419.

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Maybe because it starts the week and people missed us over the weekend.

It could also because.

Because Mayor Monday is an opportunity to get a tour of northwest Ohio through the eyes of the great people that are living and loving and making each of their communities a better place and giving back sometimes.

And what I can try is not an always a celebrated way, right?

These are people that are doing these on top of other jobs, or giving back and facing or trying to fix real things in the community they live in, which is certainly a challenge.

I can tell you that almost every time we record one of these, one of our friends in the community says, oh yeah, you you interviewed my mayor or the mayor from the city they grew up in or living currently.

So pretty cool.

I'm super excited about today's show.

Most of the mayors we've had on from from smaller communities have talked about and we've talked about the relationship between the mayor and often them.

They've got a, you know, township trustee they're working with today.

We're going to be joined by both the mayor and one of the township trustees, the mayor of Holland, Ryan Spangler.

Join us.

Andy Glenn, one of the Springfield Township trustees, is going to be here.

And then is this going to be like a cage match or.

Well, we're going to find out.

We had to sell the cage, so they're going to have to just duke it out normally.

Yeah, maybe arm wrestling.

Battle of wits as they say.

Yeah, I love it.

And then Christina White and Scott Walsh are going to come in and join us as well.

Not to say anything disparaging disparaging about Scott.

I think he'll understand what it's coming from.

Christina is like one of the best people in Northwest Ohio, and I'm so excited to have her on and to hear her passion and excitement for the Springfield, Holland area.

They've got a really cool.

Well, I just got I also live in northwest Ohio, so yep, yep.

I met when I said, okay, all right, that's fine, I stand by, I stand by as you should.

I actually feel even more confident in what I said.

Yeah, but they've got a really cool event series that they've put together out in that end of town that is all benefiting area charities as well.

And the multitude of them, if I'm not mistaken.

That's right.

Right.

So really cool opportunity.

We'll learn more about that on the show after the break.

Before we go.

Before we go, I do have to say, and I'm going to end this on a somber note last week.

Into the community.

It would have been a week ago.

We could go.

Today I got the news that a good friend of mine had passed away after a long battle with cancer.

Aaron was the owner creator of Patron Saints Brewery, a good friend of mine, a good friend in northwest Ohio in the small business brewery community.

After a four year battle with cancer.

Yeah, and and I it's tough because I find myself, you know, he was diagnosed stage four pancreatic cancer four years ago and given a four month prognosis that, you know, he got about four months.

He never let cancer to find him and fought like hell for four years.

And I'm so grateful for the time, my thoughts and prayers.

My love goes to his family, his children, the entire brewery community that is mourning that loss.

There are a lot of opportunities online for people to help the family volunteer and support, so people can check that out on social media.

What I know you did a lot with the Metroparks as well as an initial partner, was a young man in Northwest Ohio fashion.

My connection to that brewery was not the rare in the first.

It was through his partner who I went to grade school with.

He and his family lived behind my mother.

So as you would expect if he knew them, great people, great neighbors, right?

Which is a position that we should all aspire to do better at.

And he defined that.

Yeah, absolutely.

All right.

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When we come back, we'll kick off our Mayor Monday edition of the 419 with the mayor of Holland, Ryan Spangler.

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Welcome back into the 419.

It's mayor Monday.

We're joined now by the mayor of Holland, Ryan Spangler.

Mayor, thank you so much for joining us.

For sure.

Yeah.

Glad to be here.

We talk about all the time.

Kind of to get a chance to see a community through the eyes of the mayor.

And the number one question I think we ask of a mayor is, why have you done this to yourself?

Of all the things that you could do with your free time?

For sure.

So, I mean, as if I don't get enough punishment in my daytime job, right?

I figure I need a little bit more.

But I think the biggest thing is, is certainly giving back to my community and being a part of my community really value that, that governmental side of things.

And I think that might just relate more to my full time job.

Right.

And bringing that all kind of together.

And what a great opportunity to be able to do that for a small village.

Right?

We're small.

We're quaint.

Know most people.

So great little, great little community.

It grew up there.

Right.

Before we get into that.

I just want to.

Mr.

Mayor, I have lived.

I am originally from Toledo and moved back.

But give us a little bit of the jurisdictional boundaries of of your time.

Yeah, it's a little chopped up, right?

Sure.

We can give you some some basic roadways.

So basically we're split by Angola okay.

We do go down to the just short of the 475 overpass or underpass, however you want to look at that, the McCord road.

We do have, you know, a few businesses that would be behind three Meadows, but the majority, almost all of it.

Spring Meadows is certainly in Springfield Township.

Then we go up to Airport Highway and we kind of take a jog.

So we don't really begin until you get to like the menards, the Kroger, the Aldi complex.

So there are other portion of that is in Springfield Township and then Holloway Road that certainly then eventually going over the railroad tracks and then splits by Clark Street.

It's just it's a small little area.

It's a little chopped up, I guess, because it is.

We'll get to sort of the governing of that, certainly at the the larger part of the segment here.

But it is an interesting collection of things that you get to with others, of course, oversee you have a little bit of everything, which is not a helpful way to describe it, but I bet that represents some real jurisdictional governing challenges.

Right.

The a school system.

Commerce.

Right.

A lot of retail commerce, which is a challenging thing, and at least right now to to govern over.

But before we get to the complexity of that.

Your childhood is from here.

Talk to me a little bit about what made little Ryan want to be the Lord that you've demanded us to call you?

Yes.

I mean, my whole family has grown up here.

My grandpa, you know, my grandpa and grandma have been here.

And then the jury of my aunts and uncles still live in Springfield Township.

So, you know, I think that's that's part of the challenge to is everybody has a Holland mailing address.

Right.

But they're not in the village limits, but they live in Springfield Township.

But our communities work so closely together that we're all in swirling.

So I was I grew up in technically, Springfield Township until our land was annexed into the village of hollow, and we got bought out to put in the Kroger complex.

And then for work, I actually moved away because I had a residency requirement, but then was able to by moving away just to Perrysburg, like not far away.

Right.

But then when the residency requirement lax, I was able to move back and was able to move back into the village of Holland and certainly have some family ties to former mayor Mike Junker, who was like, hey, I'm going to have an open council seat.

I think this is a great fit for you.

Why don't you give it a try?

So I did that, moved into that position.

What was that conversation?

Right.

I mean, he said it was great for you, but that doesn't mean you think it's great for you.

Did you take a night, two weeks to think about doing this or.

No around the kitchen table conversation?

Yes.

So, I mean, I would say, you know, having experience of attending council meetings, you know, certainly for for fun.

For fun.

Yeah.

For fun.

Yeah for sure.

But having, having some of those prior council meeting experience and knowing what it was, my biggest thing was what is the time commitment and can I fit it into my full time job schedule?

At that point in time, I wasn't in my current position, so it worked out.

Yeah, perfect timing for me.

I was able to fit that in and certainly be able to to do what I'm doing now.

So for though that you're talking about a little bit of work, work balance as opposed because we haven't mentioned life yet at all, which apparently you have no interest in.

Yeah.

But you talked a little bit about working into your schedule there.

What is the day job?

Yeah.

So my current, my current day job in current rank is the assistant chief of police for the City of Oregon Police Division.

Also a big job, big job loss, headaches, right.

Not everything is smooth.

Get out of town.

But we certainly work through it, right?

You know, we work through it.

Yeah.

And so.

Yeah.

So I mean, that was able to fit into my schedule nicely and be able to not only do both jobs, but be able to dedicate the necessary time to do them to the best of my ability.

And I think that's a big distinction because that's well said.

You just you don't want to do the job just to say, hey, I'm the mayor.

Like I hold the title.

I'm the mayor.

That's not it at all.

I want when I'm complete with my term.

And if there is another, you know, another election, whatever that looks like in the future.

But I want it to look that I did the best that I could.

That people remember me for the the things that I did while I was in office.

Can you tell us a little bit about the, you know, cities have basic services police, fire, water, trash and, you know, the very, very basics.

So are those all provided by the village of Holland?

Is it township?

Are they all partnerships?

Who is providing the services to that to the area?

I guess what I would say is a combination is it's a combination of everything.

Sure.

We have our own Village of Holland Police Department that is a full time, staffed police department where we try to run two officers per shift, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, five days a year.

Citizens love it because we're probably unique in the fact that they should have seen an officer almost every once every two hours.

That's pretty abnormal for most communities, right?

And call for service dependent.

Let's, let's let's my neighborhood receive police all the time, for good or bad or indifferent.

I just comment on frequency for sure.

Yeah.

So, you know, big thing like that, that's a service that our citizens expect.

We have a contract with Springfield Township to be able to provide fire service, fire and EMS service.

Yes.

And we used to have in the village of how we used to have our own fire department.

It was all volunteer based, paid part time.

Maybe it was a better term for that because they were compensated.

Lives have changed, right?

Times have changed.

And as you know, as things progressed, less people were stepping up to the plate to be able to do that.

They needed the full time job.

They need two incomes to be able to provide for their household, so that it changed a little bit.

And jobs are a little more demanding, right?

The time with children and sporting events and just all of that family time.

So there was a need to switch for that.

There was a need to change for that.

So we were fortunate with our community partners, right, with Springfield Township that we work so closely with, we're able to enter into a long term contract with them.

That contract had expired, and a new long term contract is currently in place and will be in place until the year 2034.

So long sustainability of that.

Absolutely.

Village provides garbage service, so we do contract garbage service that comes at no expense to our village residents.

We're not.

We don't have an additional fee for that fire service.

We don't have an additional fee for that.

The village absorbs that through our through our tax base.

And so for our police services, talk to me about the a lot of people take these roles because they want to change things.

There is certainly a tagline about Howland being on the right track.

Talk to me about I'm sure there's a bunch of wins to celebrate, so it's like picking a child that's your favorite, which I could, but what?

What are some of the things that you're the most celebrated or the most proud of, or that you ran on?

And again, this isn't a political show, but we are absolutely proud to have people that are proud of the community.

Come on.

Indiscriminate of the large politics behind it.

But you've had some real wins, and I'm sure the things that you're proud of.

What are some of those?

Have you been mayor?

So I am midterm right now.

So I have two more years to go or actually I probably have like a year in almost a year and a half now, I guess is kind of going quick.

It's four year term.

Did you have long flowing hair before you started?

I did not, but I did have some hair, okay.

When I started in the career of law enforcement and yeah, yeah, they're that way.

Those things aren't really know that.

