Hattie Larlham to open Akron Food Hub on June 23

June 20, 2016 Updated 19 hours ago

By Dan Shingler

 

What was a deserted city lot a year ago will be a food island as of Thursday, June 23, when Twinsburg-based Hattie’s Food Hub opens its Akron store at 395 Douglas St. on the city’s near west side.

 

Calling itself a “a strong addition to Northeast Ohio’s farm-to-table movement,” Hattie’s promises to work with local growers, to provide jobs and work training for people with developmental disabilities, and to provide fresh produce, along with food skills and awareness, to community residents.

 

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20160620/NEWS/160629981/hattie-larlham-to-open-akron-food-hub-on-june-23#utm_medium=email&utm_source=ccl-akronmorning&utm_campaign=ccl-akronmorning-20160621

Long-vacant Rolling Acres Mall now owned by the city of Akron

By Betty Lin-Fisher

Published: June 27, 2016 - 05:03 PM | Updated: June 28, 2016 - 11:32 AM

 

The long-vacant Rolling Acres Mall is now owned by the city of Akron — much quicker than anticipated.

 

Last week, the former mall failed to garner any bids in its second and final sheriff’s sale. Summit County Fiscal Officer Kristen Scalise’s office has been trying to foreclose on the property owner, a California firm, since 2008, for more than $1.3 million in back taxes.

 

http://www.ohio.com/business/long-vacant-rolling-acres-mall-now-owned-by-the-city-of-akron-1.693280

 

 

Akron Board of Education exploring more options for the district’s reconfiguration

By Colette M. Jenkins

Beacon Journal staff writer

Published: June 27, 2016 - 09:20 PM | Updated: June 28, 2016 - 08:27 AM

 

Akron Public Schools officials are exploring new options for moving forward with the district’s construction project.

 

Last week, during a joint meeting of the Akron Board of Education and Akron City Council, Superintendent David James presented five options for configuring the district to incorporate one new high school that could be built using state funding. The city and board have partnered with the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission since 2003 to renovate and construct school buildings throughout the district

 

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/akron-board-of-education-exploring-more-options-for-the-district-s-reconfiguration-1.693349

I know that in a lot of malls, the department stores are company owned (e.g. May Company, JC Penny); that was a major issue in demolishing Randall Park Mall, where in that instance, most of the department stores are remaining intact. Is that the case here? Some of the former department stores are actually in use - one by a trucking firm, another by a storage outfit.

I know that in a lot of malls, the department stores are company owned (e.g. May Company, JC Penny); that was a major issue in demolishing Randall Park Mall, where in that instance, most of the department stores are remaining intact. Is that the case here? Some of the former department stores are actually in use - one by a trucking firm, another by a storage outfit.

 

The five former department stores attached to the mall are owned separately by private owners.

 

The city has not reached out to those owners but will be contacting them, Horrigan said.

 

When asked whether there’s a concern about demolishing the inside of the mall, which the city owns, while it is still attached to other structures, Horrigan said, “Quite frankly, we just took down Stage Left, so we have ample evidence we could do it.”

Akron Children’s plans expansion for Considine building

By Rick Armon

Beacon Journal staff writer

Published: July 14, 2016 - 01:43 PM

 

Akron Children’s Hospital is planning “a big addition” to the Considine Professional Building on its expanding campus.

 

The hospital has asked the city to vacate a portion of Spring Alley between West Bowery Street and Water Street to accommodate the expansion.

 

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/akron-children-s-plans-expansion-for-considine-building-1.697266?cache=18961415304345%252525252525252525252525252525252525252Fnews%2525252525252525252525252525252525252

Akron plans to tear down Morley Health Center, build new courthouse in its place

By Rick Armon

Beacon Journal staff writer

Published: July 18, 2016 - 11:20 AM | Updated: July 19, 2016 - 08:32 AM

 

Akron Municipal Court is finally getting a new home.

 

City Council approved plans Monday to tear down the former Morley Health Center downtown and erect a three-story, 70,000-square-foot courthouse in its place.

 

The project is expected to cost up to $21 million and be paid for through court fees.

 

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/akron-plans-to-tear-down-morley-health-center-build-new-courthouse-in-its-place-1.698029

 

 

 

Developer pitches turning Rolling Acres into youth sports complex

 

By Rick Armon

Beacon Journal staff writer

Published: July 18, 2016 - 06:11 PM | Updated: July 19, 2016 - 12:38 PM

 

A Columbus financial services and real estate development firm wants to turn the former Rolling Acres Mall into a massive youth sports complex.

 

AES Development LLC is proposing to create the AP23 Sports Complex to take advantage of the growing sports tournament industry.

 

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/developer-pitches-turning-rolling-acres-into-youth-sports-complex-1.698112#

Akron plans to tear down Morley Health Center, build new courthouse in its place

By Rick Armon

Beacon Journal staff writer

Published: July 18, 2016 - 11:20 AM | Updated: July 19, 2016 - 08:32 AM

 

Akron Municipal Court is finally getting a new home.

 

City Council approved plans Monday to tear down the former Morley Health Center downtown and erect a three-story, 70,000-square-foot courthouse in its place.

 

The project is expected to cost up to $21 million and be paid for through court fees.

 

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/akron-plans-to-tear-down-morley-health-center-build-new-courthouse-in-its-place-1.698029

 

Good riddance to that ridiculous eyesore.

That is such a massive intersection overbuilt because of the innerbelt exit i presume. I think it will be great to get rid of a poorly timed traffic light there. I wouldn't expect many more traffic circles downtown.

  I haven't heard much of another project of turning the exchange and cedar streets to 2-way. I thought that was a 2017 project. I could see roundabouts employed at some of the end points to remind people that it is now 2 way.

I wasn't thinking so much in terms of other roundabouts being installed around Downtown, but perhaps in other parts of the city, like maybe Kenmore Blvd or on North Main, Brown St or Brittain Rd--places where traffic lights aren't as much of a necessity anymore, but where a roundabout could still support ease of traffic flow.

It will be interesting to see how pedestrians are able to traverse that roundabout. There is more pedestrian activity around that area than people probably think.

I would expect this to be very pedestrian friendly as the purpose of the project is to improve the landscape and to add a bike lane and update the sidewalks. I would expect to see nice islands steering single lane traffic through there. i wonder what the middle will be. A statue of Lebron?  After all they just renamed that section of Main St, King James Way.

More mediocrity in Fairlawn architecture.

 

New West Point aims to open first phase in October; will include wine bar and holiday items

By Katie Byard

Published: August 3, 2016 - 03:48 PM | Updated: August 4, 2016 - 08:35 AM

 

You’ll be able to buy your holiday wine and some other treats at the new West Point Market.

 

The first phase of the reinvented West Point, including a wine department with a bar, is scheduled to open by the end of October at the previously announced Fairlawn location. Construction at the vacant shopping center at 33 Shiawassee Ave., just off West Market Street, is expected to begin this month.

 

http://www.ohio.com/business/new-west-point-aims-to-open-first-phase-in-october-will-include-wine-bar-and-holiday-items-1.702106#

It's West Point Market...I'll let this one slide.

It's West Point Market...I'll let this one slide.

You would think it would be the other way around?

Akron Whole Foods plans downsized; grocery giant now plans one of its lower-cost, 365 by Whole Foods groceries

By Katie Byard

Beacon Journal staff writer

Published: May 5, 2016 - 08:33 PM | Updated: May 6, 2016 - 11:05 AM

 

Whole Foods — often referred to as “Whole Paycheck” — is set to open the more affordable store in spring 2017 on West Market Street. That’s the site of the former West Point Market property that was originally going to be a traditional Whole Foods.

 

At 30,000 square feet, it will be 10,000 square feet smaller than a traditional Whole Foods. But the smaller, 365 model will be about 6,000 square-feet larger than the now-razed West Point.

 

http://www.ohio.com/business/akron-whole-foods-plans-downsized-grocery-giant-now-plans-one-of-its-lower-cost-365-by-whole-foods-groceries-1.680961#

 

That is a total disappointment. I kind of feel Akron was duped. I believe the original plans called for 40,000 sf.

 

I meant to post an update on this a month ago. I have completely changed my mind on the Whole Foods 365. I live about 5 miles from the first 365 to open in the Silverlake area of LA. About 5 weeks ago I went to check it out and was really pleasantly surprised. The layout is really bright and airy. The sight lines are fantastic. In a regular Whole Foods, it's hard to see around the store because the shelving is pretty tall. In the Silverlake 365, it's set up so you can practically see the whole store from almost any location. The produce section is large, prepared foods has a good selection as well as the food and salad bars. The design pops with bright colors. The prices aren't as low as Trader Joe's, but they are definitely lower than a regular Whole Foods. The only drawback for me was the fact that the 365 doesn't have an extensive cheese section. The Mustard Seed's cheese section isn't very good, but Earth Fare has a decent selection as well as the Market District in Cuyahoga Falls. I'm sure when the new West Point Market opens, they will have a good cheese selection as well.

 

Overall, I'm very impressed with the WF 365 and think it will be a great addition to the already surprisingly robust Akron grocery options.

Akron's industrial parks giving businesses room to grow

August 20, 2016 Updated a day ago

By Dan Shingler

 

While city officials often work with advocates to make some of Akron’s urban neighborhoods more livable and easier to get around, the city has another strategy for new businesses: Give them places to build spacious new homes, often in the suburbs, with freshly laid streets, modern infrastructure and room to expand.

 

Akron maintains four business parks, with a fifth in the wings, and among them is nearly 400 acres of land. So far, about 30 businesses have made the parks their homes. Those businesses range from an accounting firm to food manufacturers to automotive parts makers, but they all provide the above-minimum-wage jobs that city economic developers in Akron, and everywhere else, crave.

 

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20160820/NEWS/160809814/akrons-industrial-parks-giving-businesses-room-to-grow#utm_medium=email&utm_source=ccl-akronmorning&utm_campaign=ccl-akronmorning-20160824

Akron Metro to open public car charging and natural gas fueling station

By Theresa Cottom

Published: August 29, 2016 - 09:34 PM

 

Alternative-energy drivers in Akron are about to have another option for a place to fuel — or charge — up.

 

Akron Metro is opening its first public compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling and electric car charging station Wednesday following its grand opening ceremony at 310 Kenmore Blvd.

 

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/akron-metro-to-open-public-car-charging-and-natural-gas-fueling-station-1.708158#

 

Akron, Chicago, Detroit, and Memphis win major placemaking grant:

 

https://t.co/jxYRAen1by

Summa wants 5 more acres of Barberton park; neighbors speak out at Tuscora Park meeting

By Paula Schleis

Beacon Journal staff writer

Published: September 20, 2016 - 10:14 PM

 

BARBERTON: Summa Health officials want to raze the aging parking deck at their Barberton hospital, a decaying albatross that has cost them $1 million in the past four years to maintain.

 

But to make up for the lost parking spaces, they’ll need to take Tuscora Park’s only ballfield — 5 more acres from an east side park that has lost nearly half its land to hospital expansion — and get the city to permanently close a portion of Paige Avenue.

 

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/summa-wants-5-more-acres-of-barberton-park-neighbors-speak-out-at-tuscora-park-meeting-1.713291

Big(ger) Mac: Akron’s Ronald McDonald House tripling in size; more than 8,511 served so far this year

By Amanda Garrett

Beacon Journal staff writer

 

The first day Bill Considine walked into Akron Children’s Hospital as CEO in 1979, he saw parents sleeping in the lobby to be close to their sick children.

 

Six years later, with a push from Considine and community involvement, Ronald McDonald House opened on the corner of Locust and State streets, offering 20 rooms to the families for $10 a night, or for free if they couldn’t afford it.

 

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/big-ger-mac-akron-s-ronald-mcdonald-house-tripling-in-size-more-than-8-511-served-so-far-this-year-1.715329#

Akron Children's plans expansion of Considine Professional Building

October 12, 2016

By Lydia Coutré

 

In a step toward bringing together its downtown Akron outpatient clinics and programs, Akron Children's Hospital will break ground in February on an addition that nearly doubles the size of its Considine Professional Building.

 

The 230,000-square-foot addition to the seven-story facility across from the main hospital building continues the campus transformation that began in 2012 with the groundbreaking on the Kay Jewelers Pavilion, which included a new emergency department, neonatal intensive care unit and the GOJO Outpatient Surgery Center.

