Read more about the article “It Doesn’t Just Disappear” Part 1
Photo by Scott Myers // An employee at HiHO Brewing Company in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio dumps kitchen scraps into a compost bucket to be collected by Let’s Grow Akron. SoSA held a recent membership meeting at HiHO, a locally-owned brewery that keeps sustainability practices at the forefront of their business model.
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“It Doesn’t Just Disappear” Part 1

Part 1: SoSA’s Zero Waste Team is Building a Network to Simplify and Encourage Responsible Consumption and Production…

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January 16, 2024
Read more about the article Summit of Sustainability Alliance (SoSA) Building Ranks and Gaining Momentum for a More Sustainable Summit County
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Summit of Sustainability Alliance (SoSA) Building Ranks and Gaining Momentum for a More Sustainable Summit County

Words by Sophie Vaughan

In Summit County, one organization is leading the way in advancing sustainability in specific focus areas through partnerships across nonprofit, public, and private sectors. With the Summit of Sustainability Alliance (SoSA), partners from these different sectors work together to inform policy, improve practices, and support innovation in building a thriving, sustainable Summit County Region. 

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December 21, 2023
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Portland community leader shares placemaking with Akron

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GAINS hosts meeting on ways and places to bring people together in the community

By Lyndsey Schley

Mark Lakeman, founder of Portland City Repair, saw a lack of communal meeting places in his community. Now his city has made changes in their infrastructure to bring community members together.

Lakeman brought his knowledge of placemaking to the March 9 meeting of The Great Akron Innovation Network for Sustainability, or GAINS, hosted in the Summit Artspace in collaboration with Big Love Fest.

GAINS is a volunteer organization that promotes sustainability in the Greater Akron area, while Big Love Fest is an event that celebrates culture, art and music in the Akron community.

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April 8, 2016