It just makes it more dynamic.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I mean they say like on your mother's side.

So on my mom's side, yes.

All the men are same brother.

Yeah.

Is what it is.

I keep it short and I don't have to have like earlier.

Yeah.

Don't have to go in the green room and prep.

That's right.

On the money of then.

But yeah.

So look, we're very proud of our village services that we provide.

And we're, we're very proud of the fact that we're able to provide those and no expense to our village residents, absent what we collect in income tax.

And we're fortunate to also have a large business base.

Yes.

And which contributes to the overall general fund, which is where a lot of that comes from.

For me, the things that are already there are already there.

They're well established, and I'm happy and fortunate to be able to step into a role that they were kind of there.

Right.

But we can expand and improve upon that.

So last year we replaced both of our playground equipment, making them a little more inclusive, but certainly for a big update to them.

So that's at Shawbury Park, which is a great park, great park.

And then probably what most people do at the park is play pickleball courts.

You write that park was one of the first ever.

So thanks to Mary Junker, right.

So who vacationed often in Florida and was able to bring that up here.

And we were one of the first ones to have that in our region.

So certainly keeping those courts up this year, probably July, August, this three of our pickleball courts will actually be getting removed.

And those were converted courts.

So those were our previous tennis court and basketball court.

So those three are getting removed, but we're adding four brand new ones.

And then the current existing four that are already there are getting resurfaced new nets certainly getting that all updated.

We're talking with Ryan Spangler, the mayor of the Village of Holland.

We're going to put you on the spot here in a minute with Gretchen's wacky quiz.

But before we do that, we're going to have Andy Glenn on township administrator for Springfield Township, talk to you about the relationship between the village and the township from a from a leadership struggle, you know, structure.

If if you and Andy disagree.

How do you how do you settle that?

Is it you know, pistol on those pistols at noon for sure.

I mean, you know, there's always going to win on those, right?

So yeah, we'll do that.

But look the collaboration between the two communities is great.

And, you know, certainly us coming together for our summertime series and getting into that and expanding on that.

So Springfield Township did a great job with theirs.

Absolutely.

And we also had our picture in the park event.

And what a great opportunity for us to come together and expand on that and make that larger.

So, you know, certainly Andy will talk a lot about the summer series that's happening at Homecoming Park, but I certainly want to give a little plug to our events for the picture in the park.

That's going to happen.

So it's that's on July 24th.

It's the Village of Holland Marketplace.

It will begin at 4 p.m.. We'll run to approximately 8 p.m.

for the marketplace portion.

And then same with our normal tradition.

Certainly having picture in the park at dusk.

We're saying eight ish, right.

But to pass that time, we certainly always offer free hot dogs and free popcorn in preparation for it.

The movie this year is Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron.

Yes.

So 2002 movie.

So certainly the kids will will enjoy that.

It was on in my house over the weekend.

Yeah.

Perfect.

That's a big one.

Yep.

I don't have children and so I'll still have some inflatables there during the daytime as well for the event and throughout the event.

So you know what a great way for the community event for the family totally free event.

Yeah.

Absent.

If someone wants to buy food at one of the food trucks, you know, during the 4 to 8 section.

But at night if you want to hot dogs or if you want five hot dogs, come and have five hot dogs.

Right.

So so we're excited for that great collaboration between the two communities, struggles wise.

Like we really don't.

We're very civil.

We're able to work those out if there are any.

But I would say there are very few and far between.

Right.

Very fortunate with that.

Yeah.

Mr.

mayor, how do you use your interrogation skills that you have as as assistant chief when dealing with council in Holland?

Yes.

So I think it's important to know kind of what their priority items are and knowing what they see for the future, for me to be able to work that in.

Yeah.

And certainly getting to the bottom of that and you know, sometimes it's hey, great idea.

How are we funding it?

Yeah, right.

How is this all going to come together and getting into some of that.

So you know yeah certainly asking some of those tough, hard questions, getting to the answer maybe that I'm looking for.

That's right.

But I need them up now.

But I need them to think about it as well.

What's your favorite cop movie?

Oh.

Favorite cop movi Goodness.

We'll save it.

Cop.

Kindergarten cop is a great I think it's a great.

I agree, great movie.

Should have horses.

Fantastic.

All right, it's now time for wacky quiz.

All right, mayor, I'm going to ask you for rapid fire questions, all right?

Gretchen's going to ask you to describe Holland in exactly one word.

Okay?

And then you and Matt are going to list off the nine best things in Holland.

Okay.

These can be restaurants.

Favorite things.

They can be people.

My last name is pronounced Mullen.

Right.

Here we go.

Question number one.

If you were made a world leader, what policy would you introduce?

Oh, I think that you have to have.

And I'll use my law enforcement side of it.

But you have to have fairness, right?

We can all enforce laws, but let's be fair about them, and let's make sure that our policies are fair across the board and that we're inclusive of everything with it.

But let's be fair.

Okay.

Love it.

All right.

What's the weirdest thing you've ever eaten on a cruise ship?

I tried calamari, you loved it.

I can tell by your face.

Not at all.

Escargot, right.

Like.

Like that's like a little rubber ball in my mouth.

Not for me.

I'm not sure of them.

Not the balls are delicious.

My mom.

Yeah.

My nana has a real recipe from.