 

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20161012/NEWS/161019931/akron-childrens-plans-expansion-of-considine-professional-building

Ohio approves Stark State College’s Akron campus, groundbreaking scheduled for end of month

By Nick Glunt

Published: October 17, 2016 - 05:38 PM | Updated: October 18, 2016 - 08:26 AM

 

Construction on Stark State College’s Akron campus is expected to begin by the end of the month following the Ohio Controlling Board’s approval of the project on Monday.

 

The board approved the project with a unanimous vote Monday afternoon. The vote was delayed last month after board member State Sen. Tom Sawyer, D-Akron, expressed concern that Stark State might poach students from the already-declining enrollment at the University of Akron.

 

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/ohio-approves-stark-state-college-s-akron-campus-groundbreaking-scheduled-for-end-of-month-1.719958

Demolition of former Rolling Acres begins

By Betty Lin-Fisher

Published: October 28, 2016 - 12:46 PM | Updated: October 28, 2016 - 01:04 PM

 

Demolition of the former Rolling Acres Mall has begun.

 

As an excavator and a Bobcat were slowly picking away at the stores between the former Sears and Dillards department stores in the southwest corner of the mall on Friday, Cristina Morrow and her partner, Cayden Horvath, stood outside the fence and watched.

 

http://www.ohio.com/business/demolition-of-former-rolling-acres-begins-1.722864

State releases $12 million toward replacement of Akron's Route 8 bridge

By Jennifer Conn, Akron reporter, cleveland.com

on October 31, 2016 at 5:17 PM, updated October 31, 2016 at 5:24 PM

 

AKRON, Ohio – The state has released $12 million for the Ohio Department of Transportation's project to replace the Route 8 bridge in Akron. The money will be used for design work and preparation of construction contract plans.

 

The project is scheduled to begin in 2020 and cost $120 million. ODOT plans to replace the 1,500-foot-long bridge, known as the North Expressway Viaduct, which carries Route 8 over East North Street and the Little Cuyahoga River Valley.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/akron/index.ssf/2016/10/state_releases_12_million_towa.html#incart_river_home

 

 

There is a link to comments which give a little more in-depth commentary on the proposal. Seems to still be very early in the decision making process.

Ugh, I forgot all about the Rt. 8 bridge. Between the work on I-76/Rt. 224 through Barberton and Norton, and now the central interchange work, it's a bit rough using the expressway to get around town these days. Rt. 8 will be a total nightmare during rush hour when its bridge is also being rebuilt.

 

It's times like this that I wish we had seen some kind of outerbelt built that would have provided an alternative route for traffic when so many key routes were under repairs at once.

Akron ready to celebrate Lock 4

By Rick Armon

Published: November 17, 2016 - 03:25 PM | Updated: November 18, 2016 - 08:33 AM

 

Akron is ready to flip the switch on Lock 4 — both figuratively and literally.

 

The concrete-and-brick downtown space, tucked below street level, overlooks the Ohio & Erie Canal and a small waterfall.

 

It’s an intimate gathering place that’s filled with the sounds of rushing water.

 

But for years, it’s been a forgotten area, with much more attention focused on the neighboring Lock 3 park.

 

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/akron-ready-to-celebrate-lock-4-1.727848

 

 

 

Akron Rubber Development Laboratory moving to Barberton site

November 17, 2016 Updated 20 hours ago

Akron Science & Technology

By DON DETORE/RUBBER & PLASTICS NEWS

 

Akron Rubber Development Laboratory Inc. has completed its acquisition of an 11-acre property in Barberton that the firm said eventually will house all of its laboratories.

 

The property includes a 130,000-square-foot facility, the former Babcox & Wilcox site at North Van Buren and Robinson avenues, that will be converted into ARDL’s headquarters. Currently, ARDL occupies three separate properties in Akron -- two on Gilchrist Road and one on Kenmore Road -- totaling 55,000 square feet.

 

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20161117/NEWS01/161119483/akron-rubber-development-laboratory-moving-to-barberton-site

Ohio & Erie Canalway Association awards grants totaling $363,000 for improvement projects

December 06, 2016 Updated 19 hours ago

 

Projects receiving funding include a new power car for the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad; plans for a new visitor center in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park; trail enhancements in Cleveland and the Village of Bolivar; and interpretive exhibits in the Cleveland History Center, Mustill Store and Zoar Village.

 

The grants range from $3,000 to $40,000. A full list of grant recipients is available here.

