Neighborhoods

What Better Block means for your neighborhood

Story by Chris Miller, The Akronist
CFcorner The intersection of North Main Street and Cuyahoga Falls Avenue
in North Hill will be the location of Akron’s
first Better Block event (Photo: Chris Miller)

 

By now, you’ve likely heard about the Better Block event that takes place next weekend in the North Hill neighborhood of Akron, but this program is much more than the sum of its parts. Better Block’s an exercise in civil disobedience and imagination. It’s also a look ahead at what a neighborhood could be. And while it’s happening in North Hill this time, it could happen in your neighborhood, too.

On May 15 through 17, the “Temple Square” block in North Hill (the intersection of Cuyahoga Falls Avenue and North Main Street) will be adorned with temporary landscaping, bicycle lanes and popup businesses in currently empty storefronts, along with live music, art, an open air market and a number of other attractions.

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May 8, 2015
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JANE’S WALKS MAKE COMMUNITY CONNECTION

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Story By Dorothy Markulis

Exhilarating!

That’s how Phyllis Jividen, Akron organizer for Jane’s Walk described last year’s premier event.

phyllisPhyllis Jividen

Jane’s Walks, slated for May 1st, 2nd and 3rd this year, are a variety of volunteer-led urban walks which encourage community participation and provide an opportunity for the average citizen to make suggestions to make the area better.

“This is the second year for Jane’s Walk,” said Jividen. “Last year we had three walks with more than 60 participants.”

This year a dozen walks are planned for May 1st, 2nd and 3rd just in Summit County.

Pre-registration is not necessary, just visit Janeswalk.org/akron for a list of walks and times and where the walks will begin.

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April 24, 2015
Homelessness

Shelter aims to keep struggling families and pets together

photofampic1 Story by Thom Callahan – Akronist

Homelessness. The numbers, sadly, continue to rise, and Akron is not immune to that increase.

Not having permanent shelter, particularly during the brutal winters this area has experienced during the past two years, has to be disconcerting, to say the very least.

Some families with children and pets risk being separated from one another because many homeless shelters do not accept both men and women — let alone an animal. (more…)

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April 10, 2015