This is a good transition.

Then if you were the captain of a captain of a pirate ship.

Okay, what would be the name of your ship?

I love this question.

Survival of the fittest.

All right, that's a good one.

What's your favorite wintertime activity?

Wintertime.

Throwing snowballs?

Yeah, more so at my neighbors than anything but throwing snowballs.

That's a crime.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Not if it's one.

That's true.

What is your.

What is the one word you would use to describe the village of Holland?

I'm going to this is going to sound cheesy, but community okay.

Love it.

Right.

Just all being together and coming together and not fighting, right.

Like other than the snowball.

Other than the snowball fight neighbors.

But back I met those people.

They're nightmares.

Yeah.

All right, let's go through nine favorites, brother.

You and me.

Nine favorites.

Yes.

So village services, right?

Our police department is incredible.

I'll give you two.

The fire department that keep going.

Our our.

We're fortunate to be financially stable.

Yes, sir.

Fiscally responsible.

I'll give you two checks for that.

Perfect.

That park is amazing.

So.

Yes.

So the story Acres Park a great point.

The coming together for the community for that.

Yep.

You got two more.

Our our businesses.

Right.

Like just overall our business is supporting them and keeping them local and bringing that all together.

And then probably one one final one is just great community engagement and involvement as a whole.

You got it.

Great job, Mr.

Mayor.

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much.

Take a break.

Thank you so much.

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Monday we visited the village of Holland with Mayor Ryan Spangler.

We're joined now by township administrator Andy Glenn with Springfield Township.

Thank you so much for being here.

Absolutely.

Let's talk about a little bit, because we've had this conversation with most of our small town village mayors about the relationship between the village, the mayor and the township trustees.

But you are the the first township representative to join us on a mayor Monday.

A former township trustee, now township administrator.

Yeah.

The mayor mentioned in the first segment sort of about stepping up.

And by no means what I describe your former role is milling it in or sitting on your hands.

But to me it does, I think at least registered to me is continuing to carry the torch for your community.

Absolutely.

So talk to me about we joke about this.

There's no other way to say it other than why have you done this to yourself?

But there is caring about your community, and there's wanting to get into the math exercise of making it survive, strive.

And for the next generation.

You embody that, sir.

What?

Talk to me about what this means to you, not just the role itself.

Although I do think we should describe what that role does.

But there's a human being on a molecular level.

Why it matters.

Right.

I mean, it's why I became a trustee.

I was a trustee for 23 years in Springfield before just in March, taking on this role, resigning that position was a lot harder than I anticipated.

When it came down to it, the harder on a on a personal level.

Oh, absolutely.

It talked me a little bit about that.

Born and raised in Springfield Township.

Family involved in the park.

You know, we mold the park.

Did everything before it was turned over to the township.

So my heart is in this community.

It goes three years.

You were in 23?

Yeah.

Goes all the way back to great grandfather having a farm right across the street from the house that I currently own.

Yeah, it was my great grandfather's farm.

Yeah.

So the family roots are deep, and it's it's home.

So, you know, I just want to do what I can to make it better.

Yeah.

Talk to me about the role that you've currently recently taken.

Again, I know my son, but I do think it's important.

What does that job entail?

So the difference between being a trustee and being the administrator.

It's all more so much more fun, in your words.

Yes, absolutely.

Go ahead.

It is absolutely right.

So as a trustee, you're you're basically just giving guidance to the administrator who carries out the will of the trust, the will of the board, and runs the township on a day to day basis.

As a trustee, you're not involved in all those day to day activities and moving things forward and getting projects done.

So being able to move into that role and actually see the projects through is is very rewarding.

And you're replacing a good one.

Mike Hampton is a good man.

Mike Hampton was phenomenal.

He's a friend and he and I met not on the same side of something, but we became on the same side.

Thanks to what I would describe as a fair, to use the mayor's terminology, smart and community as a whole person.

So big shoes to fill.

Not that that you're certainly have to do it, but I do want to give Mike his flowers.

As to you.

He's a great guy.

Oh, absolutely.

Isn't Monclova is lucky to have him.

Yes, sir.

100%.

Yeah, yeah.

Tell us a little bit about the geography of the area and some of the demographics.

How many people live there?

Springfield Township is about 27,000 people.

It is the third largest jurisdiction in Lucas County.

Toledo in Savannah Township are the top two.

So a lot of people don't realize, you know, because you got the city of Oregon, the city of Maumee.

Springfield Township population base is all the crime in Oregon, right?

I mean, correct.

Right.

And there's legal there's legal definitions between the difference between cities, villages and townships and counties.

Can you just sort of run us through.

I'm assuming you know what those what those are.

Why is Springfield a township?

Springfield is a large township.

That's how the state set everything up early on.

So it was originally the large cities.

Then in the townships, you'd have kind of like a center where a lot of the population was.

Those became the villages.

And the biggest difference between cities, villages and townships is cities and villages can pass laws, enforce laws.

Townships can only do what the state of Ohio allows them to do.

So that's what a lot of people move out into townships from cities and villages, and they don't understand that.

They want to say, you know, call and complain about the neighbor doing something.

And you live in a township.

Yeah.

You know, we can't just pass those kind of rules and laws.

Yeah.

What's the most important, you know, when you think about, you know, in any given day, any given week, I mean, what's the most important thing that you are doing as township administrator?

I would say making ensuring that you're doing your research and anything we're doing is getting done as efficiently as possible in is financial being financially responsible because we do have a limited budget.

We don't have the income tax.

It's a very small portion of your property tax that goes to pay for township general funds.

So we have to stretch those dollars.

Townships in Ohio are the most efficient forms of government.

Their closest to the people.

And we do in Springfield Township.

I'm very proud to say that that we do a lot of we do a lot better service with a lot less cost than most of the townships in the area.

What's what's your relationship with Columbus with with the, you know, state reps with?

Absolutely.

Those are huge.

Even as a trustee, those are huge relationships to have as your state reps, as your state senators turnover, you establish those relationships so you have a direct line to them.

And I can tell you one of the biggest benefits of keeping those lines of communications open just came last night.

I got a phone call from state rep Erica White, and Springfield Township received $50,000 in the state budget to go towards the new pickleball courts for a park on the road.

I can tell you specifically, I know exactly the crossover pickleball court, and it is about that.

And that's that will represent certainly at least one really high quality pickleball court.

Top of the line.

So congratulations to you and congratulations to Rep White.

Certainly a good woman and quite literally puts her feet on the pavement.

And a Springfield Township president.

Yeah I do.

There is an almost romantic component of this.

I mean, you're talking about your grandfather's farm, which, if I know anything about farming, it is something that I bet you worked on.

Yes.

Absolutely.

Sure.

But you're now probably within a few miles proximity in terms of your day job supporting the community that you actually worked the soil on.

Oh, absolutely.

Yes.

That's a different level of people can learn how to govern from a textbook, certainly to some degree.

And that's not to diminish that conceptually.

But there's a different level of governing when you've actually had your hand in the soil.

Does that make you better at this job?

More?

Are you more available because you know how people have lived and walked through the community for, I'm guessing more than 25 years, I don't know, 50?

Yes, sir.

All right.

It is.

And I won't diminish anybody who went and got their college degrees and come out with public administration.

But when you grew up in the community and you know the community.

I feel that you can be a much more effective leader of that community.

Yes, sir, than somebody who moves into it with a college degree.

So we're talking with Andy Glenn, the Springfield Township administrator, here on a Monday on the 419.

You guys have got some cool activities coming up this summer.

I know we'll talk with Christine and Scott in our next segment about some more of those details, but tell me what's coming up and why is why is this important?

You know, to to Springfield Township.

Yeah.

So back when I was on on the board of trustees, Mike brought us this idea of bringing Christina as a consultant to promote township activities and put together a series.

It would have been nice if you could have found somebody who's more of a champion, who's comfortable speaking out and really has an opinion about the Springfield Township.

I challenge you to find somebody who's more that you just have on your phone.

So there's one downside.

And she makes amazing cookies.

Yes.

That's the only reason we did this show.

Please go ahead.

Mr.. I'm sorry.

What Christina has done with that has been absolutely amazing.

This year is going to be our best year yet with our summer series.

It actually kicked off on January 1st with the Springfield Splash.

We jump in the pond at Homecoming Park at on January 1st at 1:00.

Love it to kick off.

Pull the bear plunge.

Yes.

Yeah, that's a terrible idea.

It is.

Yes, but it is truly fun.

I would I would absolutely have agreed with you prior to the first time I did it.

And I promise you, if you come out and try it, you'll be back the next year.

He's right.

I will second that.

Yes.

Yeah.

All right.

Keep going.

You've got a lot to cover.

Yeah.

So coming up on June 27th is our freedom celebration.

We are focused on the 250 250 year anniversary of our country.

This summer series is raising money for some local charities.

A lot of local charities that focus on youth, veterans and specifically our community.

And the event is free to attend.

Participants in the five K race or the Wicked Wheels Celebration, which is another event in August.

They'll pay an entrance fee, but that's really the only cost.

There's no parking fee.

There's no cost of admission to any of these events.

Wicked wheels is what Wicked wheels is probably one.

Well, I won't say probably.

It's the best car show in the area, right?

We we bring, I think, close to five, 600 cars into our park.

Yeah.

And it's like a four hour show on a Wednesday.

How about that?

But it is huge.

And you see some amazing vehicles and it's a top notch show.

And that takes place in August 5th.

And it'll be the sixth annual Wicked Wheels car show.

But on the 27th.

We have it starts today with the five K run, walk, get out and sign up for that.

You can run it.

You can walk it.

If you had a rough Friday night, you can crawl it I don't care.

Just come out and enjoy our park with us that morning and and see the new trails that we built out back.

It's a great park.

Yeah.

That's amazing.

We get cross country events there, held there now, because our public service department did such an amazing job with with putting those trails in and back through the woods.

I know a little bit about trails and I can tell you they are great.

You've done your they've done a phenomenal job.

You should be very proud as yes, they know you are in fact ask you.

Mr.

Glenn, we asked this in all manner of ways with guess we have on.

When you think of a resident of the community you serve, who do you envision?

My mother, my grandparents, my aunts and uncles, they all they're all in the community.

Yeah.

So so this is try to understand when somebody calls in and they have an issue.

You handle it like that's who you're speaking to, like a family member.

Absolutely.

That's right.

Absolutely.

And the noticeable difference in that level of care, other than just checking a box.