 

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20161206/NEWS/161209862/ohio-erie-canalway-association-awards-grants-totaling-363000-for

Stoney Pointe discourse spurs broader conversation about homeless, disabled

By Doug Livingston

Published: December 14, 2016 - 01:03 AM | Updated: December 14, 2016 - 09:18 AM

 

Mark Foertch of Ingersoll Drive in West Akron figures the public looks down on him for fighting the construction of a 68-unit, four-story apartment building for the homeless and disabled.

 

When he began protesting the $11.3 million Stoney Pointe Commons, a government subsidized housing complex, he spoke before Akron City Council of the damage that would be done to his property values should hundreds of chronically homeless, many with mental illness, be lumped together under one roof.

 

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/stoney-pointe-discourse-spurs-broader-conversation-about-homeless-disabled-1.733565#

Restored historic building is new home for WhiteSpace Creative

By Betty Lin-Fisher

Published: December 26, 2016 - 09:09 PM | Updated: December 27, 2016 - 08:11 AM

 

Three years ago, there were mushrooms growing from decaying floorboards in a cavernous building on Furnace Street near downtown Akron.

 

Some of those reclaimed floorboards are now timbers on the front deck of a newly renovated 55,000-square-foot office and warehouse building. The office building at 243 Furnace St. this week will become the new headquarters for Akron marketing and advertising firm WhiteSpace Creative. An attached warehouse houses some small-business tenants and is still undergoing work.

 

http://www.ohio.com/writers/betty-lin-fisher/restored-historic-building-is-new-home-for-whitespace-creative-1.736129#

Developer plans senior apartments for Mull Avenue

January 08, 2017 Updated 13 hours ago

By Dan Shingler

 

If you Google "senior living investments," you'll get back a whopping 7.21 million results, perhaps more by the time this article goes to print.

 

There's a reason for that: Americans are aging and retiring at a record rate. And a Pittsburgh development firm is following that reason right into Northeast Ohio and, if the city approves, probably Akron.

 

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20170108/NEWS/170109867/developer-plans-senior-apartments-for-mull-avenue#utm_medium=email&utm_source=ccl-akronmorning&utm_campaign=ccl-akronmorning-20170109&email_realestate

Sitework has started for the Stark State College Akron Campus.

 

New rendering:

 

 

 

Weird looking complex. It looks like the same architect that did the UA College of business building. I wonder what the point of the greenhouse building is. Is that their "lobby"?

Likely it's a Student Space/Vending/Cafeteria.

 

Meh, to the whole thing. Not bad, not good, just...meh.

 

Weird looking complex. It looks like the same architect that did the UA College of business building. I wonder what the point of the greenhouse building is. Is that their "lobby"?

 

I think you might be getting your buildings confused. This is the College of Business:

 

U of A - College of Business 

 

In college I spent a semester taking water samples from the lake. It's going to cost a fortune to remediate, there's quite an industrial legacy there as I'm sure you're well aware. But the study is indeed a welcomed start. Good news. Hoping it triggers some Fed funding asap.

Interesting. I believe that is where the canoeing class was going to be for UOfA. Once i found that out i dropped that for bowling.

Ha! One of my friends actually learned to sail there back in the 80s. Interestingly, the smaller section of the lake cut off by the freeway was actually pristine compared to the larger section. Ps my wife took bowling class and her avg actually dropped 20 pts!

Longtime Akron City Center hotel closes

By Katie Byard and Jim Mackinnon

Published: January 19, 2017 - 07:23 PM | Updated: January 20, 2017 - 08:50 AM

 

The struggling Akron City Center Hotel, one of the taller buildings on Akron’s downtown skyline, has closed.

 

It is unclear when the 19-floor hotel at Cascade Plaza off South Main Street shut down. The owner, Jack Saheid, a Texas businessman who took over the aging 243-room property in 2011, hoping to turn it around, could not be reached for comment.

 

http://www.ohio.com/business/longtime-akron-city-center-hotel-closes-1.741456

 

 

 

Sikich LLP opens new Akron office

January 19, 2017 Updated 17 hours ago

By Jeremy Nobile

 

 

 

Sikich LLP officially opened its new location in Akron's White Pond Office Park — a 34,500-square-foot building that saw a groundbreaking last spring by Akron accounting and technology firm Brockman, Coats, Gedelian & Co.

