By: Katie Sobiech
How many people do you know who would leave their comfortable lifestyle, steady job and white picket fence neighborhood to move into, arguably, one of the most dangerous areas in Akron?
A place many wouldn’t even prefer to drive through, let alone live in?
Not many, or even one, right?
By: Katie Sobiech
Previously, we shared about the opening of The Commons at Madeline Park, a brand-new, 60 unit, Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) facility for the homeless, mentally ill, disabled, and veterans.
According to experts in this area, PSH may be the best new route to go in terms of housing people facing these particular circumstances.
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By Dorothy Markulis
The Akron Digital Academy is not the school of your grandmother’s day. It is a school of today and the future, combining individual learning with technology.
“We are a great example of blending learning,” said the academy’s superintendent and executive director Dr. David Bowlin. “We value academics but we focus on the whole child.”
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