Article: Mayor asks for ideas to keep youth in Toledo: Solutions sought from business, UT.

Byline: Erica Blake

Aug. 1--Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner said yesterday he would explore new ways to solve an old problem in Toledo: how to keep college graduates from leaving the city for larger metropolitan areas.

In particular, the mayor said business and education leaders must focus on creating opportunities -- both employment and quality of life -- that will not only help retain those who grew up in the Toledo area but will attract new residents to it.

Surrounded by university officials and young professionals, the mayor spoke yesterday of the phenomenon, generally referred to as "brain drain," and the responses of a survey that his ...

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