The Ribbon and its neighboring amenities are just one of the many features found at the new Glass City Metropark, which was once an industrial zone. The park has two playgrounds that are winter-play friendly, including one that’s built around a 41-foot-tall tower featuring climbing nets and a slide. A sledding hill sits just southwest of The Ribbon and stays open through the dark for nighttime excursions.
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The entire Glass City Metropark is across the river from downtown Toledo, offering views of the city skyline, the Maumee River, and three Toledo bridges: Veterans Memorial Skyway, Martin Luther King Bridge, and Anthony Wayne Bridge.
The recently completed Glass City Metropark is part of the larger Glass City Riverwalk project, which is still underway and is expected to be finished in 2030. When it is complete, the full riverwalk project will include 300 acres of riverfront greenway connected via a five-mile multi-use trail. It will also link six Toledo neighborhoods on both sides of the Maumee River and ensure that every home in the county is within five miles of a park.
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Image caption: People ice skating at The Ribbon, Glass City, Toledo . Photo: Douglas R. Hinebaugh/Courtesy of Metroparks Toledo.