And you can tell that from Springfield Township, if you could wave a magic wand and fix something immediately.

Money aside and practicality aside.

But what would you change tomorr And this isn't to be critical of another person or institution.

Certainly not.

If you could just fix something or make it no longer a downtown.

Talk to me about that.

What would it look like?

That's I have.

Where would it be for forever?

I have a main street on Angola Road between McCord and Kelly.

Yeah.

Okay.

Yes.

That.

That would be the southern half would be in the village of Highland.

The northern half of be in Springfield Township.

Sure.

And that, to me, would make the perfect town center for us.

Absolutely.

Our last guest, Mayor Spangler, is your cousin?

Correct.

So who between the two of you is your.

Is the favorite of the family?

If there's a problem in the family, which one of the two of you is the family member going to go to?

To resolve the based on height?

Ryan.

Ryan is the youngest.

Yeah.

So he should tell you everything, correct?

Sure.

It was always blamed on the older ones.

Yeah.

When you're.

If you're out around the country and you're describing your community to somebody who's never been to Northwest Ohio.

How do you how do you describe Springfield Township?

I think Springfield Township, the reason it's one of the fastest growing locations and has been for years in Lucas County, is because of its proximity to everything, but yet still has the rural feel.

You can live in neighborhoods in five minutes, be driving through, you know, cornfields and farmers, telling them up your, you know, within a five minute drive.

You're in a major retail area.

It has everything that you would want.

It has, you know, the serenity and peace and then the busy commercial districts.

It's just a great location.

I, I move I'm born and raised in Toledo, Ohio.

I moved away and did not plan on coming back, but didn't plan on.

Not either.

I do love this region, but I will tell you that I thought of the township in Springfield as Spring Meadows.

That's how I referred to as a child, and my partner and I moved back to this, back to Toledo and she said, yeah, my friends live in Holland.

I was like, oh, so they're Dutch.

And she said, no.

I was like, oh, this must be a new.

I'm embarrassed to say this, but it's ultimately going to be a compliment.

So I was like, this must be relatively new.

It's new like 1837.

Correct.

Right.

So that goes to show, first of all, my intellect and my finger on the pulse of history.

But I do think that that is a sign of growth.

Right.

Because that wasn't on the radar to me.

And we did not just dwell in the city of Toledo.

We were our family was sort of all over the place in the county in all manner of ways.

But I do think that this is a region that is moving forward on the map, and I think that some of that is based on, first of all, good, good diligence on with your ship, mike's and the mayors as well.

But there are good things happening in there, right?

So people are living there.

27,000 people don't live in an area by accident.

So congratulations to you, sir, and the people that serve along with you.

If you if you can tell people one thing or there's one thing that's misunderstood most about Springfield Township, what do you think it is?

It absolutely is.

The transplants that come out of villages or cities and then they move into a township.

It's their their lack of understanding that we can't pass laws.

You know, we don't have the same kind of property maintenance rules.

Those are if you're living in hope, you get property maintenance rules.

If you don't, you don't have property maintenance rules in a township.

I mean, you can't have junk and everything, but the only rules we can enforce are those that are in the Ohio Revised Code.

We can't do anything locally.

That's right.

I learned something new.

Andy Glen, Springfield Township administrator, thank you so much for joining us.

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When we come back, we'll be joined by Christina White and Scott Walsh.

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We've spoken with the mayor of the village of Holland, the Springfield Township trustee.

And now we're joined by, I think what we can all agree is the greatest champion for the Springfield, Holland area.

Christina White and Scott Walsh.

Thank you so much for being here, Christina.

So you and I interacted quite a lot through you had an incredible career with Springfield schools.

What what brings you to the township?

And what's your role with Springfield Township now?

On the day that I was actually in Scott Walsh's office, at least 17 associates office, signing my paperwork with the state of Ohio, and I got a text from my captain and he said, so I hear you're graduating and we've got an idea.

Would you come and talk with us?

And I went in thinking that they were looking for some guidance because they were the trustees.

The trustees had challenged the administration to come up with some ideas to bring people.

Some people.

Township is an incredible area that people drive through, but they weren't stopping.

And we wanted to change that.

They wanted to change that.

And they said, there's this eclipse.

And we think the eclipse is an opportunity for us.

And my initial response was, I can come up with some great ideas for people that could help you and a strategy.

And they said, you're not listening.

We really want you to come.

We want you to block the sun.

It's an easy it's an easy transition of Springfield schools, Springfield Township.

And obviously I'm very passionate about that community and the the diversity that exists.

Why are you passionate to this degree?

May I ask?

Because I've been able to be around families when their children are born and watch them across a graduation stage.

Yeah.

And listen.

And it's not because of me.

I live three streets out of the district, but people like Andy Glenn.

I watch the program.

He was a member of the first Jarrett or OTC program.

And when you see that, it really is a sorry, Andy, it's not cradle to grave, but is it cradle to existence?

Richard made it true.

But it is.

It is watching the culture.

And there's a difference between talking about it and watching people live it.

Yes, ma'am.

And I was accepted into that, and by osmosis became a part of that in the relationships that I have with the people that are investing in it with their time, their talent, and in my case, working with with Scott and some of the other people that in a long time you bring that relationship in.

So I wanted I wasn't ready to leave yet.

And it's not legacy as much as motivation.

