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Knight Foundation $120,000 grant brings Strong Towns to Akron to spur ideas for economic stability
April 2018 1 minute

Akron Community Blog By Jennifer Conn, Akron reporter, cleveland.com jconn@cleveland.com Strong Towns President Charles Marohn presents at the 2016 Canadian Institute of Planners Conference....

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Shuffle: Musicians Lead Akron’s Kenmore Neighborhood Revival
March 2018 4 minutes

By AMANDA RABINOWITZ Lay's Guitar Shop Co-Owner Joel Shinn shows his custom guitars to national touring musician Ray Goren. Photo by Amanda Rabinowitz Editor’s...

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Akron to partner with Copenhagenize Design Co. to plan connected bicycle grid
March 2018 1 minute

By Megan Becka, special to cleveland.com megan.becka@gmail.com AKRON, Ohio - The city of Akron is working with Copenhagenize Design Co. to plan a connected...

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Kenmore Imagineer Project Injects Color, Creativity to Boulevard
February 2018 2 minutes

By Katie Hickman Kenmore residents of all ages perused the walls of the Rialto Theatre. Suspense filled the room as budding artists and novices...

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Open Tone Teaches More Than Just Music
February 2018 1 minute

Updated: Feb 16, 2018 By Katie Hickman Students are being transformed into musicians every week right here in Kenmore. Open Tone Music Academy began just...

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Residents Cast Votes to Reimagine Summit Lake
February 2018 2 minutes

Updated: Feb 16, 2018 By Katie Hickman On Saturday, January 27, Kenmore Neighborhood Alliance, Summit Metro Parks and the Ohio & Erie Canalway Coaltion welcomed...

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Live Music Now! to open on Kenmore Boulevard to foster community, spur business development
January 2018 1 minute

January 4, 2018 by Jennifer Conn, Akron reporter, cleveland.com Managed by the Kenmore Neighborhood Alliance with support from The Big Love Network, Open Tone...

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What’s up with Kenmore?: Documenting the people and places of a changing neighborhood
January 2018 4 minutes

January 31, 2017 by Kyle Cochrun Kenmore is Akron’s underappreciated little sibling. At least this is how some residents feel. Although the neighborhood has...

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Could the Rialto Theatre kickstart Kenmore as an Arts District?
January 2018 3 minutes

February 10, 2017 by Kyle Cochrun Performances and events like Zach Freidhof’s (center) recent album release party are establishing Kenmore’s Rialto Theatre as an...

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