joeblow70

Oh please. I regularly lurk on these forums and he is always making passive aggressive comments whenever Cleveland is mentioned. He's looking for a response just like freethink's.

http://www.ohio.com/news/104552209.html "For decades, donors have milled around the corner of East Exchange and Brown streets near the University of Akron as they waited to sell their blood — or more accurately, their plasma. That could end in coming months when CSL Plasma moves several blocks south to the former Akron Teamsters Building at 727 Grant St."

http://news.thomasnet.com/companystory/The-University-of-Akron-Chooses-Acuity-Brands-Lithonia-Lighting-RTLED-Luminaire-to-Meet-Sustainability-Goals-835951

http://www.uakron.edu/im/online-newsroom/news_details.dot?newsId=1430248&pageTitle=UA%20News&crumbTitle=UA%20to%20unite%20area%20biomaterials%20experts%20for%20event ^ I thought this might be relevant, considering that this will have a direct impact upon the new "biomedical corridor" downtown. http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/103727179.html ^ Akron soccer sells out a week ago. Awesome atmosphere at the games. I suggest any soccer fans in the NEO area to take a trip and watch the #1 team in the country. Easily the best sports team in Ohio(yes, better than OSU Football).

The building with the unfinished looking storefronts is new student housing(privately owned). I beilieve ~400 UA students live there now. It's had a great a effect on the south side of downtown. I've read stories about the local pizza/sub shops pushing their hours later into the night. Before the student housing, most of these places were closing up shop in the early evening. Since the new student housing has been in operation, they've started staying open much later into the night! Akron is such a small city that UA can(and is) save it from further "rust belt decay". There's student housing going up everywhere, and the city is certainly reaping the benefits. BTW, nice shot of the Cal-State Northridge student. This must have been last weekend, because the #1 ranked Akron zips played CSNR in front of a sold out crowd just last Friday.

New apartments are replacing the old East Crown complex. http://www.ohio.com/news/103261564.html

I second that! JamesM, this had better not be mere speculation! How dare you get us so pumped! ;)

Beats me, X. UA is without a doubt cementing itself as the premier public research University in Northeast Ohio. This fall, enrollment will be at an all time high: ~30,000. That makes it the third largest university in the state behind UC and OSU(obviously). Anyway, perhaps it's a new research center they're putting in Cleveland? I agree though. If it's just a branch campus, then it's rather redundant. The city of Akron is quietly turning into something special. It's fun to watch.

"Currently the university has 3,365 beds on campus, including the 450-bed Spicer Street residence hall that will open later this month." "The University of Akron may build another residence hall with 735 beds — and eventually up to 2,500 — through a partnership with a private developer." So unless I'm misunderstanding something, that would bring our on campus enrollment to 5865! That's what I'm talking about baby! :mrgreen: Combine that with the 10,000 living in University Park/Highland Square and you've got yourself a nice little college town going.

According to a poster on Ohio.com: "As soon as the county welfare department vacates that end of Main Street and goes to Goodyear, the buildings will be demolished and there will be new development there. This is just a first step. Not sure why the city and county don't just say so. People would be happy I think."

I promise that I will take some pics of campus. My summer officially starts this Friday so I will do my best to get down there sometime this May(one of the many perks to living in Akron year 'round:) ).

http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/52521307.html With new stadium, high expectations are set for Zips, Brookhart By Tom Gaffney Beacon Journal sports writer POSTED: 11:00 a.m. EDT, Aug 05, 2009 The University of Akron football team has its first practice Thursday knowing that the particulars of the season make success a necessity, not a suggestion. The pressures of 2009 are unique, compared to the circumstances of the recent past...

Update: Pictures of the stadium http://zipsnation.org/forums//index.php?showtopic=14373 Enjoy.

Just an update: Akron has eight verbal commitments to play football here in 2010. Some of the kids turned down offers from BCS schools like Indiana, North Caralina, Iowa, Boston College, Cincinatti, Air Force, Columbia, and Harvard, and just about every other MAC school. Did I mention Harvard? I digress. Anywho, Akron typically would be lucky to have any commitments yet. Gee, I wonder why this year is different? "I've seen the new stadium twice and it's really sweet," Hoobler said. "Their facilities all-around are some of the best I've seen on any of my college visits." http://www.the-daily-record.com/news/article/4638240 :-o

http://www.uakron.edu/information/stadium/ Some cool pics on the university's website. :mrgreen: