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A water tower overlooks Reservoir Park in Akron's Goodyear Heights

Efforts to save iconic Goodyear Heights’ water tower and pump station continue

by Akron Documenters September 3, 2026September 2, 2026

Ward 10 Council Member Sharon Connor talked about efforts to repurpose the green water tower and pump station in Goodyear Heights’ Reservoir Park.

Seven-year-old Emma Brinkley, who lives in Germany but is currently visiting family in Akron, traverses the monkey bars at a playground in Hardesty Park

Arts and Culture

Hardesty Park playground could become Akron’s marquee outdoor gathering spot

by Gary Estwick August 20, 2026August 23, 2026

Akron artist and lifelong skater Jay Croft helps get the transitions poured on a quarterpipe during a DIY build day for a new permanent outdoor skate park that is actively under development at Prentiss Park in Kenmore. Backed by a $150,000 Akron Parks Challenge grant, the community-designed space is being built on the park's unused tennis courts. The Prentiss Park skate park project was championed by Ward 9 Council Member Tina Boyes and is spearheaded by Gary Dean, who also operates the local First Glance indoor park. Designed by and for the local skateboarding community, construction is in progress on the old tennis courts and will feature a variety of obstacles, smaller quarter pipes, smaller banks, smaller ledges and smaller flat bars. The goal is to eventually have something there for everybody, big ramps and small ramps.

Arts and Culture

Kenmore’s new ‘living, breathing’ skate park is part of hoped-for skateboarding revival

by Joshua Repp August 12, 2026August 12, 2026

The City of Akron is proposing changes to its housing rules that could make it easier to build new single-family and multi-family homes in neighborhoods, allow the construction of in-law suites or carriage houses in backyards, and keep grandfathered-in housing types, like apartments on top of stores, that were built before current zoning rules. A new house being constructed by HK. Hovnanian Homes at 501 S. Rhodes Ave. in Sherbondy Hill is an example of infill housing, where a new structure is placed on an empty lot amid existing houses.

Akron housing rules may soon change as city asks residents for feedback

by Akron Documenters August 7, 2026September 2, 2026

A Flock camera on Chester Avenue in Cleveland. There are at least 145 of the license-plate readers across Akron used by Akron Police Department.

Akron’s Flock cameras garner support, spark concern and attract vandals

by Akron Documenters August 5, 2026August 11, 2026

Work on the Akron’s annual resurfacing program is ongoing with about 60 percent, or 107 streets and about 24.5 miles, complete. The rest of the streets are expected to be completed in late September or early October, weather permitting. The total budget for the program is $6.5 million.

Here’s where Akron is spending millions on roads, parks and neighborhoods

by Abby Cymerman July 27, 2026July 27, 2026

Founder and Executive Director of the Patricia Ann Cargill Charities Donte Cargill spoke to Ward 9 residents July 7. Shown here on the group's website, Cargill and his family members started the nonprofit in 2022 in honor of their mother who died from cancer.

300 Akron families get weekly meals thanks to Kenmore nonprofit

by Akron Documenters July 22, 2026July 20, 2026

A new program that will give some individuals up to $7,500 toward the purchase of an Akron home such as these in Firestone Park was approved Monday by City Council. The downpayment assistance program, which officials first floated last year, is expected to begin in August. It will be funded with $300,000 in federal Department of Housing and Urban Development dollars and will target low- and moderate-income families who want to buy their first home in Akron. In its first year, the program is expected to help about 33 home buyers.

First-time Akron homebuyers could get $7,500 in downpayment assistance

by Arielle Kass July 21, 2026July 21, 2026

Traffic moves along West Market Street in Highland Square. Akron City Council passed two resolutions July 20 that move the retail strip closer to having a Special Improvement District to enhance security in the area.

Highland Square business district owners to pay for extra security, beautification projects

by Doug Brown July 21, 2026July 21, 2026

A request for a pole sign on the corner of West Market Street at Frank Boulevard was set aside by Akron City Council last week. The flagship Akron store for Klutch Cannabis was approved by council for the building that used to house Pink Petals Florist — the gravel parking lot next door is being resurfaced with new curbs installed. The old pole above was used by the bank building that previously occupied the empty lot.

‘Visually blighting’ pole sign for Klutch Cannabis on hold

by Abby Cymerman July 20, 2026July 27, 2026

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