TOLEDO, Ohio — Months before hundreds walked down Summit Street in downtown Toledo for the 2025 Toledo Heart Walk, entrepreneur and Vintage Sneaker Master Class creator Craig Burney had plans to bring shoes to life.

It's common knowledge the American Heart Association's annual Heart Walk brings together hundreds of men, women and children who want to spread awareness about heart health, as well as survivors and those who have lost someone to a heart-related disease.

Burney said he wanted to holistically connect the city of Toledo in a unique way.

"Let's have our artists - that local homegrown artist, tattoo artist, local artist in high school - create these different shoes for individuals who are going through something here in the city of Toledo. It's everywhere, right? ...Let's have

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