 

BCG was acquired by Naperville, Ill.-based Sikich last June.

 

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20170119/NEWS/170119778/sikich-llp-opens-new-akron-office

Akron’s 2017 construction plan slashes spending by more than $75 million

By Doug Livingston

Beacon Journal staff writer

 

Big ticket purchases include $533,000 to equip police with body cameras by summer, a $3 million resurfacing of Tallmadge Avenue (funded mostly by the Ohio Department of Transportation) and a new $21.5 million Akron Municipal Courthouse between the Akron STEM Middle School and East Bowery Street.

 

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/akron-s-2017-construction-plan-slashes-spending-by-more-than-75-million-1.742631

B.F. Goodrich smokestack getting cut in half to ‘RICH’

By Rick Armon

Published: January 24, 2017 - 02:59 PM | Updated: January 25, 2017 - 07:23 AM

 

An Akron landmark is getting a big haircut.

 

The city plans to chop off 100 feet from one of the iconic red brick B.F. Goodrich smokestacks along South Main Street for safety reasons.

 

The smokestacks, both rising 195 feet and with the word “GOODRICH” on them in white, have towered over the city skyline for about 100 years.

 

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/b-f-goodrich-smokestack-getting-cut-in-half-to-rich-1.742784

 

I didn't find a separate Fairlawn or Copley-Fairlawn news and developments thread, and I'm not sure it would get much use if it did (and I think I might have seen Fairlawn news on here already earlier vis-a-vis the Omnova building going vacant).  Regardless, this story deserves more press than it's getting:

 

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/fairlawn-flipping-the-switch-on-its-new-internet-utility-1.744012

 

Fairlawn flipping the switch on its new internet utility

 

The Perkins family has jettisoned their private internet provider and recently became one of the first households in the community to connect to FairlawnGig, a new city-owned, citywide and super-fast broadband utility.

 

The Akron suburb is investing about $10 million to install fiber — which will deliver speeds of up to 1 gigabit — on every street in the community and the Joint Economic Development District, bringing not only internet service but also phone service literally to the front doors of homeowners and businesses alike.

 

The city is now flipping the switch on the first installations.

 

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I'm not far from the Akron-Fairlawn border and I really hope that they ultimately expand the service.  So sick of Time Warner.  If this muni fiber network proves to be financially sustainable (and legally sustainable, I know TWC lobbies heavily to ban competition like this and preserve its hellish monopoly), and my wife and I do decide to decamp for the suburbs when our eldest child comes of age, the availability of a service like this would actually be a fairly salient factor in our decision as to what suburbs to look at.  (Fairlawn also has the advantage of being fairly close-in, so I wouldn't actually be moving that much farther away from downtown and my and my wife's jobs.)

 

Seriously, I wish Akron could pull off something like this.  Considering the extraordinary strain on the capital budget flowing (no pun intended) from the CSO project, I'm sure it's unlikely, but man it would be great to see.

Developer proposes new restaurants, retail in Fairlawn

By Rick Armon

Published: February 6, 2017 - 06:36 PM | Updated: February 7, 2017 - 07:34 AM

 

FAIRLAWN: A developer is proposing to tear down an aging shopping center along West Market Street and construct a new 9,400-square-foot building for two restaurants and a retail store.

 

The project, located at 2858 and 2872 W. Market St. near the Fairlawn Town Centre, is expected to cost about $1 million.

 

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/developer-proposes-new-restaurants-retail-in-fairlawn-1.745625#

 

 

 

PPG, Universal Display Corp. to make a $15 million investment in Barberton plant

By Scott Suttell

February 06, 2017 Updated 20 hours ago

 

A $15 million investment in a Barberton plant operated by Pittsburgh-based PPG (NYSE: PPG) that makes materials for Universal Display Corp. (Nasdaq: OLED) of Ewing, N.J., will lead to the addition of 20 jobs. The companies on Monday, Feb. 6, announced that the investment will double the commercial production capacity for Universal Display's UniversalPHOLED phosphorescent emitter products. The expansion project is scheduled to be completed in the third quarter of this year, according to a news…

 

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20170206/NEWS/170209884/ppg-universal-display-corp-to-make-a-15-million-investment-in

I barely even notice that shopping center when I drive by it.  I would question the need for new restaurant and retail space in Fairlawn generally (Fairlawn is in many respects the poster child for America's glut of retail space), but if a developer really wants to take a stab at it, no one will miss the buildings currently in that space, so have at it.