Yeah.

Scott, you worked.

You worked for Savage Associates and your in your day job.

When you want to be more of a glutton for punishment, you volunteer an incredible amount of time in the Springfield community.

But I know you worked with the Springfield Schools Foundation for 20 years.

We talked with with with Ryan and with Andy about the resources and the assets of that community.

But we haven't talked about the schools yet.

Talk to me about kind of what you guys love about about Springfield schools.

And that is a builder of community.

Lauren.

Happy to do that.

And it's not just the schools, it's the township as well.

I have lived in the township for about 35 years.

My wife taught in the district.

I raised my kids in the district.

I've been very active in the school district as well as have developed a relationship with the township.

I have I've drank the Kool-Aid.

I'm.

I'm all in.

Okay.

I'm very fortunate to live in a very nice community within Springfield Township.

Selfishly, as a golfer, I've got a golf course in my backyard, which makes it makes it nice.

But there is a there's something special about the township.

Wonderful people.

I've met so many great, genuine people, and I wish we had them on the show.

That'd be great.

Yeah, yeah, that would have been quite a program both of you sort of embody.

We have been doing this show for five and a half months now.

We have people on that talk about their community, but so often we hear stories from people that they love their house, they love their neighbor, they love their neighbors.

But then you could go on and just live that life.

But so many people, like the two of you who are embodying go to the next level, get involved, lead something as a volunteer organization, create events, contribute to the culture.

And so I'm so interested in in why you could you don't have to do anything that you're doing.

No.

But you know what?

I share Andy's sentiment that one of the downsides to the Springfield Township areas, we don't have a downtown, and there's not a place for people to congregate.

And through these series of events that Christina has put together now, it brings our community together.

You know, yes, we get a segment that shows up for soccer and baseball and other kids activities.

But it's these events here.

And that's that's why she can't just do one.

You know, I could get it ready to go there just one time of year, right?

That the psychoses.

Yeah.

I mean, you had her cookies ever just giving you one cookie.

That's fair point.

So, I mean, but I think this is a this is a good transition to talk about these events.

I think it's also very emblematic of just Christina, who you are and everything I've ever seen you do is that again, you could do one event.

That'd be fine.

You could do 6 or 7 events.

That would be fine.

But you choose to do 6 or 7 events to benefit seven different charities in the area as well.

Talk to me about what's what's coming.

If I could tag along with that.

Both of the leaders who are on prior also mentioned this.

You can build a community by the brick and mortar, obviously, but there isn't any more effective way, as it sounds, to build a community by gathering as a community.

So getting the people, sharing hot dogs, listening to music together, having their kids get their faces painted, you know, that is not necessarily that doesn't have to be rock.

Willian, you know, a painting on your dentist's office.

Yeah.

This is what gets you fools the dedicate your lives to it.

So there's a tagline in Springfield schools and we bleed blue.

That's right.

Yeah.

And you see it all over the place.

Yes, sir.

So I apologize for hijacking that, but I can't emphasize enough.

You know, my my day job is is twofold, but one of them is to lean into the power of having memorable experiences together.

And all of you have provided that.

So tell me what what specifically we can look forward to.

Thanks to all I need to do a preamble for that, because you, your viewers got a chance to see the leaders.

But what they've what they did when they brought me in is they challenged me and they didn't say create an event, but they talked to me about was an engagement strategy.

That's why the school district is seen in out, in the public, in the community.

It is a strategy of approaching the people that live here, asking them, what will you support?

Not our ideas.

Sitting around the table going, oh, what can we do?

Is what does the community want?

And how do we make that happen with the recognition that, by the way, we have no budget.

We want you to go out and sell your passion to the community.

And I am passionate about it because the kids, there is such incredible diversity.

There are areas of extreme wealth and then there are areas of extreme poverty.

And yet those kids who sit in a classroom together and don't know what paychecks their parents bring home, or the people that are driving through that may be driving a Mercedes, BMW or the riding a bike.

Yeah.

How do we create something that shows the culture of the community, shows the personality of the community, gets people that drive through and ride their bikes through to stop in that community.

So it can't be just one thing, and it relies on that passion, the direction from the leaders.

Christine, if you can raise it, we can do it to go out and sell those ideas.

And behind everything everybody wants to do.

I think you want to know that there's a purpose behind it.

And I posted on Facebook recently that more than talking or using words to talk about the 250th anniversary of this country, Springfield Township challenged me and said, okay, it's about the people that got us here.

It's about those veterans.

It's about youth.

It's about people in our community.

How do we celebrate them?

How do we bring them together an something that's meaningful that will matter not just on that day or those two days, but forever?

What can we carry along with them?

So we put together the the Summer series started on January 1st.

I know, tongue in cheek, that will end in August, but more importantly, it celebrates who we are.

Whoo hoo!

The nation.

Is that how that nation lives in Springfield Township in the village of Holland?

Well said.

So, putting together the idea of A5K that starts out by recognizing veterans that morning and benefits veterans organizations, that it's not just saying we support the veterans showing it and they're so generous.

They said, Christine, if you raise more than what we need, we're not going to keep this isn't a money grab we don't want to admit and we don't want to do these things.

We honestly want to give back to the people that got us here.

So, you know, having those, identifying those and get having them become a part so that we can amplify not only their missions but who they are.

So getting other people involved.

So starting out with A5K.

Are you conflicted about celebrating our nation and having it measured in kilometers?

No, because most of the people just know they're going to run in a gorgeous not on the roads.

And that was another thing that was important to me, is that Springfield Township has a lot of traffic, and I didn't we didn't want people that had to worry about the safety of their car.

So we're using those wonderful fitness trails that exist and wonderful and bringing people's attention to those that might not.

One of the concerns that we always had is people weren't not coming to going into the park beyond the soccer fields because their kids came for the rec league sports.

And how do we get them back further into the park?

So we found a way, the concert series, which is so fun.

I know y'all know Nicole Corey and Arctic Clam and we love her, but not fast enough.

What you may not know about their first of all amazing band open for Florida, which is amazing.

They're Springfield in their roots.

Yes, drummer, lead singer, bass player know that all from they were my kids when they were this big.

Told me when they were this big and we we get a chance to celebrate that.

So it was the opportunity then to take their fireworks and very popular fireworks show and say, okay, what more can we do with it that day?

The in between Nicole and not fast enough is how I really not sucked Scott in necessarily.

But as a sponsor, Savage and Associates has always been working with Dave's running shop, so we've got the race anyhow.

But they also provide these incredible after school running programs for elementary aged children in area Metroparks, one of which was Springfield Township.

We wanted to do more.

So when we approached Davis running shop and savage this again, what more can we do?

And then there was the legacy.

Now, the 17 associate says, because they have won the last two, this is year three of what we call the hero hustle.

Everybody else calls it the dinosaur race.

We talk ten area celebrities.

God bless them, into putting on nine foot inflatable dinosaur suits.

Because my because doing good never becomes extinct, right?

Right there like that.

I mean, you had me with the dinosaurs, but because it has meaning, if I had one more spot, trust me, that would be a suit I'm in.

But they ran against one another, and those dollars go to charity as well.

And then I know Andy Glenn referenced the The Wicked Wheels.

That was an idea that came out of Springfield schools when they introduced 97.7, their student run radio show, and we sat around.

And how do we introduce the station?

It's an oldie station.

How do we get people interested?

And we came up with the idea of a car fest.

And the first year was the Wicked Weather Fest, because it's the only event that I've ever had that we had to cancel midstream because we just couldn't get the rain to stop for four hours.

But we've not had rain since, and last year we had 550 vehicles that the kids could account for.

The reason I say that is not only do drivers with their gorgeous vehicles pull into a space without having to pre-register, they're met at the space by a student volunteer who introduces themselves, tell us who they are, and tries to make friends with them.

Because not only do they keep the registration fee for their program, but they keep any tips they can get as well.

All of those dollars and the cheerleaders do the 5050.

All of those dollars go to those charitable functions.

Love it.

So it's just an incredible opportunity for me to continue to find ways to do good for good people.

Christina, I mean, you talked about Savage Associates.

Certainly commitment to the community.

Scott, if I understand anything about most of how the charitable giving it savage works is a good chunk of it comes out of the pocket of the person who wants to do it.

Why?

Why is this important to you of all the things that you could and do support?

Why is this something that that you believe in?

You know, I learned early on this is back when John Savage was still alive, how important the community was or is.

And that permeates through the entire organization because as you mentioned, you know, it's it's savage that generally gets the recognit But we as individual advisors, co-op share half of the cost of these sponsorships that are out there.

And Savage has raised a lot of money for their foundation.

Actually, next Monday we have our Savage Foundation Golf Classic got at Stone Oak.

What's your handicap?

He's good.

No, actually, I'm I'm like, I'm in my head as well.

Okay.

And it's just we put together a list once a year of all the different charities that and it's in the hundreds of charities that we sponsor.

It just it permeates through the organization.

Savage is a really unique place.

People don't tend to leave.

You know, it's as I tell people, I'm a very boring person.

Since I graduated from college, I've had one job and one wife.

Yeah.

And most people very, very infrequently do.

People.

I've been here 38 years.

I'm not in the top 15 on the senior list.

Sure.

That's amazing.

There's people have been there over 50 years.

Bob Savage has been there over 60 years.

Right.

That's a testament to both you and the organization.

And in the same way that Savage invests, my consulting company is also a sponsor because I do not feel comfortable going out and asking somebody to make whether it's a presenting sponsorship or at any level, without being able to look at them in the eye and say, I believe in what I do, and I'm invested enough that I'm not going to let you down because I don't want to let anybody down, but I'm willing to invest.

I can't imagine anybody have any interaction with you.

Christina.

I'm thinking that you're ever going to let them down.

I appreciate you so much.

People want more information on the events that are coming this summer.

Where can they find it?

Anywhere on Facebook, anywhere on run.

Sign up any Springfield Township network.

They can send an email to events at Springfield Township net.

We're trying to we appreciate so much the opportunity to amplify the message through this show as well, and look forward to any of our charitable organizations helping us push the word out, because, again, this this isn't for us.

This is for the veterans.

You know, we're a wonderful byproduct of doing the right thing.

Yeah.

Awesome.

Christina, so much for coming.

You so much.

Thank you.

Also brought cookies.

We appreciate that.

They're not going on the shelf.

We're going to be absolutely destroying those.

As soon as we're out there.

We're going to take a break.

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Yes.

Yes, yes.

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