This week on The Rough Draft Diaries, you'll meet Megan Yasu Davis. Megan is the founder of The Kitchen Salon, a natural and locked hair resource for men and women transitioning from chemically treated hair to natural, and the Northwest Ohio Natural Hair Health and Beauty Expo. Essentially, Megan is a natural hair culturalist.

One Star Placed in the Center is the name of the mural located in downtown Toledo along Adams and 11th ­street. It is one of the many murals the Arts Corner Toledo have coordinated and installed in the city. It also just happens to be Rachel Richardson's, creator of the Art Corner Toledo, favorite.  Tune in to learn about Rachel Richardson, Act Corner Toledo, and the Toledo murals on this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries.

In 2015 Maureen Brogan received a message from the original owners of the Original Sub Shop, a small deli in Toledo, asking her to take over the business. Her reply was easy and yet difficult to give. Maureen (often goes by the nickname Mo) had been a longtime customer of the Original Sub Shop and wanted to see the store continue but had never run her own deli before. Tune in to this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries to hear how Mo made her decision and how the shop is doing today

In this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, you'll meet Erin Claussen a local archaeologist and historic preservationist. Tune in to hear how Erin returned to the midwest pleasantly surprised by the history and architecture that was waiting for her in Toledo, Ohio.

This week on The Rough Draft Diaries, you'll meet Vanessa Snyder a freelance graphic designer, exhibit planner, and painter. Although Vanessa's work has been featured at many institutions like Toledo Area Catholic Schools, Mercy St.Anne Hospital, Metroparks of Toledo, Detroit Institute of Art, The Butterfly House, she is best known for working with two different Toledo organizations. What are they? You'll have to listen to this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries to find out.

This week on The Rough Draft Diaries you'll meet Vicki Obee former director at Bittersweet Farms, a private non-profit that offers services to adults and adolescents with autism delivered in the form of a farm experience. At the time of our interview, Vicki was set to retire at the end of the week. Listen in as Vicki prepares to leave her home away from home after 30 years of service at Bittersweet Farms.

This week on The Rough Draft Diaries, you'll hear from Rebecca Singer from CIFT Innovations. CIFT stands for Center for Innovative Food Technology and it has provided technical innovations and solutions to the food processing, agribusiness, and agricultural sectors since 1995.

This week The Rough Draft Diaries chats with Democratic Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur. Marcy is the U.S. Representative for Ohio's 9th congressional district, stretching from Toledo to Cleveland, who has served since 1983. This episode covers Marcy's journey from her hometown of Toledo to Washington D.C and the lessons she has learned along the way.

In a Rough Draft Diaries first, we're entering the world of science by learning about the past (and present) struggles of Lake Erie with the former director of the Stone Laboratory, Dr. Jeffrey Reutter.

 

In the last episode, we focused mainly on the past struggles of the lake but in this episode, we'll focus on its current struggles.

In a Rough Draft Diaries first, we'll be entering the world of science by learning about the past (and present) struggles of Lake Erie with the former director of the Stone Laboratory, Dr. Jeffrey Reutter.

In part one, we'll focus mainly on the past struggles of the lake but make sure to tune in to hear part two where we'll focus on its present issues.