I barely even notice that shopping center when I drive by it.  I would question the need for new restaurant and retail space in Fairlawn generally (Fairlawn is in many respects the poster child for America's glut of retail space), but if a developer really wants to take a stab at it, no one will miss the buildings currently in that space, so have at it.

 

You need to hone your architectural eye! ha

It's not a great looking building. They painted it a couple of years ago, but they only painted the front. If you look at the side you can see the original treatment. It looks really bad, but I guess they figure most people don't notice that kind of thing.

In terms of more restaurants, I think there will always be a demand. If you look at the Belden area it doesn't strike you as the type of place where restaurants are tested for the Ohio market, but it indeed is.

Akron Children’s Hospital commits more than $250,000 to North High School health academy

By Monica L. Thomas

Published: February 15, 2017 - 04:12 PM

 

The Akron Public Schools and Akron Children’s Hospital are expanding their partnership to further develop North High School’s Academy of Health and Human Services.

 

Superintendent David James announced a $250,000 commitment from Children’s at his annual State of the Schools address Wednesday during the Akron Press Club’s luncheon with about 400 attendees at Quaker Station. The hospital also is committing $150,000 for in-kind services that will include internships, teacher externships on the Children’s campus, white-coat experiences, speakers, job shadowing and other programs.

 

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/akron-children-s-hospital-commits-more-than-250-000-to-north-high-school-health-academy-1.747614

In terms of more restaurants, I think there will always be a demand. If you look at the Belden area it doesn't strike you as the type of place where restaurants are tested for the Ohio market, but it indeed is.

The Belden Village/Strip area is very much like the "Mini-Columbus" of NE Ohio in this regard. Many new concepts usually open there before they move further north into Akron and Cleveland if they are successful.

North Hill's Exchange House opens refugee community center and Airbnb

By Jennifer Conn, Akron reporter, cleveland.com

on March 01, 2017 at 4:33 PM, updated March 01, 2017 at 6:18 PM

 

AKRON, Ohio - North Hill's Exchange House, a community center for refugees downstairs with an international hostel upstairs, opened its doors to the Akron community on Tuesday.

 

The once-deteriorating three-bedroom house is already generating bookings on Airbnb, which lists it as "Little Bhutan in Akron," for $27 per night.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/akron/index.ssf/2017/03/north_hills_exchange_house_ope.html

 

Business group seeks train depot in Merriman Valley

By Mary Beth Breckenridge

Published: March 21, 2017 - 12:13 PM

 

A business group is hoping to get a train depot built in Akron’s Merriman Valley.

 

Whether that’s possible, however, isn’t clear to the many entities that would be involved.

 

The newly formed Merriman Valley Business Association has posted a petition on Change.org encouraging the construction of the building, which would serve as a stop for the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad.

 

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/business-group-seeks-train-depot-in-merriman-valley-1.755109

 

 

Future is uncertain for $200,000 tax-delinquent and dilapidated Rubber Bowl

By Doug Livingston

Published: March 23, 2017 - 02:44 PM

 

Back taxes are approaching $200,000 at the Rubber Bowl as the private owner punts on a football-themed reutilization plan. Now, the owner is selling a $9.2 million renovation to convert the iconic stadium into “the second-largest venue in Northeast Ohio for holding concerts” and outdoor music festivals.

 

But, quietly, leaders from the city and county are inching toward foreclosing on what has become a safety concern. A garage beneath the bleachers caught fire in January, and there have been reports of unauthorized inhabitants.

 

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/future-is-uncertain-for-200-000-tax-delinquent-and-dilapidated-rubber-bowl-1.755745#

Summit County Land Bank moves to foreclose on Rubber Bowl

By Doug Livingston

Published: April 5, 2017 - 12:20 PM | Updated: April 6, 2017 - 08:18 AM

 

The deteriorating Rubber Bowl could be rock ’n’ rolling if Akron rezones it for music concerts, a move its latest owners say would unleash millions of dollars in private investments from the other side of the country.

 

No more back taxes, which are approaching $200,000. No more unsightly and unsafe conditions.

 

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/summit-county-land-bank-moves-to-foreclose-on-rubber-bowl-1.758407